Great idea. I was wishing for that at the weekend! On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 6:14 PM, <thatwo...@hushmail.com> wrote:
> I'm all for it. I've had to create my own system to keep myself > organized/oriented within a task, but Noah's grid suggestion is far better > and is something I've been wishing was available since I began mapping. > > > > > > On 11/3/2014 at 8:08 AM, "noah ahles" <noah.ah...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > I work at the Spatial Analysis Lab at the University of Vermont. We > digitize as the bulk of our workload here and I had a suggestion that I > think could increase the efficiency of edits. If there was a grid over each > tile that could guide the user through editing, it would stop them from > overlapping areas and increase accuracy of scanning. We do that here and it > significantly improves performance. > > Here is an example from one of our projects. I start at the yellow circle > in the upper left and scan across and down, across and down etc. then end > at the blue circle. There are multiple routes that could guide you through > the tile; some people prefer going down each column instead of across the > rows. > > > > This does not actually split the tile into multiple tasks, it just helps > the user better organize their scanning route when looking through the > imagery. I think this would be a nice function to be added to the ID editor > that could be toggled on and off (maybe some people won't like it or a line > could obstruct a feature). > > Also, I am hosting another Mapathon in Burlington, VT on Sunday, November > 9th 10am-4pm. Here is the event page if anyone is interested: > http://osmebolaoutbreak.splashthat.com/ > > Best, > > Noah Ahles > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > -- Pete Masters Carpenter http://www.pedrito1414.net/ https://www.facebook.com/PeteMastersCarpentry twitter.com/pedrito1414 <http://www.twitter.com/pedrito1414> 07921 781 518
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