Forgive typos. The sun is bright here on my screen. R On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 1:42 PM, Rupert Allan <rupert.al...@hotosm.org> wrote:
> Hi All, > > On this subject, I know this retention thing is much discussed at London > Missing Maps/OSM events, and Ralph is a key point of contact there. I have > spent much time thinking about it, and as a field operator I beleive that > connecting remote mappers with the field. This is something we started with > the WAMM2017 project, and we have a WhatsApp (the go-to local cal platform) > group to which I can add members. > > Afterall, the ultimate magic of Humanitarian OpenStreetMap is that > 'donors' can connect with 'beneficiaries', working shoulder to shoulder in > a literally transparent virtual workspace, where no cash is exchanged which > can muddy the philanthropic ideal. > > I wish we had a coordinator for this connectivity, and I try to build the > capacity into all of our projects. Currently in Uganda (Sudanese refugee > settlements), my chosen focal point for this kind of connection is Deo > Kiggudde, whom I am trying to capacitate in the global connectivity of our > community support network. I am convinced that communication of realities > of the field is one of the keys to retention. Impact of remote mapping is > clear through these relationships. > > Couple that with the type of local OSM community members (aspirational, > bright, tech-savvy), and their interest in self-improvement as well as > community improvement, and you have a good formula. It just needs > implementing. Rebecca Firth, who does an amazing job globally, and I will > try my best to keep connecting people in relationships more locally as I > set up more intercultural/interactional WhatsApp groups. > > Best, > > Rupert > > On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Bjoern Hassler <bjohas...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Dear friends, >> >> Not in direct response to John, but on a tangent. >> >> Do people who organise mapathons have a sense of how many people come >> again vs. those who only come once? Do you have specific strategies to >> encourage people to come back? >> >> Do you have a plan for progression moving people onto JOSM, or as John >> suggests starting some/all on JOSM? Then moving people to validation? >> >> Would be interested to hear! >> Bjoern >> >> On Sat, 18 Nov 2017 at 00:20, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I'm not a great person for maperthons, the last one I attended could >>> have gone a little smoother, there was a time delay before mapping. They >>> were mapping buildings and highways and although they were mapping for some >>> time no tiles were completed. >>> >>> Recently there was another one locally which I drifted down to and I did >>> the patter. I took two laptops with JOSM preinstalled and set them up. >>> >>> As new mappers came in I just asked them to sit down at the laptops and >>> start mapping with the building tool. Then we set up their laptops with >>> JOSM and they continued on their own machines installing JOSM, I think one >>> needed to download JAVA and I had JOSM an a DVD. They then continued >>> mapping. We had them mapping their first building within minutes. The big >>> delay was setting up an OSM account and logging into the task manager. >>> >>> 12-15 people registered we had six mappers eventually, four were new to >>> JOSM. They mapped buildings quite quickly and I guarantee all were square, >>> all were correctly tagged and none were more than six inches out of place. >>> Most were spot on in Bing. Tiles were completed and not just ones without >>> buildings in them we deliberately pointed them to tiles that had a fair >>> number of buildings in them. >>> >>> As they mapped they became more adventurous in drawing two squares on an >>> L shaped building and joining them together. We knew that one section was >>> a caravan park so the mapper explored the tags and found >>> building=static_caravan and was delighted to find they could select all the >>> static_caravans and retag them all at once. >>> >>> One new mapper was a teacher so since we had a very experienced iD >>> mapper there after she had been mapping in JOSM for a period of time I got >>> him to show her how to map in iD. Her comment was not so complex to set up >>> in that you didn't need to start JOSM first but per building it was more >>> mouse clicks involved and more to remember. >>> >>> I don't know if the group of mappers we had was small enough we could >>> give them a bit more one on one or they were just exceptionally good new >>> mappers. They all had Windows machines to work on. >>> >>> I do know that Jo has had some similar results going directly to JOSM >>> for new mappers. >>> >>> It does look as if going JOSM and the building_tool plugin is a viable >>> route for new mappers mapping buildings in maperthons. Both the quantity >>> per mapper and the data quality of the mapped buildings was high. >>> >>> Cheerio John >>> _______________________________________________ >>> HOT mailing list >>> HOT@openstreetmap.org >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> HOT@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> > > > -- > Rupert Allan > Country/Project Manager - Uganda > E-Mail: rupert.al...@hotosm.org > East Africa: +256 792 297795 <+256%20792%20297795> > UK: +44 7970 540 647 <+44%207970%20540647> > Skype: Reuben Molotov > > Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team > Using OpenStreetMap for Humanitarian Response & Economic Development > web <http://hotosm.org/> | twitter <https://twitter.com/hotosm> | facebook > <https://www.facebook.com/hotosm> | donate <http://hotosm.org/donate> > > > Web/Blog: www.rupertallan.com > MARINE CALL SIGN: 24VN3 > > -- Rupert Allan Country/Project Manager - Uganda E-Mail: rupert.al...@hotosm.org East Africa: +256 792 297795 UK: +44 7970 540 647 Skype: Reuben Molotov Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team Using OpenStreetMap for Humanitarian Response & Economic Development web <http://hotosm.org/> | twitter <https://twitter.com/hotosm> | facebook <https://www.facebook.com/hotosm> | donate <http://hotosm.org/donate> Web/Blog: www.rupertallan.com MARINE CALL SIGN: 24VN3
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