[HOT] Setting Up new task in HOT tasking manager

2013-02-10 Thread amrit karmacharya
Could you guide us on setting up a new task in HOT tasking manager. We are planning a mapathon on occasion of OPENDATA day (23rd feb) where we will digitize building footprints in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. and we need to assign areas so that the building are not duplicated. _

[HOT] CAR - Orbview imagery for Mobaye

2013-02-10 Thread Filip Rosenkranc
Hi all, In Central African Republic, despite the peace accord, armed groups are still active. Recently, the city of Mobaye was attacked which led to population displacement (1). There is no Bing imagery for Mobaye, however there is one Orbview-3 image available. It is a bit updated (2005) but stil

[HOT] Tagging 'averaged' paths in rural Mali

2013-02-10 Thread william skora
Hey everyone, As you may know, HOT is currently mapping infrastructure in Mali. In flat rual areas, there are some 'highways' (unpaved ground) that are very close to each other (up to ~100 meters ) that all lead to the same villages or destinations. Here is one example: http://binged.it/Y2XLqR W

Re: [HOT] CAR - Orbview imagery for Mobaye

2013-02-10 Thread Filip Rosenkranc
Nevermind, the image is just clouds. Sorry. Filip ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot

[HOT] Syria Lattakia (SY06)

2013-02-10 Thread Norman Rathmann
HI By this job there a 2 different BING images by zooming more in you get an older image. The mapper you did a lot there before notice this and mapped also the newer things i was wondering about some streets, because with the old image the street looks wrong, after zooming out it was correc

[HOT] HOT activation update: Call for assistance with georeferencing place names

2013-02-10 Thread Joseph Reeves
Hi all, I'll write a blog post about this early next week, but I wanted to give you all a heads up in advance. It's great to see that people have been putting time in to the jobs on the Tasking Manager. It's amazing how quickly people are completing the areas that have been put up. Thanks again t

Re: [HOT] Tagging 'averaged' paths in rural Mali

2013-02-10 Thread David Schmitt
On 2013-02-10 17:46, william skora wrote: Hey everyone, As you may know, HOT is currently mapping infrastructure in Mali. In flat rual areas, there are some 'highways' (unpaved ground) that are very close to each other (up to ~100 meters ) that all lead to the same villages or destinations. Her

Re: [HOT] HOT activation update: Call for assistance with georeferencing place names

2013-02-10 Thread Andrew Buck
I am not sure what the situation in Syria is. In Mali I am currently manually merging in the GNS place names file for the country which has a name for almost all the populated settlements in the country. These place names are not well located (usually within a few hundred meters of the town but s

Re: [HOT] Setting Up new task in HOT tasking manager

2013-02-10 Thread Kate Chapman
Hi Amrit, There are a couple people that have access to make tasks on the Tasking Manager doing mapping in Nepal. What exactly are you trying to do? Meaning what area? Are you working with Ryan Sommerville? Best, -Kate On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 6:59 PM, amrit karmacharya wrote: > Could you guid

Re: [HOT] [Tagging] Tagging 'averaged' paths in rural Mali

2013-02-10 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/2/10 william skora : > Hey everyone, > > As you may know, HOT is currently mapping infrastructure in Mali. In flat > rual areas, there are > some 'highways' (unpaved ground) that are very close to each other (up to > ~100 meters ) that all lead to the same villages or destinations. > > Here is