Re: [HOT] HOT Training WG - Validation

2016-10-17 Thread Suzan Reed
The HOT Training Working Group is doing excellent work. I join Nick in encouraging people to attend their meetings and help with training materials. Participating in this Working Group is a great way to improve the quality of data and to get new mappers up and running. Suzan On Oct 14

Re: [HOT] OSM humanitarian mapping and its learning curve

2016-10-13 Thread Suzan Reed
completed it would be a great way to get better data from new mappers. Suzan On October 13, 2016 7:43:07 AM Autre Planete wrote: Greets! Sorry to barge in. ...but what Mr.Phil says is really true in the case of new mappers. Cheers:) Autre On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 7:08 PM, john whe

Re: [HOT] Highway=residential in Africa

2016-06-13 Thread Suzan Reed
like having to fix other people’s work when the Instructions could have been written more clearly and thats what I’m hearing from other people, too. Hope this is helpful. Suzan On Jun 13, 2016, at 1:36 PM, andy Gardner wrote: It says on the highway tag Africa wiki for highway=path "

Re: [HOT] Highway=residential in Africa

2016-06-13 Thread Suzan Reed
limiting to a certain size vehicle is putting too much of a restriction on mapping in Africa, in my opinion. Suzan On Jun 13, 2016, at 11:54 AM, andy Gardner wrote: Hello there, Should the limit for a road perhaps be the width of a vehicle and under for a path? (A Land Rover's roughly 2m

Re: [HOT] Changes not being saved

2016-04-25 Thread Suzan Reed
Sorry I didn’t post to the list. The changes are now there. Suzan On Apr 25, 2016, at 6:09 AM, john whelan wrote: This is pure guess work but I suspect you're using iD, and at the moment many people are mapping in Ecuador and Japan using iD so volumes of edits are high. Using JOSM

Re: [HOT] new release of iD!

2016-04-25 Thread Suzan Reed
mappers could see buildings, then put back on later. Lots of work. I’m also seeing the same thing in Ecuador where I’ve had to move the line to map a building or road then put it back. Thank you. Suzan Reed On Apr 25, 2016, at 1:49 PM, Mikel Maron wrote: iD 1.9.3 has just been deployed to

[HOT] Changes not being saved

2016-04-25 Thread Suzan Reed
://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1843#task/315 Suzan ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot

Re: [HOT] Ecuador - More Projects?

2016-04-21 Thread Suzan Reed
what I”m seeing. Hopefully better instructions and good comments can get these things corrected and we won’t be wasting time ad man-hours. Onward! Suzan On Apr 21, 2016, at 11:02 PM, Mhairi O'Hara wrote: Hey Mike, Could you please add details of the mapathon to the wiki page [1]. C

[HOT] Ecuador: Done and Validated tasks need work and review

2016-04-21 Thread Suzan Reed
translated my comments online into Spanish and hope this helps as well. Onward! Suzan ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot

Re: [HOT] Emergency Mapathon in Burlington, VT - Ecuador Earthquake

2016-04-18 Thread Suzan Reed
Please let me know if there are any glaring errors! Suzan 3 steps to mapping buildings using iD Look for videos by Blake Girardot on Youtube for more information. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=042TbopS7HMRead the Introduction AND the Instructions carefully before Contributing. Using either a

Re: [HOT] Is this news for real??

2016-04-18 Thread Suzan Reed
Looking at the other articles this site posts they seem to be into the doom and gloom business heralding catastrophes of all kinds, so I wouldn’t take the prediction seriously. They aren’t a science based news organization. The Pacific Rim is always tectonically active. Cheers! Suzan On

Re: [HOT] Squared buildings

2016-04-14 Thread Suzan Reed
worked. Maybe the iD team could add that to iD? Then new mappers could then square all their buildings in one go when the mistake is pointed out. It would be quite useful. Squaring buildings in either iD or JOSM is a thankless and tedious task. Cheers! Suzan On Apr 13, 2016, at 11:01 PM, Ralf

Re: [HOT] Squared buildings

2016-04-13 Thread Suzan Reed
How about showing people how to map a building and square it right at the beginning of mapping? It’s all one motion for me. Just a suggestion! Suzan On Apr 13, 2016, at 7:05 PM, Clifford Snow wrote: On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 4:52 PM, john whelan wrote: Seeing 200 unsquared buildings by

Re: [HOT] Squared buildings

2016-04-13 Thread Suzan Reed
leaving unsquared buildings. Easy to do and quick too. Cheers! Suzan On Apr 13, 2016, at 4:09 PM, john whelan wrote: How essential are they? They're fairly easy to square in JOSM with q or to drop in correctly with the building_tool plug in but I'm seeing perhaps 30% of buildings n

Re: [HOT] Tagging highways in semi-urban areas in Malawi

2016-04-13 Thread Suzan Reed
places in the world. In iD the tag is now highway=Minor Road/Unclassified. In JOSM it’s still highway=unclassified. Looks different in both, too. HTH Cheers! Suzan On Apr 13, 2016, at 3:55 PM, john whelan wrote: If you look at the wiki http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki

Re: [HOT] Issue with Harare project - 1649

2016-03-11 Thread Suzan Reed
buildings aren’t dense. Suzan On Mar 11, 2016, at 12:47 AM, Martin Noblecourt wrote: Dear all, Thanks for your various answers! I will use Martin D's order of items: 1) Thanks Russ for the tip, we'll do this + improve the instructions to make to try to maximize the quality of con

Re: [HOT] Difficulty in communicating with iD users

2016-03-06 Thread Suzan Reed
this happen, and volunteer. I was fairly expert in the last version of ID, my expertise is in User Interface and supporting the effort. Suzan On Mar 6, 2016, at 6:35 AM, john whelan wrote: HOT is slightly different to normal OSM in that we normally use a standardised subset of OSM tags

Re: [HOT] Difficulty in communicating with iD users

2016-03-05 Thread Suzan Reed
idea, but let’s hope there is a middle way to keep all tags consistent between editors and new mappers happy. S On Mar 5, 2016, at 1:37 PM, Russell Deffner wrote: Hi Suzan and all, Sorry I am not able to fully participate in this matter as I'm not much of an iD user (still prefer P2 f

Re: [HOT] Difficulty in communicating with iD users

2016-03-05 Thread Suzan Reed
The changes to ID were clearly made without any regard to the significant impact it would have on tens of thousands of mappers around the world. Although as you state OSM developers see themselves as above consulting with others on the impact of their work, that is arrogance. If they want to wal

Re: [HOT] Difficulty in communicating with iD users

2016-03-04 Thread Suzan Reed
were in iD so it matches everything else in OSM and HOT. Who can do that? Suzan On Mar 4, 2016, at 8:53 PM, Mike Thompson wrote: On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 8:16 PM, Blake Girardot wrote: I assumed there was an "unclassified" road icon in iD as the tag is highway=unclassified, h

[HOT] iD tags changed? Re: Difficulty in communicating with iD users

2016-03-04 Thread Suzan Reed
discover this change and hope the Powers will repair this and make iD tags match everything else. Suzan On Mar 4, 2016, at 6:03 PM, john whelan wrote: The highway tags seen in JOSM are not apparently what an iD user sees. I'm trying very hard to put this politely but how ...

Re: [HOT] Field work this week - need help with validation on #1409

2016-02-08 Thread Suzan Reed
I find if tiles are invalidated and there’s a note, I can go in, fix and mark done pretty quickly. Not knowing which ones need work is a problem. Jim, I’ll give #82 a look, but might not be able to do all the buildings done. Someone else should probably follow me and look at my notes. On Fe

Re: [HOT] #MapLesotho 'discovery'

2016-01-04 Thread Suzan Reed
Very interesting article and illustrations! Thank you for the link. Wouldn’t this be a land use = common tag? On Jan 4, 2016, at 1:28 PM, Dave Corley wrote: Hi all, It looks like the link was scrubbed from Lineo's email below. I wanted to follow up and ask if anyone has come across anythi

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

2015-12-30 Thread Suzan Reed
I had working with him. Please add your thoughts here so we may include them if you wish his family hear from you. Suzan On Dec 28, 2015, at 9:13 PM, Ahasanul Hoque wrote: Dear Tom’s family, I am so sorry to hear of Tom's death and we, the Bangladesh OpenstreetMap community wa

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

2015-12-28 Thread Suzan Reed
through mapping. Tom caught my heart and my respect. I will miss him very much. Suzan Reed ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot

Re: [HOT] names for landuse=residential

2015-12-20 Thread Suzan Reed
only come across a few without names. Please let us know where the villages are and we will add names. Suzan On Dec 20, 2015, at 9:25 AM, john whelan wrote: It sounds like you need a process, perhaps Dale can assist with Portable OSM? You have Suzan and Jim both sane mappers, which is a

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

2015-12-10 Thread Suzan Reed
. Suzan SReed On Dec 9, 2015, at 7:04 AM, Jim Smith wrote: I somewhat agree with Ralf’s point about tile size making a difference. When I went to help mapping for the recent Mexican hurricane, there was a section marked priority. Some non-priority surprise, the other split tiles were then

Re: [HOT] [activation hotosm] Re: Floods in Chennai, India - Tasking Manager Project

2015-12-07 Thread Suzan Reed
Hi Maning, I wrote and asked for clarification of the task and would like to know if you want roads, tracks, and paths mapped. There are a lot of each. It would be helpful to have more information in the instructions for those of us remote mapping. Suzan On Dec 7, 2015, at 9:48 PM

[HOT] Earthquake in Chile

2015-11-07 Thread Suzan Reed
Earthquake in Chile From USGS Region: COQUIMBO, CHILE Geographic coordinates: 30.906S, 71.544W Magnitude: 6.8 Depth: 36 km Universal Time (UTC): 7 Nov 2015 07:31:42 Time near the Epicenter: 7 Nov 2015 04:31:43 Location with respect to nearby cities: 47 km (29 mi) SW of Ovalle, Chile 61 k

Re: [HOT] Activation Updates

2015-10-30 Thread Suzan Reed
I am so proud and honored to be a part of this amazing community! We are indeed quite awesome. Suzan On Oct 30, 2015, at 1:19 AM, Russell Deffner wrote: Oh, I must be tired – going to bed soon – make that nearly “15,000” road segments for the earthquake response. Good night, =Russ

Re: [HOT] Hurricane Patricia Update: October 25

2015-10-25 Thread Suzan Reed
! Suzan On Oct 25, 2015, at 7:54 PM, Taichi Furuhashi wrote: Hi Robert and HOT members: I'm a HOT member in Japan. We have shared "The inland mapping task" to Japanese mappers. http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1258 Major mappers are newbies, because they are students. If you

Re: [HOT] Tools in iD offsetting

2015-10-24 Thread Suzan Reed
Thanks, Andrew. I think that may have been the problem. I was zoomed in at an odd size. Suzan On Oct 24, 2015, at 7:55 AM, Andrew Buck wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Also try hitting CTRL+0 (that is control-zero) in your browser which will reset the page zoom to

[HOT] Tools in iD offsetting

2015-10-24 Thread Suzan Reed
/1258#task/297. Suzan ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot

[HOT] Excellent article about OSM and HOT

2015-10-23 Thread Suzan Reed
Enjoy! http://www.gisdoctor.com/site/2015/10/12/reasons-openstreetmap/ ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot

Re: [HOT] Micro-tasking mapping project for South Kivu

2015-10-07 Thread Suzan Reed
Must have been a momentary glitch or that everyone was on the server! Great project. Very useful. Suzan On Oct 7, 2015, at 10:33 AM, Paul Stewart wrote: Hi Suzan, I have just been working on it and it was working fine. Best, Paul ___ HOT

Re: [HOT] Micro-tasking mapping project for South Kivu

2015-10-07 Thread Suzan Reed
It seems the project is down or broken. There’s no imagery, and the email address link doesn’t work. If someone is able to access this, please let the list know as it would be interesting to check it out. Cheers! Suzan On Oct 7, 2015, at 3:33 AM, Pete Masters wrote: Hi all, Benni from

Re: [HOT] Tagging hut=yes

2015-09-30 Thread Suzan Reed
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 7:58 PM To: Courtney Clark; Suzan Reed Cc: hot@openstreetmap.org; chris zontine Subject: Re: [HOT] Tagging hut=yes At the Red Cross we've used building =Hut looking at fire prevention in Uganda in 2012. Generally these buildings were round and all tags were

Re: [HOT] Tagging hut=yes

2015-09-29 Thread Suzan Reed
, church, or industrial building same as if it were square. Two cents from me. Cheers! Suzan On Sep 29, 2015, at 4:15 PM, Jorieke Vyncke wrote: Hi all, Just giving my two cents. For me mapping a building like a hut does not signify a lot. What is exactly a hut? Is it just a round

[HOT] Chile Earthquake help needed!

2015-09-17 Thread Suzan Reed
We could use some help in Illapell and Coquimbo, Chile, HOT mappers. http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1199 and http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1198 Look for more tasks as more information comes in on where there is the most destruction. Let’s knock these tasks out! Suzan On Sep 16

Re: [HOT] Validation

2015-08-30 Thread Suzan Reed
~~ Denis Carriere GIS Project Manager Twitter: @DenisCarriere OSM: DenisCarriere Email: carriere.de...@gmail.com On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 4:12 PM, Suzan Reed wrote: Would 'start work' and 'stop work' be clear to all people? Suzan Sent from my phone. Please forgive error

Re: [HOT] FW: Validation

2015-08-29 Thread Suzan Reed
#x27;start mapping ' and 'end mapping ' might work, too. Careful consideration is important. Cheers! Suzan Sent from my phone. Please forgive errors. On August 29, 2015 5:15:31 PM Denis Carriere wrote: I'm liking "check in" & "check out", I fee

Re: [HOT] FW: Validation

2015-08-29 Thread Suzan Reed
Would 'start work' and 'stop work' be clear to all people? Suzan Sent from my phone. Please forgive errors. On August 29, 2015 11:46:55 AM Jarmo Kivekäs wrote: Hi! There has been some related discussion in a github issue[1] about this last October. I rather like the &

Re: [HOT] Validation

2015-08-29 Thread Suzan Reed
Often a tile is worked on by a number of people. Perhaps "ready for review" accommodates having a number of contributers, and also has the connotation that it's finished? Hopefully the new Learn OSM modules and possibly text with each task pointing newbies to those modules will enlighten them

Re: [HOT] Validation

2015-08-24 Thread Suzan Reed
comments. Encouraging Comments would be good. The “lock” “unlock” function is not intuitive. “Check out” and “check in” would be easier to understand. Suzan On Aug 24, 2015, at 6:37 AM, Martin Dittus wrote: > On 24 Aug 2015, at 11:22, john whelan wrote: > > I'd also like

Re: [HOT] Validation

2015-08-23 Thread Suzan Reed
editing for tone and clarity, but it is not integrated into the modules yet. Suzan On Aug 23, 2015, at 4:34 PM, john whelan wrote: I've been looking through the new courses and one thing that hit me was my idea of validation seems quite different to the concept I've seen so

[HOT] Still can't get JOSM to work on my new Mac

2015-08-22 Thread Suzan Reed
Crazy but true. I keep telling them the problems; they keep closing the tickets. I can’t connect to the image server. So frustrating. Not so cheerful. Suzan ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot

[HOT] Adding "Buddhist", "Hindu", and Muslim to the tags

2015-08-13 Thread Suzan Reed
Monastery=Hindu Monastery=Christian Shrine=Buddhist Shrine=Hindu Shrine=Christian Shrine=Stupa etc. Thanks and happy mapping! Suzan ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot

Re: [HOT] URGENT Mapping Task - Myanmar Landslide Affected Villages

2015-08-10 Thread Suzan Reed
Please note many buildings are difficult to see as they have roofs similar in color to the ground. They may be thatched. Suzan On Aug 10, 2015, at 3:54 PM, Andrew Buck wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 It should be up now, I forgot to 'publish' the task, it w

Re: [HOT] URGENT Mapping Task - Myanmar Landslide Affected Villages

2015-08-10 Thread Suzan Reed
I was able to access the task by pasting the URL into the Tasking Manager. Suzan On Aug 10, 2015, at 3:45 PM, john whelan wrote: 403 Forbidden Access was denied to this resource. Unauthorized: project failed permission check Let me know when it's opened up. Thanks John On 10 August

Re: [HOT] LearnOSM Glossary

2015-07-25 Thread Suzan Reed
few menu items, possibly including a dropdown for Resources? Suzan On Jul 24, 2015, at 3:51 PM, Nick Allen wrote: 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

Re: [HOT] LearnOSM Glossary

2015-07-24 Thread Suzan Reed
to format the page so the entries are easy to read. Suzan On Jul 24, 2015, at 9:28 AM, althio wrote: Hi all, I am not sure how to handle the glossary mixture of: - basic OSM terms - basic HOT terms - advanced HOT/Activation terms I mean the growing glossary page could become overwhelming

Re: [HOT] IRC?

2015-07-18 Thread Suzan Reed
How do I register for the channel? Looks like I need to be more than a guest. > On Jul 18, 2015, at 1:38 PM, Russell Deffner wrote: > > Hi Suzan, > > It is often quiet around IRC when there isn't a response or meeting happening > - just logged on and said a few thing

[HOT] IRC?

2015-07-18 Thread Suzan Reed
I am setting up an IRC client and believe I’m connected to the HOT channel, but not seeing any other’s replies. Is there someone on that channel since it’s Saturday? Suzan ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org

Re: [HOT] HOT] paths, tracks and unclassified in West Africa

2015-07-14 Thread Suzan Reed
Is there a way to have only those tags used in a specific activation loaded into iD and JOSM so none of the others show? Or something similar? Suzan > On Jul 14, 2015, at 2:38 PM, Andrew Patterson wrote: > > Whilst I fully accept the concept of open debate in an attempt t

Re: [HOT] paths, tracks and unclassified in West Africa

2015-07-11 Thread Suzan Reed
together in a “pod”, that can look like a grove of trees. Few are square. Researching the specific area being mapped is important. It does take effort as not much of some areas of Africa are well documented or photographed. Suzan > On Jul 11, 2015, at 8:52 AM, Ralf Stephan wr

[HOT] Problem with Tasking Manager again

2015-07-10 Thread Suzan Reed
usually fixes. Again it looks like it’s in the Tasking Manager itself. Thanks for helping. Suzan ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot

[HOT] Problem with Tasking Manager again

2015-07-09 Thread Suzan Reed
button. When I fill in my username and password, it doesn’t recognize either. Stuck. I’m on a brand new MacBook Pro computer using Chrome OS X Yosemite. I cleared cookies and did all the usually fixes. Again it looks like it’s in the Tasking Manager itself. Thanks for helping. Suzan

Re: [HOT] Difficulty with the Task Manager

2015-07-06 Thread Suzan Reed
Tried again a few minutes ago and all is golden. Thanks to everyone for your help. Hopefully others will find a seamless experience from now on. Suzan On Jul 6, 2015, at 2:00 PM, Tom Taylor wrote: At one point the system was using the loopback address (127.0.0.1, I think), and I had to do

Re: [HOT] Difficulty with the Task Manager

2015-07-06 Thread Suzan Reed
nd the main openstreetmap.org website if you haven't tried that yet. cheers, blake On 7/6/2015 10:01 PM, Suzan Reed wrote: > I've had to wait a few minutes, up to two or three, then I have to login each > time. > > Switched to Chrome and it's faster, but I still hav

Re: [HOT] Difficulty with the Task Manager

2015-07-06 Thread Suzan Reed
owser? I 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 > > >

Re: [HOT] Difficulty with the Task Manager

2015-07-06 Thread Suzan Reed
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 permission of http://www.openstreetmap

Re: [HOT] Difficulty with the Task Manager

2015-07-06 Thread Suzan Reed
m-project-1047&gpx=http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1047/task/745.gpx On Jul 6, 2015, at 12:26 PM, Suzan Reed wrote: Pierre, I'm using Firefox 38.0.5 on a Macbook Pro. URL to the login page: https://www.openstreetmap.org/login?referer=%2Fedit%3Feditor%3Did%26#map=11/27.9070579309/83.8806152193&am

Re: [HOT] Difficulty with the Task Manager

2015-07-06 Thread Suzan Reed
Pierre, I'm using Firefox 38.0.5 on a Macbook Pro. URL to the login page: https://www.openstreetmap.org/login?referer=%2Fedit%3Feditor%3Did%26#map=11/27.9070579309/83.8806152193&comment=%23hotosm-project-1047&gpx=http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1047/task/612.gpx Hope this helps.

Re: [HOT] Difficulty with the Task Manager

2015-07-06 Thread Suzan Reed
tor selected or project, even Cameroon, without getting redirected to a login page I've never seen before. If I login, I'm directed to my profile, and if I then go back to the Tasking Manager, I'm pushed back through the same loop. Hope this helps. http://tasks.hotosm.org/proje

[HOT] Difficulty with the Task Manager

2015-07-05 Thread Suzan Reed
possible Ruby with Rails problem. Please advise. Suzan Reed ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot

Re: [HOT] validation

2015-06-29 Thread Suzan Reed
activation could be helpful. I could edit one for clarity, but would need someone to volunteer their activation instructions so I know I'm not going to offend. ;-) Cheers! Suzan On Jun 29, 2015, at 3:12 PM, john whelan wrote: I think if we get something like Nepal crop up again that th

Re: [HOT] validation

2015-06-27 Thread Suzan Reed
ourages us to do more mapping, and it's more interesting and dare I say, fun. Cheers, Suzan On Jun 27, 2015, at 6:11 PM, john whelan wrote: I normally keep an eye on about three or four projects and validate any tiles that get marked done on those projects usually within a day or so an

Re: [HOT] [HOT Training] Contributeurs francophones débutants bienvenus sur la tâche 751

2015-06-25 Thread Suzan Reed
Rough translation: Hello, A video tutorial in French by Pierre Mirlesse, was added to the task of mapping the city of Beni in the DRC. City in the center of a region that has been the scene of too many massacres since October 2014. This tutorial is a priori to people contributing for the first

Re: [HOT] zebra crossing

2015-06-21 Thread Suzan Reed
We found a in #1047. It was a node of building. They seem to be Easter Eggs. "An Easter egg is an intentional inside joke, hidden message, or feature in an interactive work such as a computer program, video game or DVD menu screen." Wikipedia On Jun 21, 2015, at 5:57 PM, john whelan wrote: C

Re: [HOT] Presenting HOT in a short video

2015-06-19 Thread Suzan Reed
materials. Plus, without narration, they can accompany instructions in any language. Cheers! Suzan On Jun 18, 2015, at 3:23 AM, Peter Kohler wrote: Sounds like a great idea! Think it could be a powerful way to communicate what HOT is about to a much wider audience. What I suggest may not be

Re: [HOT] Good data from a poor quality image of Nepal

2015-06-08 Thread Suzan Reed
Using this method I was able to see many buildings, roads, and paths in a number of validated tiles. This is worrisome, especially when it's fixable. Suzan On Jun 7, 2015, at 2:08 PM, Suzan Reed wrote: Dear Friends, As we know, many images of Nepal are poor and it's daunt

[HOT] Good data from a poor quality image of Nepal

2015-06-07 Thread Suzan Reed
e often think we know the answer before it's asked. Surprises do happen. Suzan ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot

Re: [HOT] Customizable OSM editor

2015-06-07 Thread Suzan Reed
ould be an excellent addition, too. Suzan On Jun 6, 2015, at 11:41 PM, althio wrote: Hi Thomas, I think *most* of your requirements would be met with a specific instance of iD editor with customised presets (a very reduced set). > The avantages of such an editor would be: > a) No botherin

Re: [HOT] Questions regarding metrics from taskprojects, tasks and volunteers.

2015-06-05 Thread Suzan Reed
Pierre, I was simply thinking of copy on the front page of the website, "Your contribution helps real people". Suzan On Jun 5, 2015, at 3:59 PM, Pierre Béland wrote: Suzan, Good marketing stuff would bring in more people. As the Nepal response showed, it is important first t

Re: [HOT] Questions regarding metrics from taskprojects, tasks and volunteers.

2015-06-05 Thread Suzan Reed
ul to the organization. It's a skill not many have. Suzan On Jun 4, 2015, at 5:27 PM, Andrew Buck wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 See responses below... > Can any of you help me with the following questions: > > 1. In pre-crisis taskprojects; Do you

Re: [HOT] Level of user experience to focus on

2015-06-05 Thread Suzan Reed
Saying "no buildings tagged", when the Instructions clearly state no buildings are to be mapped.) Suzan On Jun 5, 2015, at 4:44 AM, Blake Girardot wrote: On 5/29/2015 9:37 AM, Suzan Reed wrote: Routing newbies to tasks where they are reviewed by mentors? I would have liked that. This is

Re: [HOT] Greetings HOT !

2015-05-30 Thread Suzan Reed
Welcome Arushi! Good to have you here! Suzan On May 29, 2015, at 5:52 AM, Robert Banick wrote: Welcome Arushi! Looking forward to all the great posts. — Sent from Mailbox On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 2:13 AM, Milo van der Linden wrote: Welcome Arushi Vashist! On May 29, 2015 4:18 AM

Re: [HOT] Level of user experience to focus on

2015-05-29 Thread Suzan Reed
way to route people to tasks overseen by a community of dedicated expert mappers that can give positive feedback? Priceless, as they say. Suzan On May 28, 2015, at 11:26 PM, Springfield Harrison wrote: Agreed. For HOT mapping at least, OSM management is heavily challenged in three areas

Re: [HOT] Level of user experience to focus on

2015-05-29 Thread Suzan Reed
stead to being routed to tasks meant especially for newcomers, with a mentoring team watching over my work, giving me suggestions for improvements. Required reading and a mapping test? Routing newbies to tasks where they are reviewed by mentors? I would have liked that. Suzan On May 28,

[HOT] Help installing JOSM java 6

2015-05-26 Thread Suzan Reed
Is there someone who can help me install JOSM on a Mac running OS 10.6.8? Thanks! Suzan ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot

Re: [HOT] step by step recipe for iD bug reporting

2015-05-24 Thread Suzan Reed
le can tag in more easily. It also helps to know who would need to be a part of the team to "make it so". Suzan On May 23, 2015, at 10:40 PM, Russell Deffner wrote: Sorry, it is late for me - I always try to offer a solution rather than just shoot something down; I just hadn&#

Re: [HOT] Fwd: Re: Fwd: step by step recipe for iD bug reporting (was: Problems saving in ID)

2015-05-23 Thread Suzan Reed
o fix them. Links to Learning the OSM Track Manager. Other links. On May 23, 2015, at 5:03 PM, Charlotte Wolter wrote: Suzan, It sound like you would be a great resource in making this happen. Now all we need to do is get a clear mandate from the board (important) and some progra

Re: [HOT] geotagged photomaterial

2015-05-22 Thread Suzan Reed
Great work, Katja! On May 22, 2015, at 11:28 AM, Katja Ulbert wrote: Hi all, there is now a collection of geotagged and non-geotagged photo material, both post- and pre-earthquake https://www.flickr.com/photos/katja-ulbert/collections/72157652845855988/ When you click on the photo, you can

Re: [HOT] Fwd: Re: Problems saving in ID

2015-05-22 Thread Suzan Reed
ake the validator do a lot of extra work. Not good. ~ Software that doesn't work makes OSM and HOT look bad. ~ Easy solutions make OSM and HOT look good and the public user feel happy. I really did want to write the tutorial, but goodness, Github is a hot mess! I bow to the programmers who l

Re: [HOT] Nepal HOT Activity Analysis

2015-05-21 Thread Suzan Reed
Beautuful works and visually informative. Hope all the new people being surveyed get to see it! Suzan On May 21, 2015 10:34:34 PM Clifford Snow wrote: A friend, Ari Simmon, attend a joint OSM/Maptime Meetup to map Nepal in Seattle. She since went on to product this awesome analysis graphic

Re: [HOT] Problems saving in ID

2015-05-21 Thread Suzan Reed
Nick and all, Would someone be so kind as to add the information way below to the "issues" 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 1:3

[HOT] Problems saving in ID

2015-05-21 Thread Suzan Reed
For some time I've been having problems saving when using ID. I don't know who to report this to. Can someone direct me the person or people who can fix the ID editor? Or send the following to them? Suzan Here are the issues: 1. After Saving edits, unlocking the Task, and going

Re: [HOT] DRAFT- HOT Nepal Response Community Survey

2015-05-20 Thread Suzan Reed
data. I'm probably just missing this information so please excuse if this is already stated somewhere. Suzan On May 20, 2015, at 6:06 PM, john whelan wrote: The numbers were merely as an illustration. Perhaps I should have said 100 changesets rather than edits. The precise number to

Re: [HOT] Request for information about common set of tags for HOT (Was: OSM Nepal Reponse - Links to various infos)

2015-05-19 Thread Suzan Reed
there are round or a combination of both, so photos are really useful. Just a quick note on community. Through the past weeks I've met wonderful people through HOT. This is a welcoming and vibrant community. Cheers! Suzan On May 19, 2015, at 3:18 PM, Will Skora wrote: I'l

Re: [HOT] Photo examples Nepal update

2015-05-17 Thread Suzan Reed
ow if a "road" is a Track, a Path, or a Secondary Road, etc. There are some examples in the wiki, yet some more are needed for us newbies. I would be happy to put the appropriate tag on photos in Photoshop if someone with more experience could dive into the Dropbox and send the ph

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

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

2015-05-16 Thread Suzan Reed
Could someone put it together? Photo example and the tag? Back to mapping. Suzan On May 16, 2015, at 1:32 PM, Steve Bower wrote: 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 - pat

Re: [HOT] Fwd: Question on Task #1043 roads

2015-05-14 Thread Suzan Reed
A note on villages: many villages in Nepal are spread out. People in rural areas don't bunch their homes together. There can be as much as 500 ft between neighbors, but they all consider themselves part of a village. Hope this helps. Suzan On May 14, 2015, at 7:18 AM, Steve Bower

[HOT] A letter from Nepal

2015-05-13 Thread Suzan Reed
I thought mappers may wish to hear a personal account of the first earthquake from people living there. S ___ Namaste, this message is from our friend, Andrea, who lives on Mañjushri Hill adjacent to Swayambhu. She has lived in Swayambhu for about 40 years, as we have. It's

Re: [HOT] Idle thought time drones

2015-05-13 Thread Suzan Reed
John, I read an article in the past few days by a company that does just that in disaster areas. They also ask for volunteers to deploy to disasters with their drones. I'll see if I can't find the company and the article. Suzan On May 13, 2015, at 3:57 PM, john whelan wrote:

Re: [HOT] How to fully cover a grid square.

2015-05-13 Thread Suzan Reed
rs on one edge alphabet on the other. similar the printed maps in my car. in BoldFace Helvetica or Verdana 13 to 15 pt. in color making it easy to find an exact place. Nothing too fancy. In both ID and JSOM. Hope this suggestion helps. Suzan On May 12, 2015, at 11:07 PM, Pat Tressel wrote:

Re: [HOT] How to fully cover a grid square.

2015-05-12 Thread Suzan Reed
I agree. A grid in both JOSM and ID would be a big help. With numbers and or letters to navigate. Suzan Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On May 12, 2015 6:36:35 PM Steve Bower wrote: Like John & Tom, in JOSM I set the scale bar to 30m, then use Ctrl-Up and Ctrl-

[HOT] Fwd: 2015-05-12 07:05:19 (M7.4) NEPAL 27.8 86.2 (f02e)

2015-05-12 Thread Suzan Reed
Having spent the entire evening mapping this area, I am deeply sad. Begin forwarded message: From: e...@ens.usgs.gov (USGS ENS) Date: May 12, 2015 12:52:32 AM PDT To: su...@suzanreed.com Subject: 2015-05-12 07:05:19 (M7.4) NEPAL 27.8 86.2 (f02e) Reply-To: == PRELIMINARY EART

Re: [HOT] Suggestion to support Newbie development via Validated work

2015-05-10 Thread Suzan Reed
Pierre and all, If it's important to ramp up work, a social media campaign (i.e. please repost), and an email blast to all those thousands if people who first contributed, or to the smaller percent that stuck around would bring in the needed people power. Point people to a landing page with co

[HOT] Survey was: Re: Fwd: Re: slow time mapper productivity

2015-05-09 Thread Suzan Reed
Charlotte, I am happy to volunteer to put a survey together for sending soon. I have the expertise and time. The data could render extremely important and valuable information, but it needs to be done in a timely manner in my experience. Who would be on the team? Suzan On May 9, 2015, at

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