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
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
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:
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
