Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018

2015-05-11 Thread Nick Allen
e who knows what I did or what I can do now? > It's again task 1018, #2777. > Thank your very much and greetings! > Barbara > > *Gesendet:* Samstag, 09. Mai 2015 um 18:22 Uhr > *Von:* "Barbara Figge" > *An:* "john whelan" > *Cc:* "ho

Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018

2015-05-11 Thread Steve Bower
Barbara, Sounds like you should determine what those 466 deleted elements were before saving your changeset. Which editor are you using? If you're using JOSM you can save your changes to a temporary file (File > Save as) to give yourself time to sort things out. If necessary you could abandon your

Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018

2015-05-11 Thread piz
18:22 Uhr > Von: "Barbara Figge" <bfi...@web.de> > An: "john whelan" <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> > Cc: "hot@openstreetmap.org" > <hot@openstreetmap.org> > Betreff: Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018 > > > > > Thanks for

Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018

2015-05-11 Thread Barbara Figge
quot;hot@openstreetmap.org" Betreff: Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018 Thanks for the words and information, so I will continue mapping buildings! Greetings, Barbara   Gesendet: Samstag, 09. Mai 2015 um 18:08 Uhr Von: "john whelan" An: "Barbara Figge" Cc: "Pi

Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018

2015-05-10 Thread Nick Allen
Spring, The guidance on validating is currently at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Tasking_Manager/Validating_data In theory anyone can validate, but the recent influx of thousands of newbies has caused a lot of discussion. I suspect that by the time we have finished the software will

Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018

2015-05-10 Thread Springfield Harrison
Hi Russ, Thanks for that, I believe I had looked at it earlier.  It is a bit general but good for starters. Specifically, what are the rules around validating tiles?  In other words, who qualifies to be a validator and what does the validator actually do?  Do they mark each mappe

Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018

2015-05-10 Thread Russell Deffner
Hi Springfield, We do have that, it's http://LearnOSM.org and is generally organized and maintained by our Training Working Group which I believe meets tomorrow. =Russ http://hotosm.org > On May 10, 2015, at 12:35 AM, Springfield Harrison > wrote: > > I agree with the comments that I've for

Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018

2015-05-10 Thread Springfield Harrison
Good thoughts, hope they can be implemented, Cheers . . . . . . . . Spring Harrison At 09-05-2015 11:29 Saturday, laura brittain wrote: Ideas regarding using newbs, Please embed instructions (and a link to Google translate or another) in Task manager. Please put important instructions in Bol

Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018

2015-05-10 Thread Springfield Harrison
Good thoughts and background information, thank you, Cheers . . . . . . . . Spring Harrison At 09-05-2015 13:15 Saturday, john whelan wrote: First for Nepal and practically all the projects we need everyone available, I think everyone accepts this. There are HOT projects that haven't had a til

Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018

2015-05-09 Thread Springfield Harrison
I agree with the comments that I've formatted in bold below, Cheers . . . . . . . . Spring At 09-05-2015 15:34 Saturday, Suzan Reed wrote: Validating: Validation button only shows up for user with x number of edits/tiles completed and/or passing a quick validation test. Survey: Survey to all new

Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018

2015-05-09 Thread Suzan Reed
Validating: Validation button only shows up for user with x number of edits/tiles completed and/or passing a quick validation test. Survey: Survey to all new users would provide data for improvement of OSM marketing, use, and training. The sooner the better. Where do you comment? Don't know

Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018

2015-05-09 Thread Pierre Béland
y to adapt rapidly. As we receive new fundings to help better answer such responses, we should surely look at improving these various aspects. regard   Pierre De : laura brittain À : "hot@openstreetmap.org" Envoyé le : Samedi 9 mai 2015 14h29 Objet : [HOT] Worried about

Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018

2015-05-09 Thread john whelan
First for Nepal and practically all the projects we need everyone available, I think everyone accepts this. There are HOT projects that haven't had a tile completed in months simply because that just aren't enough HOT mappers. What you are seeing here is discussion of how to make the best use of

[HOT] Worried about task 1018

2015-05-09 Thread laura brittain
Ideas regarding using newbs, Please embed instructions (and a link to Google translate or another) in Task manager. Please put important instructions in Bold Capital Letters in Task manager. Info on unlocking a tile isn't visible when you are locked in a tile and it's hard to realize you have to

Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018

2015-05-09 Thread Julian Haag
gt;  > - > *De :* Severin Menard <severin.men...@gmail.com > > *À :* Extra Paul <paulok...@hotmail.com > > *Cc :* "hot@openstreetmap.org " <hot@openstreetmap.org &g

Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018

2015-05-09 Thread Joshua Kennedy
My impression was that if a couple buildings are out by themselves, it makes sense to tag them as a residential area so that these areas are not missed by the relief agencies. More detailed explanations of how these maps are used would definitely be helpful, as would some guidance on dis

Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018

2015-05-09 Thread Barbara Figge
Thanks for the words and information, so I will continue mapping buildings! Greetings, Barbara   Gesendet: Samstag, 09. Mai 2015 um 18:08 Uhr Von: "john whelan" An: "Barbara Figge" Cc: "Pierre Béland" , "hot@openstreetmap.org" Betreff: Re: Re: [HOT

Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018

2015-05-09 Thread john whelan
t I search inside the map? > Best wishes and: as far as I can see from my small desk, a lot of people > are doing great work! > Barbara > barbaraulrike in osm > > *Gesendet:* Samstag, 09. Mai 2015 um 15:11 Uhr > *Von:* "john whelan" > *An:* "Pierre Béland"

Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018

2015-05-09 Thread Pierre Béland
by this virtual volunteered community. cheers   Pierre De : Barbara Figge À : john whelan Cc : Pierre Béland ; "hot@openstreetmap.org" Envoyé le : Samedi 9 mai 2015 11h12 Objet : Aw: Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018 Hi to everyone,I am one of the beginners of the

Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018

2015-05-09 Thread Tom McDonald
Though I am active, I do NOT show up on Pascal's new contributor's list (user tmcd123, joined April 30). There must others missing as well? Paul's suggestion "Maybe instructions should contain some images to show clearly what is expected," is excellent. I still find it difficult to decide what to

Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018

2015-05-09 Thread Barbara Figge
I can see from my small desk, a lot of people are doing great work! Barbara barbaraulrike in osm   Gesendet: Samstag, 09. Mai 2015 um 15:11 Uhr Von: "john whelan" An: "Pierre Béland" Cc: "hot@openstreetmap.org" Betreff: Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018 I th

Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018

2015-05-09 Thread john whelan
king-manager2/issues/599 > regard > > Pierre > > -- > *De :* Severin Menard > *À :* Extra Paul > *Cc :* "hot@openstreetmap.org" > *Envoyé le :* Samedi 9 mai 2015 7h49 > *Objet :* Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018 > &

Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018

2015-05-09 Thread Pierre Béland
Objet : Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018 Hi all, I understand your worry Paul, and have the same experience of unvalidating tasks. I put clear comments for the people to know why. There is no offense I hope, everyone has been a beginner once and learning and improving is part of the motivatio

Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018

2015-05-09 Thread Severin Menard
Hi all, I understand your worry Paul, and have the same experience of unvalidating tasks. I put clear comments for the people to know why. There is no offense I hope, everyone has been a beginner once and learning and improving is part of the motivation with OSM, IMHO. I just suggested this change

[HOT] Worried about task 1018

2015-05-09 Thread Extra Paul
Dear openstreetmappers :) I'm quite worried about the quality of maps for task 1018.Many of mappers, obviously, did not check the instructions or even the tutorials. People want to help, and that's awesome, but maybe validation should be done my more experienced and meticulous mappers.I've seen