Re: [HOT] Issue with new mapper invalidating my task

2015-05-16 Thread john whelan
I generally leave the comment buildings done to avoid other building mappers picking it up and scanning through. Sometimes when I see a tile that looks as if all the buildings are done I'll scroll through with JOSM crtldown arrow map any buildings not done then comment it buildings done. Trouble

Re: [HOT] Issue with new mapper invalidating my task

2015-05-16 Thread Tami Morse
I'd like to second a point Julian made: please leave feedback notes for us new mappers. In the first task I worked on, I found what I thought was either a river or a path. I traced it and tagged it as a river, and left a note saying, I'm not sure if this is a river or a path. I went back to

Re: [HOT] very small round objects in project/1048#task/90

2015-05-16 Thread Steve Bower
If it is small and you are uncertain if it is a building, then I would not trace it as a building (particularly if there are no signs of occupation - paths or enclosures and such). Even if it is a building, it's most likely a hut and not significant to the relief effort (or other applications).

Re: [HOT] very small round objects in project/1048#task/90

2015-05-16 Thread Pierre Béland
When you ask to validate objects like this, try to be more specific. The best would be to give us the ID of one of these objects or to zoom in and give us the osm url to point more precisely to this zone (Ctrl-J in JOSM).    Pierre De : john whelan jwhelan0...@gmail.com À :

Re: [HOT] Issue with new mapper invalidating my task

2015-05-16 Thread Pierre Béland
Julian well described what we should do. To have small sections of paths a few meter long in the fields is useless and add confusion to the map. But it is important to try to complete paths from villages and assure they connect to the highways. I understand that this is not always eaysy to

Re: [HOT] very small round objects in project/1048#task/90

2015-05-16 Thread Suzan Reed
Also roads, tracks, paths, residential roads, and so on! It's all different depending on the country, and in Nepal it's different in rural areas from more citified areas. Cheers! Back to mapping. On May 16, 2015, at 5:44 PM, Suzan Reed wrote: Jumping in here. I would like to see photos

Re: [HOT] very small round objects in project/1048#task/90

2015-05-16 Thread john whelan
lat 28.076796994586726 long 84.38304438425959 Since I haven't mapped them I suspect the OSM Url would be of little value but its https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/28.076797/84.383044 if it is of interest. I looked at one very small square building that had been mapped in the middle of a