Re: [HOT] Highway=residential in Africa

trucks side by side you can guess its not a path, but other than that it is difficult to know, especially as the visible width may change with the seasons. Cheerio John On 13 June 2016 at 15:14, Suzan Reed <su...@suzanreed.com> wrote: In some rural areas people have a lot of different v

Re: [HOT] Changes not being saved

---- Original Message - From: Suzan Reed <su...@suzanreed.com> To: hot@openstreetmap.org Sent: Monday, 25 April 2016, 10:59 Subject: [HOT] Changes not being saved Hi, Traced roads and buildings and marked a task Done. Someone sent me a message and asked if I marked it Done by mistake. All m

Re: [HOT] new release of iD!

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 <mikel.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: iD 1.9

[HOT] Changes not being saved

Hi, Traced roads and buildings and marked a task Done. Someone sent me a message and asked if I marked it Done by mistake. All my changes were gone, so I traced them all a second time and when I saved, they disappeared. Traced one road as a test and saved, and it disappeared.

Re: [HOT] Ecuador - More Projects?

The image is very good and it does load slowly, but I appreciate having that kind of clarity. Just invalidated a number of tasks in the new projects. It might help if the instructions were written more clearly? People are joining buildings, drawing Residential Areas around groups of buildings

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

Friends, Poking around and looking at tasks marked Done and Validated in the Ecuador Activations in the last hour I discovered: Most tasks had building=house or they were not tagged at all but just empty areas. Few buildings were squared, and few were accurate tracings of the building.

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

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??

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

so because I don't know iD all that well, ofc). I failed to follow up, as I moved on to other projects that gave me more satisfaction (as a validator). Polyglot 2016-04-14 4:15 GMT+02:00 Suzan Reed <su...@suzanreed.com>: How about showing people how to map a building and square it right

Re: [HOT] Squared buildings

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

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

I do a fair amount of mapping in Africa, and I would map those as highway=unclassified. Vehicles can drive roads 2 m or so in a 4 x 4 or a motorcycle-truck. Many wider roads there have huge ruts and they are drivable. Look on Youtube for examples of driving in that part of Africa and the kinds

Re: [HOT] Issue with Harare project - 1649

Hi, Just mapped one tile and discovered most roads were not on the imagery. Checked other images to be sure it wasn’t image offset, and it wasn’t. None of the buildings had been mapped, and added them. A number of nodes were attached to other objects, and I untangled them all. Added swimming

Re: [HOT] Difficulty in communicating with iD users

ol, etc. =Russ From: Matt Sidor [mailto:sead...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2016 3:47 PM To: Suzan Reed; Russell Deffner; hot@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [HOT] Difficulty in communicating with iD users Hi, Just a thought, but would it be feasible/desirable to fork the

Re: [HOT] Difficulty in communicating with iD users

l tags, which I still don't typically use presets or the gui on potlatch, I go to the wiki if I'm not sure what tag to use; most are in my head :) Thanks, =Russ -Original Message- From: Suzan Reed [mailto:su...@suzanreed.com] Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2016 2:23 PM To: john whelan; R

Re: [HOT] Difficulty in communicating with iD users

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

Re: [HOT] Difficulty in communicating with iD users

All the tags in iD have changed. There is no longer Road or Unclassified Road. I have no idea what a “minor road” is, and it doesn’t match anything in OSM or HOT tags. Other tags have disappeared as well including Water, etc. These strange new tags need to be changed back to the ones that

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

I was shocked when I went into a Task using iD and found all the names of Roads had changed. There is no Unclassified Road anymore, and there isn’t even the designation “Road”. All my tracings have changed to designations I’ve never heard of in iD or JOSM. When I look in JOSM they are all there

Re: [HOT] #MapLesotho 'discovery'

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

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

a...@gmail.com; ahasan...@yahoo.com | Web: ahasanulhoque.com Skype: ahasan4u | Linkedin: http://tinyurl.com/njg3xsp Please, Consider the Environment before Printing this Mail !!! On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 1:02 AM, Suzan Reed <su...@suzanreed.com> wrote: Dear Friends, Last night I learned

Re: [HOT] names for landuse=residential

Thank you for the nod, John. It would be nice to have you join us, John. Another solid and sane mapper would be welcome. When you get to that point, let us know and we can acclimatize you to the nuances of mapping in Mali. Jorieke, there are a lot of village names already in the project. I’ve

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

I agree with JIm that smaller tiles seem to encourage mapping. Even though anyone can split a tile, it’s possible people aren’t comfortable splitting them. In Mexico, like Jim, I split several tiles in an area I was working, and next day many had been worked. Also like Jim I don’t think all of

Re: [HOT] Activation Updates

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

Re: [HOT] Hurricane Patricia Update: October 25

Hi Taichi, So happy to have your help. I am seeing a lot of buildings that are not on the image and unsecured. It would be helpful if your group can take care of these things. If you would like instructions on how to square buildings in ID I would be happy to send them to you. Cheers!

Re: [HOT] Tools in iD offsetting

wrote: > HI Suzan, > > > > > I just tried out the task you specified and iD worked fine. Perhaps > it’s a browser issue on your end? Have you tried resetting your > browser? > > > > > Best, > > Robert > > > — Sent from Mailbox > >

[HOT] Tools in iD offsetting

The tools in iD are not making lines under the tool tip. When mapping, the tool tip is about 50 feet from where the actual line or area is being drawn (tool tip is to the right, line is to the left). Could have been a one-time glitch, but happened everywhere on

[HOT] Excellent article about OSM and HOT

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

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

Re: [HOT] Tagging hut=yes

=Russ From: Dale Kunce [mailto:dale.ku...@gmail.com] 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

Re: [HOT] Tagging hut=yes

Greetings, In many countries people’s houses, churches, workshops and other buildings are round, not square. Or, a building can be a combination of round and square. So tagging should be building=yes. Just because a building is round does not make it a “hut”, whatever that means. It’s a home,

[HOT] Chile Earthquake help needed!

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

: @DenisCarriere OSM: DenisCarriere Email: carriere.de...@gmail.com On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 4:12 PM, Suzan Reed su...@suzanreed.com wrote: 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 jarmo.kive

Re: [HOT] Validation

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] FW: Validation

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 jarmo.kive...@guttula.com wrote: Hi! There has been some related discussion in a github issue[1] about this last October. I rather like

Re: [HOT] Validation

Are you referring to one time mappers or any who map? The following refers to both: I often work on a tile and don’t have enough time to finish, know there’s more that needs to be done, or ask for a review by another mapper, so I don’t mark it Done. When there are a lot of buildings I don’t

Re: [HOT] Validation

Friends, I would like to see some boundaries set on who validates. Someone with less than 50 changesets should not be validating, or even marking a tile Done. Sometimes I think new mapper validate and invalidate just for the fun of it. They quickly validate or invalidate and don’t map or

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

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

Greetings, Both in Nepal and now in Myanmar we are mapping Buddhist and Hindu shrines, temples, and monasteries. However, there are no tags for these buildings or sites. In Nepal and Myanmar there are stupas as well. Can we get appropriate tags for these buildings added? Also in some

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

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 andrew.r.b...@gmail.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 It should be up now, I forgot to 'publish'

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

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 jwhelan0...@gmail.com wrote: 403 Forbidden Access was denied to this resource. Unauthorized: project failed permission check Let me know when it's opened up. Thanks

Re: [HOT] LearnOSM Glossary

I’m curious how people, especially newcomers, will find the Glossary. Will there be a link to Resources within the Tasking Manager? As a newcomer I could not find resources or a Help button. Finding these things is not intuitive and should be. There’s plenty of room in the menu bar for a select

Re: [HOT] LearnOSM Glossary

Hi althio and all, As an organizer of information and a newbie, my opinion is to leave everything in one list and not divide it. It should be alphabetic. There is a lot to learn reading through a Glossary, and it’s always useful to have everything in one place. It’s easy to find what you are

[HOT] IRC?

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

Re: [HOT] IRC?

- are you still there? =Russ -Original Message- From: Suzan Reed [mailto:su...@suzanreed.com] Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 2:31 PM To: hot@openstreetmap.org Subject: [HOT] IRC? I am setting up an IRC client and believe I’m connected to the HOT channel, but not seeing any other’s

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

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 andrew...@gmail.com wrote: Whilst I fully accept the concept of open debate in an attempt to

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

It depends on where in Africa the building/huts are as to how many people they hold, and if people live there long term or if they are simply shelter for workers. In mid Cameroon, for instance, one or two huts can house a large, extended family out in a rural area where farming is done. Some

[HOT] Problem with Tasking Manager again

Friends, Don’t know who to write to about this or who fixed it last time. After many hours of mapping successfully over the past days, I am again having the same difficulty where, although I am logged in, I am asked to login again. This time a dialog box appears when I click the top Save

[HOT] Problem with Tasking Manager again

Friends, I am again having problems with the Tasking Manager. After many hours successfully mapping over the past days, I am again having the same difficulty where, although I am logged in, I am asked to login again, this time when I save. Two different things happen: 1. A dialog box

Re: [HOT] Difficulty with the Task Manager

from my phone. Please forgive errors. On July 5, 2015 11:03:23 PM Pierre GIRAUD pierre.gir...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Suzan, This is really weird. Can you paste the URL of the project + task you're trying to validate? Thanks, Pierre On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 6:51 AM, Suzan Reed su...@suzanreed.com

Re: [HOT] Difficulty with the Task Manager

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 have to log in each time. This is really going to slow me down

Re: [HOT] Difficulty with the Task Manager

something with the firewall to allow it. Maybe that has happened again. Tom On 06/07/2015 4:24 PM, Suzan Reed wrote: Thanks, Blake. I cleared all the cookies in both browsers last night. I've switched to Chrome and it's remembering that I'm already logged in. However, there's a long delay

Re: [HOT] Difficulty with the Task Manager

time round. Good luck Nick On 06/07/15 20:26, 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=11/27.9070579309/83.8806152193comment=%23hotosm-project-1047gpx=http

Re: [HOT] Difficulty with the Task Manager

://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=11/27.9070579309/83.8806152193comment=%23hotosm-project-1047gpx=http

Re: [HOT] validation

The instructions are not always clear, often have information newcomers don't understand, and are formatted in a way that make them difficult to grasp. People read information on the web differently than they do on paper. Short paragraphs of one sentence, lots of space, bulleted lists all work

Re: [HOT] validation

John mentors me, and it's been extremely valuable to have him gently mentioning problems. Having a list of projects for new people where they can get some mentoring as they learn to map would be exellent. Being isolated isn't easy. Being on a team and working with other mappers encourages us

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

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

Re: [HOT] zebra crossing

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:

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

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 daunting

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

Dear Friends, As we know, many images of Nepal are poor and it's daunting if not impossible to see what's there. I used the System Preferences on my MacBook Pro to create a new display profile for my monitor, not for color, but pushing the monitor to show greater contrast. (This differs

Re: [HOT] Customizable OSM editor

I volunteer to test the usability of a restricted iD interface, and to add my two cents to what would have worked for me when I started mapping. A New to mapping? Click here! button on the front page of the OSM site taking new mappers to How to get started page would be an excellent addition,

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

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 an interesting idea

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

team by having hundred of new contributors in one mapathon. Pierre De : Suzan Reed su...@suzanreed.com À : Andrew Buck andrew.r.b...@gmail.com Cc : hot@openstreetmap.org Envoyé le : Vendredi 5 juin 2015 18h30 Objet : Re: [HOT] Questions regarding metrics from taskprojects,tasks

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

Your excellent response noted a number of things I've noticed as a new comer. It is not always clear that mapping helps. Stating your contribution helps real people in this crisis or your contribution helps save lives is focused and to the point. I don't see that on any of the landing pages

Re: [HOT] Greetings HOT !

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 m...@dogodigi.net wrote: Welcome Arushi Vashist! On May 29,

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

. Charlotte Delivered-To: techl...@techlady.com From: Suzan Reed su...@suzanreed.com To: Charlotte Wolter techl...@techlady.com Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 16:24:50 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 AquaMail/1.5.7.3 (build: 21070068

Re: [HOT] Nepal HOT Activity Analysis

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 cliff...@snowandsnow.us wrote: A friend, Ari Simmon, attend a joint OSM/Maptime Meetup to map Nepal in Seattle. She since went on to product this

Re: [HOT] geotagged photomaterial

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] Problems saving in ID

wrote: Hi, https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues Should be the place to report problems. Nick (OSM=Tallguy) Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team Member On 21 May 2015 09:25, Suzan Reed su...@suzanreed.com wrote: For some time I've been having problems saving when using ID. I don't know who

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

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 see photos

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

Pat, I would find useful: A grid that doesn't change gps coordinates as I change zoom levels (50ft, 150ft, 300ft, 500ft). Something that can be easily turned on and off (keyboard shortcut?) Lines one pixel wide, very subtle, in a contrasting color, possibly magenta (#FF00FF)). Numbers on

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

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 sbo...@gmavt.net wrote: Like John Tom, in JOSM I set the scale bar to 30m, then use

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

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: e...@ens.usgs.gov

Re: [HOT] slow time mapper productivity

Pierre and all, Has collecting data from these new contributors been considered? It would be interesting to know why some stick and why the rest leave. A simple SurveyMonkey query would tell why a whopping 2,820 contributors worked only one day and why only 864 newbies stuck around. That

Re: [HOT] LookAtTheWorld

I volunteer to correct this tile and tge buildings. I've had to do this on other tiles. I have a methix. Would appreciate a puzza delivery. SMILE Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On May 8, 2015 3:52:33 PM john whelan jwhelan0...@gmail.com wrote: On project

Re: [HOT] Missing Maps Training Video Suggestions

Training My major problem with the current training, it's long, boring, and slow. A Quick Start Guide would be perfect for someone like me. A video with this information would be great. I could not go through the training because it went too slow, so I missed some information, but found the

Re: [HOT] Missing Maps Training Video Suggestions

, Suzan Reed su...@suzanreed.com wrote: Training My major problem with the current training, it's long, boring, and slow. A Quick Start Guide would be perfect for someone like me. A video with this information would be great. I could not go through the training because it went too slow, so I

Re: [HOT] newbie needs advice

Dear Blake, It would be great if you could answer this on the list as I have many of the same questions. MingyurPema On May 5, 2015, at 8:42 AM, Blake Girardot wrote: I am going to answer some of this via irc. Cheers, Blake On 5/5/2015 5:34 PM, Katja Ulbert wrote: Hi all, I am a

Re: [HOT] Tracing tagged buildings

In Nepal villages are not a group of buildings close together. Buildings can be 100 to 500 feet apart, and yet everyone who lives there considers themselves a part of the community. I see small Residential Area designations around a small group of buildings, but this may be just one family or

[HOT] Tents, tin roofs FYI

I am seeing a lot of photos from Tibetan monastic aid to remote areas. They are walking big bags of food and aid in. People have taken their tin roofs from collapased buildings and are setting up makeshift shelters, so I think we will see few tents. Tents are being purchased, but it looks

Re: [HOT] What's water?

I mapped dry streams. Can someone experienced check my work yesterday? I also saw waterways in areas where no water could run, as in forests or over land without any waterway. I also questioned some paths could be wsterways. Good to check Newbie work! Username: MingyurPema. Sent with

[HOT] Newbie: Maps closer than 500 ft are blurry

Can't get images closer than 500 ft using BING (totally pixelated) or MapBox, the only two options that show images. Someone with experience, please help so I can continue. (Using iD Editor on an old Mac that can't load JOSM.) ___ HOT mailing list

Re: [HOT] Experienced mapper please verify: nonexistent stream on Task #1955, other mistakes

be reported too. regard Pierre De : Kretzer kret...@gmx.net À : Suzan Reed su...@suzanreed.com Cc : HOT@openstreetmap.org hot@openstreetmap.org Envoyé le : Samedi 2 mai 2015 19h07 Objet : Re: [HOT] Experienced mapper please verify: nonexistent stream on Task #1955, other mistakes Hi again, I just

[HOT] Experienced mapper please verify: nonexistent stream on Task #1955, other mistakes

Someone with advanced mapping experience, please review. There isn't a stream at the locations listed below. Seem to be lots of mistakes on this task. Might be new information, or? #1018 - Nepal Earthquake, 2015, detailed mapping 2nd pass Task #1955

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

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 'new mappers' We need two things which sometimes are in

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

Good insight about round buildings in Nepal. I saw a number of small round structures in #89 and remembered reading about towers built by Milarepa that are still standing, so I looked up the book reference, and it seems they are in that area, so I made them round and marked them as…houses. The

Re: [HOT] HELP - JOSM on MacbookPro OS 10.6

automatic update for Java. So I assume you still stuck at version 6. Read more here: https://www.java.com/en/download/faq/java_mac.xml and there's a link to download the newer version. Good luck! On 1 May 2015 at 12:11, Suzan Reed su...@suzanreed.com wrote: I am having difficulties getting JOSM

[HOT] HELP - JOSM on MacbookPro OS 10.6

I am having difficulties getting JOSM to install and launch on a MacBookPro running 10.6.8. Help? ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot

[HOT] Remote area mapping, clouds, six questions

ONE Small structures/houses In remote areas, lightly populated, it's difficult to see if a small structure is a house or something else. I am labeling them all house. Is this correct? People live in tiny places in Nepal, less that 25' square. They are hard to discern. If it looks like a

Re: [HOT] Wrong tools being used!

are normally drawn using lines. So, I'm not sure what you mean exactly. Also, some tasks only require residential areas to be outlined without the need to trace all buildings. On 29 April 2015 at 21:55, Suzan Reed su...@suzanreed.com wrote: People have used the line tool to indicate the outline

Re: [HOT] Wrong tools being used!

of the buildings, then copy the link from the View on OpenStreetMap link that's in the lower left. On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 4:38 PM, Suzan Reed su...@suzanreed.com wrote: Using iD OpenStreatMap editor. Three tools at the top: Point, Line, Area. Some people have used the Line tool to designate a house

[HOT] Wrong tools being used!

People have used the line tool to indicate the outline of a building, the Residential Area designation without identifying houses, and so forth. How can we help people use the right tool? I am doing loads of corrections. MingyurPema S Reed USA ___

[HOT] NEVER MIND Re: When I'm done - basic question

Answered my own question. On Apr 29, 2015, at 3:16 PM, Suzan Reed wrote: Here's a question that's probably answered somewhere. When I am done with a Task, where do I put notes for the entire Task? Don't even know how to log out of the Task to say I'm done! HA! (You can point me

[HOT] When I'm done - basic question

Here's a question that's probably answered somewhere. When I am done with a Task, where do I put notes for the entire Task? Don't even know how to log out of the Task to say I'm done! HA! (You can point me to the information.) Using iD OpenMapSource Task #566