Suzan, As you are interested to help with these 1-min video: please join the shared document, read it and update it.
> There's a shared doc here, where we're collecting ideas for the > individual modules. Please feel free to add your thoughts and, even > better, to encourage newbies to identify where there are most needs > for training materials... > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Mo82sCLLnP30SsgRO1VIpGxezWcQhAQ_HxEpCEPh89o/edit?usp=sharing Your other comments (about current training) are certainly valid but this is not the best thread for that. Cheers, - althio On 7 May 2015 at 09:30, Suzan Reed <su...@suzanreed.com> wrote: > Training > My major problem with the current training, it's long, boring, and slow. A > Quick Start Guide would be perfect for someone like me. A video with this > information would be great. I could not go through the training because it > went too slow, so I missed some information, but found the process for > someone like me who works in Photoshop pretty easy and intuitive, but I'm not > a usual newbie. > > An orientation video for the area being mapped. > I don't think many mappers know what buildings in remote areas of Nepal look > like, or that villages are spread out over a big area, or that paths just end > and do not connect in rural Nepal. A video with still and moving images I > believe would be a big help. People could then see buildings are not square, > built out of piles of rocks, and are often two stories tall with animals > below and people above. Roofs are tin, or packed earth. If mappers could see > this I think they would do a better job mapping. The video could also go over > other details of the project. I'd be willing to help with this. > > Mentors > I have connected with someone who is my mentor and checks my work. Think it > would be great if every newbie could have a mentor, or a group of mentors to > submit work to. > > Correcting other's work > We all want to do a good job, but I don't think the training gives the most > important information up front, i.e. make buildings the right size and square. > > I've just deleted and redrawn about 100 buildings that were not square nor > did they fit on the image footprint. The mappers probably thought a rough > polygon would let people know a building existed in that spot, but that's not > what's needed. Same with paths that didn't conform to the image. How to do it > right would be so helpful if included in the training up front. I don't think > most people have the patience to go through slow training, or my DVD wouldn't > have come with a Quick Start Guide! > > I'm a Newbie, and I recommend newbies be limited to drawing buildings and > adding roads and paths. Experts should draw Residential Areas in rural areas > and note forests and other features. I've corrected hundreds of buildings and > paths. It's a waste of time and energy for the original mapper and the person > correcting. We all want to do a good job or we wouldn't be spending hours > mapping. > > Hope this helps. > > Cheers! > > Suzan > > > On May 6, 2015, at 11:10 PM, Laura Camellini wrote: > > Hi all, > as I suggested some days ago, I'd like to add these video training (while > done) to a moodle course, And maybe be able to synch the moodle course > training with the task manager permission to edit maps. > Do you think this could help you with your tasks? > > Regards, > LauraC > > 2015-05-07 3:16 GMT+02:00 Mhairi O'Hara <mhairi.oh...@hotosm.org>: > Dear Hotties, > > Please see the e-mail from Pete Masters from the Missing Maps project: > > We are thinking about putting together some video training resources > for HOT mapping for newbies. No concrete plans yet, just getting some > thoughts together. > > There's a shared doc here, where we're collecting ideas for the > individual modules. Please feel free to add your thoughts and, even > better, to encourage newbies to identify where there are most needs > for training materials... > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Mo82sCLLnP30SsgRO1VIpGxezWcQhAQ_HxEpCEPh89o/edit?usp=sharing > > Cheers, > > Pete > > -- > Pete Masters > Missing Maps Project Coordinator > +44 7921 781 518 > > missingmaps.org > > @pedrito1414 > @theMissingMaps > facebook.com/MissingMapsProject > > -- > Mhairi O'Hara > Technical Project Manager > Email: mhairi.oh...@hotosm.org > Indonesian Mobile: +62 822 4701 1475 > > Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team > Using OpenStreetMap for Humanitarian Response & Economic Development > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
