Re: [HOT] Mapswipe

2019-07-04 Thread Nick Allen
We're having a look at it now and can hopefully resolve this soon. >> Let you know about the progress, >> Kind regards, >> Benni >> >> Am Do., 4. Juli 2019 um 21:19 Uhr schrieb Nick Allen < >> nick.allen...@gmail.com>: >> >>> Hi, >>>

[HOT] Mapswipe

2019-07-04 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, Is anyone else having problems with mapswipe? 4 of us can't get it working despite using it earlier today. We're getting messages about internal errors. Nick my phone is responsible for any spelling mistakes! ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.o

Re: [HOT] Urgent: Tasking Manager Site

2019-07-03 Thread Nick Allen
Hi Wendy, Sorry, I couldn't see your screenshot properly on my phone - have now realised what your full message means and have tried to contact tech. people. https://github.com/hotosm/tasking-manager/issues/1740 refers Good luck Nick On Wed, 2019-07-03 at 12:52 +0100, Nick Allen wrote:

Re: [HOT] Urgent: Tasking Manager Site

2019-07-03 Thread Nick Allen
Hi Wendy, I've just checked from the UK and the site seems okay? Get back in touch if still having a problem and I'll try to contact one of the tech team. Nick my phone is responsible for any spelling mistakes! On Wed, 3 Jul 2019, 12:37 Wendy Ngan, wrote: > Hi Hot team, > > > > We have an ur

[HOT] updates to LearnOSM - iD editor & Tasking Manager 3 sections

2019-07-01 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, Our little team has been hard at work over the last week or so, and we're hoping the result will be helpful to you - all refer to the site at https://learnosm.org/en/. The extremely good team of translators have been working hard as well, and some of the modules, even though they are only a

Re: [HOT] [LearnOSM List] Help in collecting data in Kenya - Canadian students - January 2019

2018-09-27 Thread Nick Allen
Hi Sarah, I've included the main HOT mailing list in my reply, and I'm sure there will be many people there who can help. Regards Nick (Tallguy) my phone is responsible for any spelling mistakes! On Wed, 26 Sep 2018, 15:05 Sarah Bortolamiol, wrote: > Hello, > > I am contacting you to get info

[HOT] LearnOSM not in Albanian

2017-04-24 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, Thanks to the efforts of our great team of translators on Transifex, the training team is pleased to announce that http://learnosm.org/sq/ is now available. If you can help with the translation to Albanian, or any other translations, please go to https://www.transifex.com/ and search fo

Re: [HOT] round objects

2017-04-11 Thread Nick Allen
Hi Daniel, Just a couple of thoughts; 1. Looking at the scale, this is quite small, possibly about 2 metres in diameter at the base. 2. If it was a building in frequent use I would expect to see more of an access path. I can see tyre marks to the left as well as the clear road / track bot

[HOT] Fwd: Re: landuse=residential within landuse=residential

2017-03-28 Thread Nick Allen
Sorry Missed the list with my reply. Nick (OSM=Tallguy) my phone is responsible for any spelling mistakes! -- Forwarded message -- From: "Nick Allen" Date: 28 Mar 2017 19:57 Subject: Re: [HOT] landuse=residential within landuse=residential To: "john whelan&qu

[HOT] LearnOSM updates - Mapathon guide for organisers, Quick Access links and HOT-tips for new mappers

2017-02-12 Thread Nick Allen
Hi all, http://learnosm.org/en/ has had a few updates! My thanks to the whole team who have done such a great job on improving the site recently. It's a team effort with work by many people, who help to make it all happen. I'll mention a few names, and can only apologise to those I miss - the

Re: [HOT] Bounding box not in iD Editor anymore

2017-02-06 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, A quick but dirty workaround 1. Load task in iD 2. return to Task on TM, go back to 'edit with' and select JOSM 3. You will get an error message about JOSM remote control, but it will give you access to a section of the JOSM menu 4. From the section that reads "/Tip: Download the foll

[HOT] Training WG 2016

2016-12-09 Thread Nick Allen
activities. You can view a list of TrWG projects on Trello: https://trello.com/b/ZYzEoama/hot-training-wg. One of the main resources used by the TrWG is the LearnOSM (www.learnosm.og <http://www.learnosm.og>) web site, which is maintained by Nick Allen. Since January our completed projects i

[HOT] Myanmar (Burmese) Translation of LearnOSM is now available

2016-11-25 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, Thanks to the enormous efforts of the team from *OneMap Myanmar* with *FAUNA & FLORA International*, LearnOSM is now available in Myanmar (Burmese). My sincere thanks go to the team responsible for this work. If you wish to link to this language of the site, the links are; Main link to

[HOT] HOT Training WG - Validation

2016-10-14 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, We all know that more training is needed. We also know that feedback is part of the training process - Validation of projects within the Tasking Manager (TM) is about training as well as data quality. The HOT Training Working Group has a Trello board at https://trello.com/b/ZYzEoama/hot-

Re: [HOT] HOT Polo shirts

2016-07-14 Thread Nick Allen
for the HOT Summit >> though. I had the shirts made in Jakarta which made them relatively >> inexpensive. >> >> -Kate >> >> On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 9:45 AM, Nick Allen >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Does anyone have a stock of HOT

Re: [HOT] Using HOT validation styles in JOSM

2016-07-12 Thread Nick Allen
Hi Laura & John, HDM is another very good style, but if you wish to look at the HOT Validate style (I frequently switch between 3 or 4 different styles depending on what I am currently doing), the process is quite simple for the initial setup, and even easier to switch once you have installed

[HOT] HOT Polo shirts

2016-07-09 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, Does anyone have a stock of HOT Polo shirts please. Mine was in my lost luggage and I'd rather like to replace it. Any suggestions, such as a pattern for an embroidered patch or ...? Appreciated. Regards Nick (OSM=Tallguy) my phone is responsible for any spelling mistakes! _

Re: [HOT] Sierra Leone Field trip with Missing Maps

2016-07-07 Thread Nick Allen
helps. Nick On 07/07/16 15:46, john whelan wrote: Are these English only tools or is it possible to have different language interfaces? Thanks John On 7 July 2016 at 09:40, Nick Allen <mailto:nick.allen...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi Rox, The packages used were all android apps, but

Re: [HOT] Sierra Leone Field trip with Missing Maps

2016-07-07 Thread Nick Allen
ection process? Rox ᐧ On 6 July 2016 at 21:33, Matthew Gibb <mailto:mjng...@gmail.com>> wrote: Really enjoyed reading about your experience, Nick, thanks for sharing! Matt On 7/6/16, 7:16 PM, "Nick Allen" mailto:nick.allen...@gmail.com>> wrote:

[HOT] Sierra Leone Field trip with Missing Maps

2016-07-06 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, I recently went on a field trip, as part of a Missing Maps / American Red Cross / MSF project in Sierra Leone. I've written a short diary entry [1], and was recently filmed whilst giving a short talk in London about the trip [2]. Keep up the good work, it is appreciated! I was only a sma

Re: [HOT] Very quick question

2016-07-02 Thread Nick Allen
Pete, Probably and tag as a ford but in some cases if you can see a culvert then a section of the stream is tagged as a culvert and they don't share a node. Regards Nick (OSM=Tallguy) my phone is responsible for any spelling mistakes! On 2 Jul 2016 11:15, "Pete Masters" wrote: Just doing some

Re: [HOT] Mapping party in Barcelona

2016-04-12 Thread Nick Allen
Hi Pete, It's probably in the message and I've missed it, but do you have the date please? Regards Nick (OSM=Tallguy) my phone is responsible for any spelling mistakes! On 12 Apr 2016 10:06, "Pete Masters" wrote: > Hi all, just a quick one... > > MSF Spain are hosting their first Missing Maps

Re: [HOT] Tasking Manager - Comments

2016-02-29 Thread Nick Allen
Hi Mike, It's a manual thing - there's an explanation about how to send messages, and a few other things as well, here; http://learnosm.org/en/coordination/tasking-manager/#sending-a-message-from-the-comment-box Regards Nick On 29/02/16 19:30, Mike Thompson wrote: When a task is validated d

Re: [HOT] Help...

2016-02-13 Thread Nick Allen
Hi http://learnosm.org/en/beginner/moving-forward/#mailing-list Should help. Good luck Nick (OSM=Tallguy) my phone is responsible for any spelling mistakes! On 13 Feb 2016 13:31, "Mpindi Esma" wrote: > I need help on how to subscribe to the mailing list.Thank you > > _

Re: [HOT] How newer mappers can help a lot with the validation process

2016-02-11 Thread Nick Allen
as been talk about a module for ‘general’ validation on LearnOSM, and Nick or someone closer involved with the Training Working Group can probably tell you more about that. In either case, I think there is plenty of room for improvement. Cheers, =Russ *From:*Nick Allen [mailto:nick.allen...@

Re: [HOT] How newer mappers can help a lot with the validation process

2016-02-11 Thread Nick Allen
There is a wiki article at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Tasking_Manager/Validating_data It needs updating. Nick (OSM=Tallguy) my phone is responsible for any spelling mistakes! On 11 Feb 2016 15:49, "john whelan" wrote: > In there somewhere in a wiki or some such where we can document

[HOT] HOT Training Working Group meeting - now!

2016-01-18 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, A very late reminder but HOT Training Working Group are meeting now on IRC (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/IRC) Regards -- Nick Volunteer 'Tallguy' for https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Tallguy ___

Re: [HOT] Tom Taylor passed away Dec. 24th, 2015 - Goodbye Tom

2015-12-30 Thread Nick Allen
Suzan, Please pass on my deepest condolences to Tom's family. I admired Tom's drive and commitment under such difficult circumstances, and I am sorry to lose him from our community. He devoted considerable time and effort helping us to create learning materials to help in the mapping of disas

Re: [HOT] HOT OSM Tasking Manager - lots of them

2015-12-11 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, I agree that smaller squares are generally a better idea - something that an experienced mapper will finish in 10 minutes will generally take a whole mapathon for someone new. But - couple of notes of caution; Highways & other longer features. For a straight road, you place a node at e

Re: [HOT] JOSM and TM problems (was RE: HOT Digest, Vol 69, Issue 21)

2015-11-22 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, Is your problem to do with JOSM & remote control? At a recent mapathon in London I found two JOSM users for whom remote control would not work despite all of our efforts - I can't solve that for you, but I can offer a workround if that is the problem. 1. Open JOSM, 2. Select your square

[HOT] Buildings or construction?

2015-11-16 Thread Nick Allen
Hi Pete, I've been contacted by one of the mappers I've been training, concerned because he had one of his squares invalidated. He's been working away at the Lubumbashi tasks involving the tracing of buildings. [1] From conversations I've had with you, and others involved in the mapping of t

[HOT] Training WG reminder & Agenda

2015-08-29 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, There is a meeting of the HOT Training Working Group at 1800 UTC on Monday 31/08/2015 using the HOT IRC channel. The Agenda is at https://hackpad.com/HOT-Training-WG-Agenda-31-Aug-2015-1vrPtNTY1md Brief instructions on using IRC can be found at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/IRC

[HOT] LearnOSM translations now using Transifex

2015-08-04 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, Thanks to the generosity of those very nice folks at Transifex, [1] we are now using their services for the translations of LearnOSM [2]. If you would like to help with the ongoing translations, please visit the Transifex website [1] and search for 'HOT-OSM', and you will find LearnOSM l

Re: [HOT] LearnOSM Glossary

2015-07-24 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, Personally I'd prefer a single glossary within LearnOSM [1] which is available in many languages. If you don't know what a term or acronym means, you won't know where to search for it, hence my preference for a single glossary. LearnOSM is linked from a number of sources which are HOT rel

Re: [HOT] Difficulty with the Task Manager

2015-07-06 Thread Nick Allen
had an issue some months ago with Firefox not displaying something that did display on both my phone & on chrome. Nick On 06/07/15 20:38, Suzan Reed wrote: Nick, Please advise exactly what I need to do. Thanks for your help. Suzan On Jul 6, 2015, at 12:35 PM, Nick Allen wrote: Suzan &am

Re: [HOT] Difficulty with the Task Manager

2015-07-06 Thread Nick Allen
5 20:38, Suzan Reed wrote: Nick, Please advise exactly what I need to do. Thanks for your help. Suzan On Jul 6, 2015, at 12:35 PM, Nick Allen wrote: Suzan & Pierre, If I may. Because of an update to the Tasking Manager at http://tasks.hotosm.org/ it now needs to ask p

Re: [HOT] Difficulty with the Task Manager

2015-07-06 Thread Nick Allen
Suzan & Pierre, If I may. Because of an update to the Tasking Manager at http://tasks.hotosm.org/ it now needs to ask permission of http://www.openstreetmap.org/ to access your account - I've seen it 3 times today amongst a group of people I'm training. Although, it only caused a temporary

Re: [HOT] Disaster Relief Organizations in Ghana

2015-06-06 Thread Nick Allen
Enoch, This charity may be able to help as well http://www.shelterbox.org/ Nick (OSM=Tallguy) dodgy didgits as using a phone with a spell chequer. Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team Member On 6 Jun 2015 08:59, "Enock Seth Nyamador" wrote: > Hi, > > Am Enock from Ghana, I've been a member of HOT

Re: [HOT] Activations Working Group Meeting Today, 14:00 UTC

2015-06-02 Thread Nick Allen
Blake Apology for absence. Im on a train on my way to London for a missing maps mapathon. Regards Nick On Tue, 2 Jun 2015 12:37 Blake Girardot wrote: > > The Activations WG is meeting today > Tuesday, Jun. 2nd, 2015 at 14:00 UTC via IRC > > > Hi a

[HOT] LearnOSM update - OsmAnd 2+ section

2015-05-23 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, New section in LearnOSM for users of OsmAnd - http://learnosm.org/en/mobile-mapping/osmand2/ With grateful thanks to Win Olario (gitGOwin) for producing this guide. -- Nick Volunteer 'Tallguy' for https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team http://www.openstreetmap.org/u

Re: [HOT] Problems saving in ID

2015-05-21 Thread Nick Allen
s" at the link Nick sent to me? I had a dickens of a time trying to provide the feedback at that link, and I thought I was pretty good with stuff like that. Suzan On May 21, 2015, at 1:31 AM, Nick Allen wrote: Hi, https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues Should be the place to repor

Re: [HOT] Problems saving in ID

2015-05-21 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues Should be the place to report problems. Nick (OSM=Tallguy) dodgy didgits as using a phone with a spell chequer. Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team Member On 21 May 2015 09:25, "Suzan Reed" wrote: > For some time I've been having problems saving whe

[HOT] LearnOSM - updated section on OSMTracker

2015-05-18 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, As requested, the section of LearnOSM relating to OSMTracker has been updated, and is available at http://learnosm.org/en/mobile-mapping/osmtracker/ The guide is also available from that link as a .pdf and an .odf document. At present this guide is only available in English (the Japanes

Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018

2015-05-11 Thread Nick Allen
Barbara, Go ahead and upload. Each rectangular buildings is 4 corners (nodes) and a connecting way. Removing one building is at least 5 elements. Worse case scenario is you upload and realise that you've made it worse and have to ask for a revert by someone. I think that the need for a revert

Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018

2015-05-10 Thread Nick Allen
Spring, The guidance on validating is currently at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Tasking_Manager/Validating_data In theory anyone can validate, but the recent influx of thousands of newbies has caused a lot of discussion. I suspect that by the time we have finished the software will

Re: [HOT] Technical question can JAVA be run from a USB stick?

2015-05-10 Thread Nick Allen
John, See http://portableapps.com/ It's free & opensource. I haven't tried it, but it is listed as being able to deal with JAVA & JOSM. Nick On 10/05/15 17:10, john whelan wrote: I know JOSM can be and if it could then it could address the concern about having to install software on the mac

[HOT] LearnOSM statistics May 2015

2015-05-10 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, Whilst discussing the best way forward with training, the statistics from this page may be of interest: http://piwik.hotosm.org/index.php?module=CoreHome&action=index&idSite=3&period=month&date=2015-05-01#/module=Actions&action=menuGetPageUrls&idSite=3&period=month&date=2015-05-01 You'll

Re: [HOT] #1018 squaring buildings

2015-05-08 Thread Nick Allen
Tom, Also described here http://learnosm.org/en/coordination/tasking-manager/#stats-tab Good luck Nick (OSM=Tallguy) dodgy didgits as using a phone with a spell chequer. Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team Member On 8 May 2015 16:41, "Pierre GIRAUD" wrote: > Hi Tom, > > You should be able to kn

Re: [HOT] JOSM Banner about imagery might be misaligned?

2015-05-07 Thread Nick Allen
Tom, To remove the banner, click on th 'x' at its end. Nick (OSM=Tallguy) dodgy didgits as using a phone with a spell chequer. Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team Member On 8 May 2015 03:33, "Jean-Guilhem Cailton" wrote: > Hi Tom, > > Do not worry about it. It is just a standard warning, that is

[HOT] Seasonal or Intermittent

2015-05-06 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, I'm just updating part of LearnOSM (http://learnosm.org/en/coordination/remote-tracing/), and need to clarify which is the correct tag for a stream, river or other feature that is only present for part of the year. My initial understanding was: seasonal=yes as per http://wiki.openstreetma

Re: [HOT] Should Newbies (Me) keep mapping houses and "easy" features?

2015-05-05 Thread Nick Allen
Laura, I think you're describing the function of building tools helpful when tracing a row of parallel buildings. Trace one building, select it and leave it selected. Each building thereafter can be traced with 2 clicks and will be parallel to the already selected one. As Julian said, make sur

Re: [HOT] newbie needs advice

2015-05-05 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, See http://learnosm.org/en/coordination/remote/ as well. May help with some of the queries. Nick (OSM=Tallguy) dodgy didgits as using a phone with a spell chequer. Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team Member On 6 May 2015 00:22, "Pierre Béland" wrote: > Springfield, > > The informations about

Re: [HOT] Bad image quality

2015-05-05 Thread Nick Allen
sible to have a > > better source. > > Could you check for me? > > > > Sorry, I just start maping here :D > > Thanks for your answers and please forgive my bad english, not my main > > language... > > > > Cheers. > > Greg > > > >

Re: [HOT] Bad image quality

2015-05-04 Thread Nick Allen
Greg, Not sure if your question got overlooked. Can you clarify which project you're looking at? Nick (OSM=Tallguy) dodgy didgits as using a phone with a spell chequer. Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Member On 4 May 2015 10:02, "Gregory Trolliet" wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Has

Re: [HOT] data alignment to satellite imagery

2015-05-03 Thread Nick Allen
Excuse the dodgy typing from my phone. This may help http://learnosm.org/en/coordination/remote/#highways---how-to-map Nick Volunteer 'Tallguy' for https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Tallguy Treasurer, website & Bonus Ball admin for htt

Re: [HOT] How to handle task edge areas correctly?

2015-04-30 Thread Nick Allen
ds Nick On 30/04/15 10:05, Suzan Reed wrote: So Nick, when we finish a square/tile/project and someone looks to validate it, we get feedback? We are told what we did right and what we did wrong? Suzan On Apr 30, 2015, at 1:57 AM, Nick Allen wrote: Henri & all, especially any 'ne

Re: [HOT] How to handle task edge areas correctly?

2015-04-30 Thread Nick Allen
ided. What would be the proper way to correct them? Should I do it as I spot the mistake or should I leave it to the person editing the other tile (note: I have no idea whether the other guy has noticed the mistake). I also find it problematic that I can’t see the features that exist

Re: [HOT] round houses / huts + (Nepal HOT mapping)

2015-04-30 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, Please see http://learnosm.org/en/coordination/remote/#checking-on-the-existing-data---id and it's following section about buildings and huts. Nick Volunteer 'Tallguy' for https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Tallguy Treasurer, website

Re: [HOT] How to handle task edge areas correctly?

2015-04-30 Thread Nick Allen
Henri Using my phone so briefly - see here http://learnosm.org/en/coordination/remote/#checking-on-the-existing-data---id Nick Volunteer 'Tallguy' for https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Tallguy Treasurer, website & Bonus Ball admin for

Re: [HOT] potlatch2 & Tasking Manager Square

2015-04-29 Thread Nick Allen
ed, Apr 29, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Nick Allen <mailto:nick.allen...@gmail.com>> wrote: Sam, 1. Tasking Manager - obtain your square, 2. Tasking Manager - select 'edit with JOSM' and under the words 'edit with josm' you will see a line of text 'Tip:Downlo

[HOT] Potlatch 2 & Tasking Manager - outline boundary of square

2015-04-29 Thread Nick Allen
Sam, 1. Tasking Manager - obtain your square, 2. Tasking Manager - select 'edit with JOSM' and under the words 'edit with josm' you will see a line of text 'Tip:Download the following gpx file ...' 3. click on download file & make a note where you put it. 4. Tasking Manager - using the dro

Re: [HOT] AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGH!

2015-04-29 Thread Nick Allen
gt;> Filipe Santana Lopes >>> >>> » Cell +351 918426834 >>> » LinkedIn (pt.linkedin.com/pub/filipe-santana-lopes/11/627/283) >>> » Student in Masters in Science and Geographic Information Systems ( >>> g2012...@isegi.unl.pt|www.isegi.unl.pt)

Re: [HOT] AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGH!

2015-04-29 Thread Nick Allen
Jonathan, Thank you for the feedback which is exactly what we need. Have you looked at http://learnosm.org/en/coordination/remote/ & could you give some feedback on it - I am one of the people who try to make it useful. Feedback can be given by clicking on the pencil symbol on the site, sending

Re: [HOT] HOT Digest, Vol 62, Issue 36

2015-04-28 Thread Nick Allen
John, As well as the very good Mapgive site, could I suggest that someone has a read through http://learnosm.org/en/coordination/remote/ which includes links to the section about the Tasking Manager. Although there will always be mistakes, the main point to watch out for, is that only experie

Re: [HOT] Ebola Outbreak UNMEER Routing : Data Collection

2015-03-27 Thread Nick Allen
utions to facilitate the management of the LearnOSM project. Let's hope that we will have the possibility to progress on this over the next year. regard Pierre -------- *De :* Nick Allen *À :* hot@openstreetmap.org *Envoyé le

Re: [HOT] Ebola Outbreak UNMEER Routing : Data Collection

2015-03-27 Thread Nick Allen
Pierre, This section of LearnOSM; http://learnosm.org/en/mobile-mapping/osmand/ has sections on both OSMand & OSMTracker, but they are probably in need of a review. I've been a long time user of both, and each has evolved, but the principles in LearnOSM will probably be enough to get someone

Re: [HOT] Gentle grump

2015-03-07 Thread Nick Allen
John, Thanks for that - you've got some very good ideas there. I've created issue https://github.com/hotosm/learnosm/issues/334 for learnOSM so we don't lose it & can incorporate when we get the chance. Thanks again. Nick On 07/03/15 12:02, john whelan wrote: Thank you for testing it. The

Re: [HOT] Malawi Flood #847 - buildings among fields

2015-02-20 Thread Nick Allen
Hi Kretzer, The best answer would be from someone who's actually been there, but my calculated guess is that at least some of those buildings are residential. It looks as if some have a sort of compound created from hedging and possibly even a driveway, which makes me wonder if the 'path' sho

Re: [HOT] building=hut task 892

2015-02-16 Thread Nick Allen
Hi John, I'm willing to be corrected, but I think we're currently going with building=yes for all shapes of building. Reading through that particular project instructions, it doesn't look as if buildings need to be traced at the moment, just residential boundaries. The problem comes when you find

Re: [HOT] Validation

2015-02-15 Thread Nick Allen
John, I tend to vary it a bit - My normal comment in the box is something like 'imagery was probably slow to load which is why they were missed', but then I often add a link to something like http://learnosm.org/en/coordination/remote/#buildings-compounds-amp-barriers and a casual comment about ro

[HOT] desktop guide for print based upon http://learnosm.org/en/coordination/remote/

2015-02-06 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, For those of you helping out or organising Mapathons. Printable desktop guides based upon http://learnosm.org/en/coordination/remote/, but incorporating parts of the sign up process & Tasking Manager sections from elsewhere within LearnOSM are now available to download. The documents incl

[HOT] Fwd: Re: LearnOSM - updates

2015-01-27 Thread Nick Allen
Sorry, The missing link for feedback = https://github.com/hotosm/learnosm Regards Nick Forwarded Message Subject:Re: [HOT] LearnOSM - updates Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:48:57 +0700 From: Alex Rollin Reply-To: alex.rol...@gmail.com To: Nick Allen

[HOT] LearnOSM - updates

2015-01-27 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, LearnOSM has been updated recently - in fact its under constant review & update. There are now significant parts of the site available in German, thanks to the efforts of Michael63-osm. There are also additions to the Remote, Armchair & Mapathon section, including sections on (I've lis

[HOT] London Missing Maps Mapathon yesterday

2014-12-16 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, An enormous bit thank you to all the people who did all the hard work to make yesterdays mapathon in London so successful. I made the mistake of not asking how many people were in the room, but at one point I saw that over 40 squares were locked on one of the tasks, and that would have be

[HOT] New section on LearnOSM for Remote, Armchair or Mapathon mappers

2014-12-10 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, http://learnosm.org/en/coordination/remote/ is a new section of LearnOSM specifically aimed at anyone who may be starting out with OSM & particularly HOT. Obvioiusly the best form of any teaching is 1 to 1, but if you have volunteers who can't get to the mapathon you are involved in, this

Re: [HOT] Activation Working Group Meeting today 14 UTC

2014-12-09 Thread Nick Allen
Sorry, will miss the start but may be able to join you later. Nick Volunteer 'Tallguy' for https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Tallguy Treasurer, website & Bonus Ball admin for http://www.6thswanleyscouts.org.uk/ (treasu...@6thswanleyscout

[HOT] Validating - Take a Task at Random

2014-11-11 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, For info of all who are consciously validating squares (& a few who may not realise they have been validating). I've been contacted concerning one of the very successful recent mapathons. A little research after the event has shown that several squares of at least one project have been m

Re: [HOT] Instant help - IRC channel

2014-11-11 Thread Nick Allen
er. It is now added also otn the Task Manager front page. I suggest that both the Task Manager front page and the LearnOSM refer to this instance. Pierre *De :* Sander Deryckere *À :* Nick Allen *Cc :* Pierre

Re: [HOT] Instant help - IRC channel

2014-11-10 Thread Nick Allen
ierre *De :* Sander Deryckere *À :* Nick Allen *Cc :* Pierre Béland ; "HOT@openstreetmap.org" *Envoyé le :* Lundi 10 novembre 2014 10h16 *Objet :* Re: [HOT] Instant help - IRC channel Some remarks: * New users often expect immediate answers, or just ask

[HOT] Instant help - IRC channel

2014-11-10 Thread Nick Allen
Pierre, I've added a section to LearnOSM concerning the *OSM HOT IRC Channel #hot *link from the home page of the Tasking Manager: http://learnosm.org/en/coordination/tasking-manager/#getting-live-help I was very impressed at how simple it is - I've only started using IRC in the last year, &

Re: [HOT] Missing Maps launch tomorrow, and LearnOSM

2014-11-07 Thread Nick Allen
Charlotte, Although I'm very noisy on this list, I'm actually a very small cog in a great big machine. I know of this article http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/nov/06/-sp-missing-maps-baraka-democratic-republic-congo-drc, and I know that Facebook & twitter are being used extensively. I

[HOT] Missing Maps launch tomorrow, and LearnOSM

2014-11-06 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, Missing Maps (http://www.missingmaps.org/) has it's official launch tomorrow, 7th November. I've deliberatly not put a time in this message, as its a pretty worldwide launch & it's going to depend on your & their time zone. As well as the people who attend the mapathons, there will also

Re: [HOT] unknown structures are buildings?

2014-11-04 Thread Nick Allen
Would there be any problem linking it from somewhere in learnosm? I'd be happy to have a check through for somewhere suitable and do the work. Regards Nick On 04/11/14 22:09, Pierre Béland wrote: Hi Blake revisiting your page, it is already quite instructive bringing attention to various

[HOT] proof reading & checking new section of LearnOSM

2014-11-04 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, Could a few willing volunteers please proof read the new section of http://learnosm.org/en/ relating to the Tasking Manager. Direct link for just that section is http://learnosm.org/en/coordination/tasking-manager/ There are various headings within the guide, so if you need to send a mes

Re: [HOT] Linking to task stats directly

2014-11-01 Thread Nick Allen
Pete, Stats to be proud of - nice one! I don't know of any way of linking directly to the stats - only to the task & instruct to click on the stats. tab. Nick On 01/11/14 11:27, Pete Masters wrote: Hi all, sorry for two questions in quick succession... I'd like to feed back to the mappers

Re: [HOT] [HOT Ebola response] unknown structures

2014-10-20 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, Sorry, can I just clarify the tagging on these - depends which answer you look at as to the result. Is it; a/. building=construction, or, b/. building=yes & construction=yes Regards Nick (Tallguy) On 20/10/14 09:06, Blake Girardot wrote: This did get followed up on and answered in the

Re: [HOT] Activation Working Group meeting: postponing to next week?

2014-10-15 Thread Nick Allen
Hi Severin, I wasn't available yesterday. I can't guarantee next week, but there is more chance than there was for yesterday! Regards Nick Volunteer 'Tallguy' for https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Tallguy Treasurer, website & Bonus Bal

Re: [HOT] Training WG Meeting today at 15:00 UTC (agenda to be completed)

2014-10-13 Thread Nick Allen
Claire, Sorry, I will not be able to attend this afternoons meeting. Regards Nick On 13/10/14 01:44, Claire Halleux wrote: Dear All, Our Training WG meeting is taking place this Monday (today/tomorrow). The group history and details can be found in [1]. Ideas currently under discussion are l

Re: [HOT] Task 661 (Ebola, DRC), road vs path

2014-10-12 Thread Nick Allen
Dan, Interesting, and it kept me busy for a while. Can I say first of all that I wouldn't want to lose anyone in an argument over this one. The tree cover is too dense to be sure of anything, and if it was me mapping it, I'd actually put an additional road in extending to the East & South fro

[HOT] Task Manager missing

2014-10-01 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, I'm probably being really stupid here - but is the Task Manager 'down' at the moment? -- Nick Volunteer 'Tallguy' for https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Tallguy Treasurer, website & Bonus Ball admin for http://www.6thswanleysco

Re: [HOT] Missing Maps Mapathon Tuesday 30th September, London UK

2014-09-28 Thread Nick Allen
Spike, Thanks for that. ... 1700 UTC 1800 BST Well spotted. Nick (Tallguy) On 28/09/14 21:01, Spike wrote: Erm, but 1800hrs BST is 1700UTC isn't it? "Spring forward, fall back" Regards Spike On 28/09/2014 19:05, Nick Allen wrote: On Tuesday 30th September 1800hrs

[HOT] Missing Maps Mapathon Tuesday 30th September, London UK

2014-09-28 Thread Nick Allen
Hi fellow HOTties, On Tuesday 30th September 1800hrs British Summer Time or 1900hrs UTC depending on which flavour you prefer, there will be a Missing Maps Mapathon at Skills Matter, Goswell Rd., London. More details on the Eventbrite site at http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/missing-maps-hot-sep

Re: [HOT] Double tracings

2014-09-15 Thread Nick Allen
Charlotte, My answer is similar to Sander's There are lots of ways this can happen; If your editing lasts more than 120 minutes, unless you relock it, your square is automatically released and another mapper could select it, If one of you is using JOSM or another offline editor, at the time of

[HOT] http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/641#task/13 - query over interpretation

2014-09-15 Thread Nick Allen
Hi latte, I'm opening this up to the group as there are people there who have been in the area, and will have more idea than me - I think it's surface mining - sort of 'blood diamond' type thing, but I could very easily be wrong. I think we're talking about the cluster of fuzzy white shapes

Re: [HOT] Houses or buildings with no roof in W Africa mapping

2014-09-13 Thread Nick Allen
Blake, They could be both. When I asked the question a few months ago concerning similar structures elsewhere in Africa I was told that it can take a while for something to be built & finished, but it can also be a case of something has become disused & the roof removed. In either case, it wo

Re: [HOT] Training or Coaching Task / Project within TM?

2014-09-13 Thread Nick Allen
manitarian OpenStreetMap Team http://www.hotosm.org/ http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2014_DRC_Ebola_Response On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 8:00 PM, Nick Allen <mailto:nick.allen...@gmail.com>> wrote: Claire, I may be able to help a bit at the start of the session, but I have a commitment

Re: [HOT] Training or Coaching Task / Project within TM?

2014-09-12 Thread Nick Allen
rian OpenStreetMap Team http://www.hotosm.org/ http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2014_DRC_Ebola_Response On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 12:39 AM, Nick Allen <mailto:nick.allen...@gmail.com>> wrote: Ralph, Thanks for the offer of help - you're likely to see a request for help

Re: [HOT] Training or Coaching Task / Project within TM? (Nick Allen)

2014-09-11 Thread Nick Allen
Melanie, Thank you for your message. It's good to know that research is taking place at such a level. It would be good if you, and perhaps other members of your group, joined the HOT Training Working Group. The wiki entry concerning the Training WG is https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Hu

Re: [HOT] Satellite imagery interpretation examples - looking for suggestions

2014-09-11 Thread Nick Allen
arrow to be classified as "unclassified", so people put "path" on it. But that's in a lot of cases because the treetop makes it seem narrow, but at the bottom, it's wide enough for vehicles to pass. 2014-09-10 9:21 GMT+02:00 Nick Allen: Blake, I'm hoping you

[HOT] building=hut

2014-09-11 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, A recent post on this list led me to investigate the tag building=hut. I'm not entirely sure that I remember it's history within HOT, but I believe many of us started using it on round thatched dwellings at the start of the Ebola outbreak. I've been creating a circle of the correct size a

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