Hi Ralph, Thanks for the feedback, not sure ising for me as from my own experience setting links with OSM contributors really improve their interest. I would encourage you to do so during the mapping parties you join, and organizers to seek for such mentors.
Sincerely Severin Le 8 nov. 2014 10:06, "AYTOUN RALPH" <ralph.ayt...@ntlworld.com> a écrit : > I have attended two Tuesday evening Missing Maps Mapathons so far. > > The problem with mapping is it's appearance. These newbies have seen the > OpenStreetMap as it should look like, they have seen printed maps all > neatly drawn with understandable colours and names telling them what things > are. When they try to map from the imagery I see them making funny squiggly > polygons for the shapes they see and then do not feel satisfied that they > are capable of producing anything resembling the neat maps they know. Not > everyone can interpret the image they are seeing and translate those > details into the neat logical maps they are used to seeing. > > At the first Mapathon I roamed around the room looking at each person's > work and gave assistance where I saw it was needed. Very few newbies > actually asked for someone to come and help. > > The second one I set myself up at a table and introduced myself as an > experienced mapper. I was amazed at the difference. Here they were calling > me by name and continuously asking me to come and look at their work and > explain what they were seeing or checking that they had done it correctly. > I was amiss though, while I knew them by name I found that was not enough. > When I got home and thought I could look at their work and encourage them I > found the difficulty....they are logged on with a user name and I had no > way of knowing who was who, even accessing their profile does not give > their actual name. > > May I suggest that a possible way forward would be to have a mentor at > each table that is introduced to them by name, for that mentor to get each > ones details and contact information and to remain in touch and encourage > them to do more and help them to achieve the standard required to make them > feel impressed with their own work. They would be more receptive to advice > and guidance from a person they know than random unknown user names that > invalidate their work. This may effectively tackle two problems....raising > the standard of the new mappers and encouraging them to continue mapping. > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > >
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