I think you mean tile but the idea has merit. Thanks John
On 18 March 2017 at 12:43, Coast Limit <coastli...@gmail.com> wrote: > I know this discussion is focused on cleaning up these issues, but — as a > relatively new mapper — can I make a suggestion on how we might better > limit mistakes in the first place? > > John Whelan said earlier, "What I have noticed is one mapper will misstag > then others will follow.” I think this is true, and likely goes beyond > tagging — I suspect new mappers are looking for frames of reference to > judge their own work by, and end up just mimicking one another’s poor > mapping methods. This is one way we might be getting “experienced” mappers > (i.e., thousands of edits) who are still adding a lot of problems to the > map. > > My suggestion: > > It would be nice if HOT projects started with a single task already mapped > and completed by experienced mappers, and approved by the project manager, > as a “reference task” for the project. Highlight it with a unique color. > > That way new mappers have an authoritative reference point for that task — > they can see which imagery it should be aligned with, the level of road > detail expected, the different types of tags attached to areas, which > people they might message with questions, etc. > > It would give motivated new mappers something trustworthy to mimic. > > Thanks, > > CoastLimit > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >
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