[HOT] 3637

2017-11-19 Thread Daniel Specht
I tried to map a tile on #3637 (Bangladesh) and got this message: The task could not be locked for mapping. Mapping not allowed because: PROJECT_NOT_PUBLISHED -- Dan ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot

Re: [HOT] Mapping buildings with new mappers at a maperthon

2017-11-19 Thread Blake Girardot HOT/OSM
Hi, A lot of this would be addressed if iD had a building mapping tool like JOSM does. I am going to restart the effort to get that added in to iD, I have some new ideas for how we might be able to accomplish it. I think it would save literally hundreds of hours volunteer time fixing buildings tha

Re: [HOT] Mapping buildings with new mappers at a maperthon

2017-11-19 Thread john whelan
and I totally concur with what Ralph has said. We asked people who were attending to install JAVA before they arrived and I had josm-tested.jar available on a DVD to minimise the stress on the wifi network. I had a USB DVD device with me and a bag of mice. The particular maperthon I was at was a o

Re: [HOT] Mapping buildings with new mappers at a maperthon

2017-11-19 Thread ralph.aytoun
A useful guide to running your Mapathon can be found here http://learnosm.org/en/coordination/mapathon/ There is no hard and fast rule to running a successful Mapathon. As I point out, each Mapathon will evolve at it’s own pace and in it’s own direction dependent the expertise of the people or