Re: [HOT] How to become a validator (a suggestion)

Thanks for you feedback John and Blake, I have tried to pull out some of the points raised here, for my understanding and perhaps for others: There are different standards of mapping and to some extent different standards of validation needed, depending on the project. In-country

[HOT] Humanitarian Mapathon - Longmont Colorado US

Front Range Community College (FRCC) Boulder County Campus will be hosting a Humanitarian Mapathon at 5:00pm MDT (-6 UTC) on Wednesday 2016-04-13 at Oskar Blues Brewery in Longmont. Details are here: http://www.meetup.com/OSM-Colorado/events/230153596/ 1) If you are in the Denver-Longmont area,

Re: [HOT] Friendly reminder not to upload sample.osm during a mapping training

For reference on this subject: https://github.com/hotosm/learnosm/issues/335 On 5 April 2016 at 22:33, Jaakko Helleranta wrote: > I was about to say that the XML headers of the sample.osm file should of > course have upload=false ... but checking the file it (of course)

Re: [HOT] Waterway - Determining Flow Direction

On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 3:13 PM, Paul Norman wrote: > On 4/5/2016 11:49 AM, Michael Heißmeier wrote: > > Hi Mike, > > there is another option which I occasionally use. Depending on the area in > question you might find more-or-less outdated US military maps (JOG/AMS > etc.)

Re: [HOT] Waterway - Determining Flow Direction

On 4/5/2016 11:49 AM, Michael Heißmeier wrote: Hi Mike, there is another option which I occasionally use. Depending on the area in question you might find more-or-less outdated US military maps (JOG/AMS etc.) which have the advantage that there is no copyright associated with them. They tend

Re: [HOT] maposmatic.org not functioning ?

I reached them on github https://github.com/maposmatic/maposmatic/issues/5#issuecomment-205977352 and apparently it's just temporarily offline. Harry From: Blake Girardot To: Ahasanul Hoque ; "hot@openstreetmap.org"

Re: [HOT] Friendly reminder not to upload sample.osm during a mapping training

I was about to say that the XML headers of the sample.osm file should of course have upload=false ... but checking the file it (of course) has that already. This reminds me of a discussion from a while back where me another JOSM user (& non-developer) were wondering if there could be a file

Re: [HOT] maposmatic.org not functioning ?

Hi Ahasan, It is not working for me either. The GIS database has been down for a while now (at least a week) so it was not generating maps, but now I see the website is offline too. That is too bad, it was a great site. Cheers Blake On 4/5/2016 8:28 PM, Ahasanul Hoque wrote: Hi, Does

Re: [HOT] Waterway - Determining Flow Direction

Getting the flow directions correct can be tricky. In any case, its should be easy to find and correct waterways with an incorrect flow using a tool like osmose http://osmose.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/ Have fun at the mapathon! On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 12:35 AM, Mike Thompson

Re: [HOT] Waterway - Determining Flow Direction

On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Ezra Boyd wrote: > > - Look for things like locks, spillways, bridges, etc. that would cause > whitewater and use that to determine flow direction > - Rivers and streams tend to flow toward larger waterbodies, such as > lakes, gulfs and

Re: [HOT] Waterway - Determining Flow Direction

On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Michael Heißmeier < michae...@digital-filestore.de> wrote: > Hi Mike, > > there is another option which I occasionally use. Depending on the area in > question you might find more-or-less outdated US military maps (JOG/AMS > etc.) which have the advantage that

Re: [HOT] Waterway - Determining Flow Direction

Ah, sorry I read your email too quickly. I’ll add OpenCycleMap as a background layer in iD - I agree that the contour data is useful. In the meantime, yes you can add it as a custom background layer as Blake described. Thanks, Bryan > On Apr 5, 2016, at 2:04 PM, Mike Thompson

Re: [HOT] Waterway - Determining Flow Direction

Here are a few other tips that might work: - Look for things like locks, spillways, bridges, etc. that would cause whitewater and use that to determine flow direction - Rivers and streams tend to flow toward larger waterbodies, such as lakes, gulfs and oceans. Look for things likes deltas to

Re: [HOT] Waterway - Determining Flow Direction

Hi Mike, there is another option which I occasionally use. Depending on the area in question you might find more-or-less outdated US military maps (JOG/AMS etc.) which have the advantage that there is no copyright associated with them. They tend to be fairly exact as far as terrain and

[HOT] maposmatic.org not functioning ?

Hi, Does anyone know what happened to http://maposmatic.org/ ? The page is not working !!! Thanks in advance Ahasan . Ahasanul Hoque *GIS & Env. Data Mgt Specialist*MSc in RS and GIS | *AIT, Thailand.* MSc. in

Re: [HOT] Waterway - Determining Flow Direction

On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 12:11 PM, Blake Girardot wrote: > seeing the area might help a bit to see if anyone has any tips. The general area is that which is around this node: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4100183177 (note I have already mapped the waterway which that

Re: [HOT] Waterway - Determining Flow Direction

Hi Mike, seeing the area might help a bit to see if anyone has any tips. It can be difficult to get the water flow directions right even with OCM. My general tips are, with limited effectiveness: zoom out a lot to see what the general watershed and terrain looks like whitewater points in

Re: [HOT] Waterway - Determining Flow Direction

On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 11:42 AM, john whelan wrote: > Quietly do the rivers before anyone starts in JOSM? > > iD has its limitations so I'd be tempted to either accept that waterways > will flow the wrong way 50% of the time and hope the validators will > correct it or

Re: [HOT] Waterway - Determining Flow Direction

Hi Mike, waterways in iD are rendered with directional arrows (see screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/E5n9SPM.png ). OpenStreetMap convention is to draw the way in the direction of the flow, much like oneway roads. Have a great mapathon! Bryan > On Apr 5,

[HOT] Waterway - Determining Flow Direction

When editing in JOSM I use the OpenCycleMap layer to help determine the direction a waterway flows (OpenCycleMap has elevation contour lines). However, I will be hosting a mapathon where the participants will be using iD. How might one determine flow direction in iD? Mike

Re: [HOT] How to become a validator (a suggestion)

I think the point was that that there are different standards of mapping and to some extent validation as well. In Nepal we had time and resource constraints and I must confess I took some short cuts and didn't do a through a job as could have been done. Sometimes it's a judgement call and I

Re: [HOT] How to become a validator (a suggestion)

On 4/5/2016 3:15 PM, john whelan wrote: Blake thought my methods of validation in Nepal left much to be desired. That sounds a little strong :) I forget the question I had or the comment, but after talking with you I was good with it and agreed is all I remember. >I agreed but given

Re: [HOT] How to become a validator (a suggestion)

I've probably done more validation than most. There is often no record of my involvement with a project. I tend to be pragmatic, I’ve been into projects were I’ve changed close to a thousand area=yes to buildings=yes. You don’t need a degree in Rocket Science to do this. JOSM validation will

[HOT] Friendly reminder not to upload sample.osm during a mapping training

Hi, See this: http://osmcha-django-staging.tilestream.net/37558836/ In case you are running a mapping workshop and use the sample.osm data from learnosm. Please advise mappers not to upload. I made the same mistake before (so sorry), so please remind them or, at the end of the training

[HOT] Fwd: Mapping in Sardinia with the Tasking Manager

Dear HOT Team members my name is Claudia and I 'm writing on the behave on an italian association called SardiniaOpenData. Since 2013 we are involved in free training and mapping using OSM , related to our urban context and to the humantarian world as I was deployed in Chad with you guys (

Re: [HOT] HOT in Research - Casual meetup

HI everyone, I've been head down at work and about to travel. Can we aim for the 1st week of May? To that end, I'll send a doodle so that we can plan. Heather Heather Leson heatherle...@gmail.com Twitter: HeatherLeson Blog: textontechs.com On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 10:06 PM, Robert Soden

[HOT] How to become a validator (a suggestion)

Dear Hi, With the subject of validators in that last few emails, and past emails thread discussing how to know when some one can start validating or not. How much experience does one need? One may think that they are good, but other may not etc.. So, I thought to just suggest an idea. I am