llateoz,
I think you're probably right. There is a danger that nothing will
happen because so many people have good ideas that no decision is reached.
I will see if I can raise the requests at the Training Working Group & I
see it has already appeared in the Activation Working Group agenda.
It would be really good to hear from someone technical who could comment
on how easy it would be to implement in a reasonable timescale any of
the ideas (I could still approach British Red Cross &/or Medecins Sans
Frontier who offered technical help if it was wanted - but I don't want
to tread on toes & at the moment I'm not sure we clearly know what the
mappers actually want / need). I think in TM2 the HOT mappers have been
given a very good piece of software & I wouldn't want to see anything
produced which would affect it's performance.
It appears as if there are two phases (I'm deliberately trying to keep
this vague to allow adaptation);
a/. Mappers would like to easily see any validation comments on their
mapping, and,
b/. Some form of help channel / help desk / FAQ - various very good
ideas for means of providing this have been put forward.
Regards
Nick
(Tallguy)
On 01/09/14 14:03, latte wrote:
I actually think we're overthinking this issue. The first few
suggestions that were made were on the money - that mappers can have
the ability to receive feedback on squares they complete, by ticking
an opt-in box when they complete a task. Validators can then provide
valuable feedback to new and longstanding mappers alike.
I have dabbled in IRC in the past, but now that I tend to use a
graphic based environment, I find IRC very draining and sometimes hard
to follow. The task manager provides such a clean welcoming interface,
that it seems a backward step to have to refer to IRC to ask
questions. I have found ways of checking back on tasks I complete
through stats, and I have found how to message the author of an object
by sourcing their nickname through JOSM, authors. This has allowed me
to provide some feedback, but I'm not sure how the 'experienced'
community deals with mappers who regularly make the same errors or
poorly interpret aerial images.
IMO I would like the opportunity to give and receive feedback on tasks
that I complete/validate. Perhaps add a 'Mark as Done - request
feedback' button, or a check box for each task. Validators could then
have 'invalidate - provide feedback' and 'validate - provide feedback'
buttons, or check boxes that would include comments they have made on
the task.
I am really wanting to get feedback on the work that I'm completing,
but don't know the best way to request this so I hope we can reach a
solution soon.
Regards
latteoz
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