[HOT] QA activities as part of Validation - Build it into the TM

Folks, I was thinking about the recent discussions of new mappers, validations and QA. I put together some new tasks for #MapLesotho over the weekend and have linked to Osmose and KeepRight in the tasks as a major element of these tasks is to do a lot of cleanup in addition to the regular tasks

Re: [HOT] JOSM people validating / mapping in Nepal, please run JOSM's validator before finishing a tile

Hi all, Just to clarify, josm id both now validate but it's possible newbies don't know how to handle the returned errors and just ignore them. The untagged link in my original email was given as a sample only. There are also many, many issues with routing, boundaries, waterways, etc etc etc.

[HOT] JOSM people validating / mapping in Nepal, please run JOSM's validator before finishing a tile

This is especially applicable for the second pass tasks that are going on right now but should be considered for anyone doing any Nepal tasks using JOSM. When you are mapping / validating a tile, please run the validator before you mark the tile as complete. I can promise you, you will find

Re: [HOT] HOT Summit panel / talk proposal

Pete, Count me in. I'll be happy to pass on learnings from #MapLesotho and to learn from others Dave Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 14:13:19 + From: Pete Masterspedrito1...@googlemail.com To:hot@openstreetmap.org hot@openstreetmap.org Subject: [HOT] HOT Summit panel / talk proposal

Re: [HOT] HOT is now on LinkedIn

Those of you with concerns have you by chance done any research into NGO/Charity presence on LinkedIn. Considering just about every Red Cross in the world, UNICEF and other UN groups, Habitat for Humanity, USAID, Oxfam, Amnesty international, various health research organisations (cancer, heart)

[HOT] #MapLesotho push to the finish before Feb visit

Hi all, There are several of us heading down to Lesotho in Feb for 2 weeks to carry out a number of OSM linked objectives 1. Get the local mappers (there are quite a few now) more involved, editing more frequently and start discussions about them forming a Lesotho OSM group with semi-regular

[HOT] Think before you hit reply

Folks, Can you PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE think of the people getting the digest mails before you reply. If you dont need to copy the previous mail in your response, don't. The last digest was nearly unreadable with the mail chains contained within it. I was trying to follow it on my phone, but had

[HOT] #MapLesotho mapping happening now - Join in

So after 2 months of prep, several hundred tweets, emails and facebook posts we're finally here! Today is #MapLesotho day! There are mapping parties happening in: - Lesotho (2 locations) - Ireland - Poland - Germany - USA - Canada - UK To help out, go to either the urban

Re: [HOT] Is this possible with the new tasking manager?

Dave, On a quick look, your geojson are linestrings, please create a geojson file whose geometry types are polygons. On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Dave Corley davecor...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I'm looking for a bit of help. I'm trying to set up the urban mapping task

Re: [HOT] 25th July #MapLesotho International Mapathon

other specific group or universities that would be interested to participate to such a Mapathon? Sincerely, Severin On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 5:13 PM, Dave Corley davecor...@gmail.com wrote: First off, apologies for cross posting, trying to spread the word to as large an audience

[HOT] 25th July #MapLesotho International Mapathon

First off, apologies for cross posting, trying to spread the word to as large an audience as possible. tl;dr, a group of Irish OpenStreetMap members are organising a mapathon on 25th July to map large sections of Lesotho and we are looking for individuals or groups to participate from around the

Re: [HOT] Looking for maps of Lesotho

: Mark Cupitt markcup...@gmail.com To: Pierre Béland pierz...@yahoo.fr Cc: hot@openstreetmap.org hot@openstreetmap.org, Dave Corley davecor...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 14:46:33 +0800 Subject: Re: [HOT] Looking for maps of Lesotho Hi Dave, Ok, we made the TPC's a WMS Layer you can use

[HOT] Looking for maps of Lesotho

I'm hoping folks here can assist. I'm currently using the tasking manager to assist planners in Lesotho to create a map of various parts of Lesotho and I have several tasks set up tracing unplanned (no basic services) residential areas around some of the major cities and towns. I've also got a

Re: [HOT] Looking for maps of Lesotho

Kate, Thanks, I will give them a try. Mark, Bounding box is -28.5242, -30.7017, 26.3177, 30.6299 Thanks, Dave ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot