Re: [HOT] validating tiles

[Denis Carriere]

Very good points you brought up Dan.

I feel very strongly about the #2 point about adding a statistic for
validators, it does take effort to browse the tiles properly. I sometimes
end up adding a few missing buildings or landuse areas if they are only a
few minor missing features.

Hopefully those points can be looked into & developed in the near future
for the Tasking Manager.
On Mar 24, 2015 9:53 PM, "Daniel Specht"  wrote:

> Lots of projects are mapped quickly, but validated  slowly. This could be
> because
> (A) beginners don't feel qualified to pass judgement
> (B) people don't like to pass judgement
> (C)  doing original work is more fun than reviewing someone else's work.
>
> I have a couple suggestions for encouraging validation.
>
> 1.  Include instructions for validation on the instructions tab.
>Because the instructions tab only has mapping instructions, readers may
> think that validation is for someone else to do.
>
> 2.  Include validation statistics on the stats tab.
>   Because the stats tab only has statistics for tiles completed, mappers
> may think that validating tiles is not essential. Also, these statistics
> give the mapper, but not the validator, a psychological reward. I've been
> validating a lot of tiles -- sometimes I seem to be doing most of the
> validations on a project -- and even though seeing the number by your name
> increment isn't the biggest thrill in the world, I have to admit that I
> miss it..
> --
> Dan
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Re: [HOT] Blog article on Missing Maps

[Yantisa Akhadi]

Hi Pete and Robert,

Thank you, I also passed both of your comments to her, she will be
delighted that her blog post spread quickly and may motivates others to
participate in Missing Maps project.

Best,

*Yantisa Akhadi (Iyan)*
*Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team*
Tel: +62 81 5787 03388  Email: yantisa.akh...@hotosm.org
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On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 5:16 PM, Robert Banick  wrote:

> Hi Yantisa,
>
> It’s a great article from the perspective of a newcomer. I like how she
> says it was intimidating but turned out to be easy, even tedious — an
> experience I think most newcomers to HOT can sympathise with. It’s also
> impressive that you all got onto HumanitarianResponse.Info. That’s a well
> trafficked site by professional humanitarians so it’s a great audience to
> reach. Well done on the mapping too :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Robert
>
> —
> Sent from Mailbox 
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 1:59 AM, Yantisa Akhadi  > wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I would like to share a blog article on Missing Maps events in Jakarta,
>> Indonesia last November:
>>
>>
>> https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/operations/indonesia/article/missingmapsjkt
>>
>> This article is written by Made Kamayana, Information and Advocacy
>> Consultant at UN OCHA.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> *Yantisa Akhadi (Iyan)*
>> *Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team*
>> Tel: +62 81 5787 03388  Email: yantisa.akh...@hotosm.org
>>  hot.openstreetmap.org | openstreetmap.id
>>
>
>
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[HOT] San Diego + Chicago Mapathon this Saturday

[Cristiano Giovando]

Hello Hotties,

We are having a dual-mapathon this Saturday, March 28th. It will be
hosted at the Red Cross offices of San Diego and Chicago, starting at
9:30AM PDT.

If anyone in either city is interested to join, please get in touch
with me. More details can be found on the event flier posted here:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/0/06/San_Diego_and_Chicago_Mapathon_28MAR2015.pdf

We will also need some remote assistance from HOT/OSM expert mappers.
Let me know if you would be around IRC or Skype between 16:30-19:00
UTC on Saturday and might be able to help.

Dale and Pete mentioned that they may have some specific tasks for us,
but if you have other priorities you would like us to focus on, please
let me know.

Thanks!

Cristiano

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[HOT] validating tiles

[Daniel Specht]

Lots of projects are mapped quickly, but validated  slowly. This could be
because
(A) beginners don't feel qualified to pass judgement
(B) people don't like to pass judgement
(C)  doing original work is more fun than reviewing someone else's work.

I have a couple suggestions for encouraging validation.

1.  Include instructions for validation on the instructions tab.
   Because the instructions tab only has mapping instructions, readers may
think that validation is for someone else to do.

2.  Include validation statistics on the stats tab.
  Because the stats tab only has statistics for tiles completed, mappers
may think that validating tiles is not essential. Also, these statistics
give the mapper, but not the validator, a psychological reward. I've been
validating a lot of tiles -- sometimes I seem to be doing most of the
validations on a project -- and even though seeing the number by your name
increment isn't the biggest thrill in the world, I have to admit that I
miss it..
-- 
Dan
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Re: [HOT] Could HOT partner with a handheld GPS maker?

[Cristiano Giovando]

On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 9:22 AM, Joseph Reeves  wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've recently been trying to think through some of my HOT daydreaming - much
> of this relates to how HOT might grow in the future and what we may be doing
> when that future arrives.
>
> Not a business proposal, but some thinking out loud, could HOT be doing more
> with the traditional map companies? Could the sat-nav in your car be helping
> people?
>
> https://ello.co/iknowjoseph/post/5sqAy4buyGqqG1OYCdr9Pw

Excellent post Joseph! I completely agree that more integration with
TMC systems would be a win-win for both. Passive mapping is certainly
in the future of OSM, especially for data validation. It already is in
fact, see http://labs.strava.com/slide

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