On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 08:12:44 -0400 Blake Girardot <bgirar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I intend to re-do this how-to I made in answer to a question on this > list a little while back: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=042TbopS7HM > > It was done without much preparation and to answer some specific > questions so it needs some adjustments (and I make a mistake in > mapping if you look closely), but I think it is close to what you are > talking about for a quick description of mapping buildings. > > It also uses iD as that is what the person who asked the question > used and it is what most new mappers will be using. > > There should be one like it for JOSM as well which I will do. > > I will also do a second one about roads in each editor. > > Regards, > Blake This video is really great. I went to a presentation in Oakland CA last week where I was introduced to HOT and my first thought when doing something at home was "... there has to be a video that explains some of this ..." and here it is. Any hints on how to fix this thing with iD? One clicks on Line or Shape and there is a __huge__ tooltip which completely gets in the way of using the pointer. It goes away eventually but, wow. Bothersome to say the least. Well, I grabbed a copy of the source for iD on github. We will see. Or, perhaps I have too much experience with other mapping tools and am already hitting the "OMG I have to learn JOSM" point in my mapping career. I imagine most people hit that wall and most get past it. I am going to try to use iD for a while and see if I can find more videos like Blake's. And as I figure things out, I might record some myself. Onwards and upwards and all that. cheers - ray > > > > > On 10/21/2014 7:58 AM, john whelan wrote: > > So the fantasy would be a simple screen cast video using something > > like HOT task 690 http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/690 since it uses > > the high resolution satellite imagery, Kevin Bullock's presentation > > http://vimeo.com/91880883 covers why this type is best to work > > from, the interesting bit starts 5 mins in to the presentation, > > locally there have been some clean up issues with lower resolution > > satellite imagery and mentioning the use of the JOSM building plug > > in as mentioned by Tom Taylor > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JkiL8wlvJqdVMgGxKXPzF22YzQ-S08Q31zZQna9CTMk/edit > > > > To come back to the original topic I think you need an overview, > > starting perhaps with a couple of interviews from two or three AID > > agencies about why the OSM maps are important to them and how they > > are used. Then flip to the sources of data which are made free to > > use such as DigitalGlobe, UN place names, and finally a few mappers > > putting it altogether. Given that the maps are useful perhaps > > Unicef or someone might have some resources for this? Or the BBC? > > > > Cheerio John > > > > On 21 October 2014 01:42, Kate Chapman <kate.chap...@hotosm.org > > <mailto:kate.chap...@hotosm.org>> wrote: > > > > Hi John, > > > > There are a few videos out there, but I don't know of too many > > recent ones. You are right a simple screencast showing how to > > map a building for example would be really helpful. I made some > > videos in 2010 about mapping from imagery in Haiti and people > > really enjoyed them. > > > > Having updated ones would be great. > > > > Best, > > > > -Kate > > > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 5:59 PM, john whelan > > <jwhelan0...@gmail.com <mailto:jwhelan0...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Talking of videos are there any training videos about what > > HOT expects? > > > > The reason I ask is that although we break down to give > > tasks can we break it down even more. ie teach someone to do a > > simple task of map a building using high resolution satellite > > imagery, sounds dumb but map one in JOSM, q it to square it, tag it > > building=yes, select, <Crtl>c move the mouse to another > > <crtl>v, adjust the four corners, q again etc. > > > > The concept is we can teach people to map buildings on > > You-tube, its simple and has value. > > > > Another would teach people how to recognise a road and to > > tag it or highway=path. > > > > We may need expertise to map things like water bodies, > > rivers, streams and forests but buildings and footpaths in Africa > > are probably 80% of what needs to be mapped and you don't need a > > degree in GIS to do this. Let's delegate what we can. > > > > Cheerio John > > > > On 20 October 2014 15:55, Kate Chapman > > <kate.chap...@hotosm.org <mailto:kate.chap...@hotosm.org>> wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > Is there a video you think best represents our work? > > Most videos seem to focus on one project or are a talk at a > > conference. Do we have anything that is less specific? > > > > Thanks, > > > > -Kate > > > > -- > > Kate Chapman > > Executive Director > > email: kate.chap...@hotosm.org <mailto:kate.chap...@hotosm.org> > > U.S. mobile: +1 703 673 8834 > > Indonesian mobile: +62 82123068370 > > * _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot