Hi,
I was recently involved in teaching a large group of new mappers, and
close to the end of the session I repeated to them how to find the
squares they have mapped, click on them, and see the comments that the
validator had left. At the end of the session I was approached by
representatives of both the British Red Cross & Medecins Sans Frontier
who each commented that it seemed like a long process, and couldn't it
be automated so that a message is automatically sent to the mapper
concerned. At the time, I replied that the many hundreds of very good
mappers would not want a pestering email every time one of their
hundreds of squares was validated.
However, on further reflection I am having second thoughts, but don't
know if;
a/. there is something already in the pipeline, &
b/. what other HOTties have in the way of ideas about this.
I should explain that I see validation as both a quality control
feature, and a training aid. Rather than invalidate, I will frequently
validate a square if it only involves work I can complete in a few
minutes, and I will leave a message in the square something like 'Click
on this link to see screenshots showing the before & after:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8mtspy7pfu4o0ve/AADSV7Z-ZGG0kCWatPqUdnLYa?dl=0 I've
joined the paths together & added the round huts that were present -
screenshot shows one of them & they are tagged building=hut.
etc......' In this case it would obviously be good if there was an
option within the Tasking manager that allowed me to send this as a
message to the mapper concerned rather than leave it to chance as to
whether it is ever seen. If this feature was implemented I would suggest
that it was a tick box that the validator would have to select with the
text similar to 'Tick this box if you require your comments to be sent
as part of a message to the mapper concerned'.
The ticking of the box & then confirming with the validate button would
cause a message (email or OSM messaging system) with a preformed text
such as
_________________________________________________________
Title=HOT Validators feedback, square @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
Hi & thanks for mapping for the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team,
A validator has recently validated square @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ which you
marked as complete on @@date@@ & has asked that the following comments
are passed on to you;
/Click on this link to see screenshots showing the before & after:
//https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8mtspy7pfu4o0ve/AADSV7Z-ZGG0kCWatPqUdnLYa?dl=0//I've
joined the paths together & added the round huts that were present -
screenshot shows one of them & they are tagged building=hut. etc....../
Please take these comments in the positive way they were intended. The
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team would like to see you map many more
squares & the comments are only intended to keep the mapping standards high.
Keep up the good work, and thanks again for mapping for HOT.
This is an automated message.
_________________________________________________________
There was a genuine interest from members of BRC & MSF when asking me
about this, and there was an offer to help with the coding as well.
Personally something like this would save me a lot of time - I'm
currently trying to validate the work of about 60 new mappers and
anything which speeds up the process would really help.
I'd welcome some discussion on this.
--
Nick
Volunteer 'Tallguy' for
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team
http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Tallguy
Treasurer, website & Bonus Ball admin for
http://www.6thswanleyscouts.org.uk/ (treasu...@6thswanleyscouts.org.uk
<mailto:treasu...@6thswanleyscouts.org.uk>)
_______________________________________________
HOT mailing list
HOT@openstreetmap.org
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
