Re: [HOT] slow time mapper productivity

2015-05-08 Thread Russell Deffner
Hi Tom and Kretzer, Something to note, is there are other advantages and disadvantages to the various editors and that is why we must allow for people to choose which one is right for them. In some places we work, people are less familiar with computers and the internet. In some cases, jus

Re: [HOT] Worried about task 1018

2015-05-10 Thread Russell Deffner
Hi Springfield, We do have that, it's http://LearnOSM.org and is generally organized and maintained by our Training Working Group which I believe meets tomorrow. =Russ http://hotosm.org > On May 10, 2015, at 12:35 AM, Springfield Harrison > wrote: > > I agree with the comments that I've for

[HOT] Working Group Meetings this week

2015-05-11 Thread Russell Deffner
Heather Leson, HOT Board President and myself, =Russ Russell Deffner Chairperson for the HOT Voting Members Email: russell.deff...@hotosm.org OSM/Skype: russdeffner Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) Web <http://hot.openstreetmap.org/> | Wiki <http://wiki.openstreetmap

[HOT] Welcome to HOT - Help us build with Working Groups

2015-05-11 Thread Russell Deffner
volved with HOT. Thanks so much, Russell and Heather Russell Deffner Chairperson for the Voting Members Email: russell.deff...@hotosm.org OSM/Skype: russdeffner Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) Web <http://hot.openstreetmap.org/> | Wiki <http://wiki.openstr

[HOT] Activation Working Group Meeting Today 1400UTC

2015-05-12 Thread Russell Deffner
/Working_groups/Act ivation/meeting_2015-05-12 An easy to use web based IRC client is here: https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.oftc.net/hot Thank you, =Russ Russell Deffner russell.deff...@hotosm.org Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) http://hot.openstreetmap.org

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

2015-05-22 Thread Russell Deffner
g the frontpage. Thanks, =Russ Russell Deffner russell.deff...@hotosm.org Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) http://hot.openstreetmap.org/ ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot

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

2015-05-23 Thread Russell Deffner
How would the report then get to the proper place? =Russ From: Clifford Snow [mailto:cliff...@snowandsnow.us] Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2015 8:16 PM To: Charlotte Wolter Cc: HOT Subject: Re: [HOT] step by step recipe for iD bug reporting On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 5:00 PM, Charlotte Wolter

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

2015-05-23 Thread Russell Deffner
: Russell Deffner [mailto:russell.deff...@hotosm.org] Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2015 10:12 PM To: 'Clifford Snow'; 'Charlotte Wolter' Cc: 'HOT' Subject: RE: [HOT] step by step recipe for iD bug reporting How would the report then get to the proper place? =Russ Fro

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

2015-05-23 Thread Russell Deffner
e TM. Cheers, =Russ -Original Message- From: Suzan Reed [mailto:su...@suzanreed.com] Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2015 11:29 PM To: Russell Deffner Subject: Re: [HOT] step by step recipe for iD bug reporting Hey Russ and all, The form can be programmed to go to the right team automatically depe

[HOT] AWG Meeting Tomorrow 1400 UTC

2015-05-25 Thread Russell Deffner
the working groups just send an email to this email list and someone will make sure it gets on the agenda for the next meeting or perhaps the meeting after next and let you know so you can attend. Cheers, =Russ Russell Deffner russell.deff...@hotosm.org Humanitarian OpenStreetMap

Re: [HOT] Outreachy intern - Usability testing for TM UI

2015-05-27 Thread Russell Deffner
Welcome Rekth! And welcome to all the HOT interns we have this summer, I think between Outreachy, Malawi and Mongolia we have almost 20! Thank you so much for your interest and all the great work I know you will do for HOT! =Russ Russell Deffner russell.deff...@hotosm.org Humanitarian

Re: [HOT] Getting Familiar With OSM (Was: Level of user experience to focus on)

2015-05-29 Thread Russell Deffner
back to my 'intro to OSM' story - nothing is more satisfying than getting your local neighborhood onto OSM and showing where 'the big time map providers' are way behind: http://tools.geofabrik.de/mc/#15/39.3681/-104.8825&num=4&mt0=mapnik&mt1=cyclemap&mt2=bi

Re: [HOT] Getting Familiar With OSM (Was: Level of user experience to focus on)

2015-05-29 Thread Russell Deffner
Oh, and a little back-story on the Phillip S. Miller park mapping if you're interested how we (typically) organize local stuff: http://www.meetup.com/OSM-Colorado/events/219878946/ =Russ -Original Message- From: Russell Deffner [mailto:russell.deff...@hotosm.org] Sent: Friday, M

[HOT] HOT Chat on Mumble

2015-05-30 Thread Russell Deffner
/Mumble Kind regards, =Russ Russell Deffner russell.deff...@hotosm.org Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) http://hotosm.org <http://hotosm.org/> ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot

Re: [HOT] HOT Chat on Mumble

2015-05-30 Thread Russell Deffner
Deffner Cc: hot Subject: Re: [HOT] HOT Chat on Mumble And the server name is? Thanks John On 30 May 2015 at 11:06, Russell Deffner wrote: Hello everyone, There are a few of us hanging out on Mumble for the next couple of hours. Please feel free to join us, we can help answer

Re: [HOT] Adding non-emergency Mongolia tasks to Tasking Manager

2015-06-04 Thread Russell Deffner
would be interested to attend your event. Thank You! =Russ Russell Deffner Project Coordinator - Mongolia Email: <mailto:russell.deff...@hotosm.org> russell.deff...@hotosm.org US Mobile/SMS/WhatsApp: +1-970-217-4195 OSM/Skype: russdeffner Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Re: [HOT] Adding non-emergency Mongolia tasks to Tasking Manager

2015-06-04 Thread Russell Deffner
Oh, actually then – will you add me to content creator access (russdeffner) – could have used this for the Typhoon Dolphin exercise J =Russ From: Steven Johnson [mailto:sejohns...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2015 12:40 PM To: Nicholas Doiron Cc: hot Subject: Re: [HOT] Adding non-emer

Re: [HOT] meetbot in #hot irc channel

2015-06-09 Thread Russell Deffner
Hi everyone, yes thank you Milo for setting up this first bot at least to try out. I’ve cc’d our TechWG, unfortunately they just had their meeting yesterday; but I think it would be a great agenda item to discuss longer-term/better meeting bots. Also need to discuss the Mumble ‘Parliamentaria

Re: [HOT] meetbot in #hot irc channel

2015-06-09 Thread Russell Deffner
: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 4:40 PM To: Russell Deffner Cc: Enock Seth Nyamador; Simon Clark; tec...@hotosm.org; hot Subject: Re: [HOT] meetbot in #hot irc channel Don't forget that Fran Boon has provided: http://logs.sahanafoundation.org/hotosm/ Cheers, J

Re: [HOT] HOT Working Groups

2015-06-11 Thread Russell Deffner
Thanks Blake, and Hello Dan! Another resource for getting a quick view of the working groups (and an initial look at the participants - we just launched these enhancements recently, so not everyone has had a chance to participate); is: http://hotosm.org/working-groups =Russ -Original Mess

Re: [HOT] Saturday "Mapternoon" is happening today and in full swing!

2015-06-13 Thread Russell Deffner
UTC J =Russ From: john whelan [mailto:jwhelan0...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2015 9:09 AM To: Blake Girardot Cc: HOT Subject: Re: [HOT] Saturday "Mapternoon" is happening today and in full swing! Saturday afternoon is when? I'm EST Thanks John On 13 June 2015 at 11:03, Blak

Re: [HOT] GAP Analysis or Regional OSM Mapping Assessment

2015-06-22 Thread Russell Deffner
Hi Samuel, I was gone all last week, so just seeing this email – did someone already answer you? =Russ Russell Deffner Email: russell.deff...@hotosm.org US Mobile/SMS/WhatsApp: +1-970-217-4195 OSM/Skype: russdeffner Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) Web <http://hotosm.

Re: [HOT] GAP Analysis or Regional OSM Mapping Assessment

2015-06-22 Thread Russell Deffner
able to show on a map where there is ‘gaps’. Hope that helps and/or gives a better idea for what you are looking for and maybe who can help you achieve that. =Russ From: olubunmi4e...@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:olubunmi4e...@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: Monday, June 22, 2015 10:53 AM To: Russell Deffner

Re: [HOT] meetbot in #hot irc channel

2015-06-23 Thread Russell Deffner
Linden [mailto:m...@dogodigi.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 12:38 PM To: Russell Deffner Cc: hot Subject: Re: [HOT] meetbot in #hot irc channel Hello Russell! Good to hear you used the bot, and I am also glad to hear it worked. I checked out the log at http://logs.sahanafoundation.org/hotosm

Re: [HOT] Saturday "Mapternoon" 4th of July Edition - Now and the next 3 to 4 hours

2015-07-04 Thread Russell Deffner
Hi Blake, thanks for supporting this idea and calling for HOTties to come chat! Just FYI, I'm not 'hosting' these, it was just my suggestion when a call for 'more frequent' community chats came up during one of the "HOT Community Calls" hosted by Heather and Tyler. I think it would be great to

Re: [HOT] Difficulty with the Task Manager

2015-07-06 Thread Russell Deffner
Also Suzan, not sure about this, but maybe try logging into the main openstreetmap.org first and leave that open; then log-in to TM (think it then 'auto-recognizes' you). =Russ -Original Message- From: Blake Girardot [mailto:bgirar...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 06, 2015 2:12 PM To: S

[HOT] Activation Working Group Next Meeting 14 July 1400 UTC

2015-07-13 Thread Russell Deffner
, =Russ Russell Deffner russell.deff...@hotosm.org Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) http://hotosm.org <http://hotosm.org/> ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot

[HOT] Final request for feedback - Activation Protocol

2015-07-13 Thread Russell Deffner
cument can be found here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1qefHRE3_wUyG3lMSb7NlkSDtPuQeaQXsflkxt3E3xS A or via the HOT Drive. Thank you, =Russ Russell Deffner russell.deff...@hotosm.org Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) http://hotosm.org <http

Re: [HOT] Final request for feedback - Activation Protocol

2015-07-14 Thread Russell Deffner
building of that training, so in general I think these concerns will be addressed during that process. Chat more soon, =Russ From: john whelan [mailto:jwhelan0...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 4:33 AM To: Russell Deffner Cc: hot Subject: Re: [HOT] Final request for feedback

Re: [HOT] Final request for feedback - Activation Protocol

2015-07-14 Thread Russell Deffner
, Tyler Radford, and then he will present it to the HOT Board for review and/or however they want to handle it J =Russ From: john.david@gmail.com [mailto:john.david@gmail.com] On Behalf Of David Toy Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 6:17 PM To: john whelan Cc: Russell Deffner; hot Subject: Re

Re: [HOT] Final request for feedback - Activation Protocol

2015-07-14 Thread Russell Deffner
Thanks again for yours and everyone's work on this, great progress for HOT. Mikel At Jul 13, 2015, 9:42:55 PM, Russell Deffner wrote: Hello HOT community, There has been a tremendous collaboration to create the draft Activation Protocol; a great thank you to everyone who has contrib

Re: [HOT] Final request for feedback - Activation Protocol

2015-07-14 Thread Russell Deffner
evolve and change in time. Thanks again for yours and everyone's work on this, great progress for HOT. Mikel At Jul 13, 2015, 9:42:55 PM, Russell Deffner wrote: Hello HOT community, There has been a tremendous collaboration to create the draft Activation Protocol; a great thank you

Re: [HOT] IRC?

2015-07-18 Thread Russell Deffner
Hi Suzan, It is often quiet around IRC when there isn't a response or meeting happening - just logged on and said a few things - 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 S

Re: [HOT] IRC?

2015-07-18 Thread Russell Deffner
rc.oftc.net/hot -Original Message- From: Suzan Reed [mailto:su...@suzanreed.com] Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 2:50 PM To: Russell Deffner Cc: hot@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [HOT] IRC? How do I register for the channel? Looks like I need to be more than a guest. > On Jul 18,

Re: [HOT] La Libertad, El Salvador - town names

2015-07-18 Thread Russell Deffner
Mapping, =Russ Russell Deffner russell.deff...@hotosm.org Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) http://hotosm.org <http://hotosm.org/> From: websiteteam americares [mailto:americareswebt...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 1:18 PM To: hot@openstreetmap.org Subject: [H

[HOT] Activation Working Group Today

2015-07-21 Thread Russell Deffner
and a link to add your agenda items for today: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Working_groups/Acti vation/meeting_2015-07-21 Thank you, =Russ Russell Deffner russell.deff...@hotosm.org Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) http://hotosm.org <http://hotosm.

[HOT] Activation Working Group Meeting 28 July 1400UTC on IRC

2015-07-27 Thread Russell Deffner
/Working_groups/Acti vation Thank you for being a part of HOT! =Russ Russell Deffner russell.deff...@hotosm.org Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) http://hotosm.org <http://hotosm.org/> ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org

Re: [HOT] Activation Working Group Meeting 28 July 1400UTC on IRC

2015-07-28 Thread Russell Deffner
, July 28, 2015 8:38 AM To: FOFANA BAZO BAGNOUMANA Cc: Russell Deffner; hot; activat...@hotosm.org Subject: Re: [HOT] Activation Working Group Meeting 28 July 1400UTC on IRC Hi all, apologies. Tried to get onto the meeting but had an IRC issue. I have a question (well, two questions

[HOT] Activation Question and Answer Session 30 July 1600 UTC

2015-07-28 Thread Russell Deffner
mp;ctz=Atlantic/Reykjav ik> &ctz=Atlantic/Reykjavik Hope to chat with you soon! =Russ Russell Deffner russell.deff...@hotosm.org Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) http://hotosm.org <http://hotosm.org/> ___

[HOT] Saturday Mapternoon on Mumble

2015-08-01 Thread Russell Deffner
h Mumble, start here: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mumble Cheers, =Russ Russell Deffner russell.deff...@hotosm.org Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) http://hotosm.org <http://hotosm.org/> ___ HOT mailing list HOT@op

[HOT] Activation Working Group Tuesday 1400 UTC

2015-08-09 Thread Russell Deffner
Hello everyone, I hope you can join us for the next Activation Working Group meeting, this Tuesday at 1400 UTC on IRC. For more details and information on the working group, visit: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Working_groups/Activation Thank you, =Russ Russell

[HOT] Knight Prototype Fund Brainstorm

2015-08-11 Thread Russell Deffner
that before the meeting starts unless someone beats me to it. Russell Deffner russell.deff...@hotosm.org Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) http://hotosm.org <http://hotosm.org/> ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot

Re: [HOT] Knight Prototype Fund Brainstorm

2015-08-12 Thread Russell Deffner
j4k/edit# There's also help/instructions for IRC if you are new to that on the doc. Kind regards, =Russ From: Russell Deffner [mailto:russell.deff...@hotosm.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 11:07 AM To: hot (hot@openstreetmap.org) Subject: Knight Prototype Fund Brain

[HOT] KPF Brainstorm/Mini FWG Meeting Re-cap

2015-08-12 Thread Russell Deffner
Assurance Tool (including Humanitarian Data Model improvement) 2) An OSM/HOT Microtasking Tool We'll be drafting applications the rest of the week, so feel free to give us feedback and of course we will keep everyone informed of the progress. Thank you, =Russ Russell Deffner russel

Re: [HOT] Presentation_Mapanauta_OpenStreetMapMX

2015-08-15 Thread Russell Deffner
materials regarding mapping coordination available on LearnOSM; check out the coordination section: http://learnosm.org/en/coordination/ Happy Mapping, =Russ Russell Deffner russell.deff...@hotosm.org Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) http://hotosm.org <http://hotosm.

Re: [HOT] Contents of HOT Digest

2015-08-17 Thread Russell Deffner
any time feel free to ask questions on this mailing list or one of our live chat platforms: IRC for text only, Mumble for text and voice. Thank you again for your interest in HOT! =Russ Russell Deffner Chairperson for the Voting Members Email: russell.deff...@hotosm.org OSM/Skype

[HOT] Disaster Mapping Program Overall - nearly complete

2015-08-21 Thread Russell Deffner
want to risk having to take courses over, you might want to wait a bit). Thank you so much to everyone who pitched in to make this happen! =Russ Russell Deffner Activation Curriculum Specialist Email: russell.deff...@hotosm.org OSM/Skype: russdeffner Humanitarian OpenStreetMap

Re: [HOT] Disaster Mapping Program Overall - nearly complete

2015-08-21 Thread Russell Deffner
Hi John, comments in-line… Comment we are dealing with volunteers "This course is required training for" is a little heavy handed. Perhaps before taking this role on we request that you complete the following course or something a little softer. You're after their cooperation after all. Su

Re: [HOT] Disaster Mapping Program Overall - nearly complete

2015-08-23 Thread Russell Deffner
courses live (on the dev server, but we're switching over as I type, at least by next week it will be all switched over - warning: we might lose track of course completion, etc. so if you don't want to risk having to take courses over, you might want to wait a bit). Thank you so much

[HOT] Activation Working Group

2015-08-25 Thread Russell Deffner
maries and hopefully all the details you need are here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Working_groups/Acti vation Kind regards, =Russ Russell Deffner russell.deff...@hotosm.org Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) http://hotosm.org <http

Re: [HOT] Results Map Not functioning

2015-09-23 Thread Russell Deffner
Hi Noah, That website/service is built by Pascal Neis, I’m not sure he follows the HOT mailing list but his site is: http://neis-one.org/ =Russ From: noah ahles [mailto:noah.ah...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 2:37 PM To: hot Subject: Re: [HOT] Results Map Not functi

[HOT] Activation Working Group - end hiatus

2015-09-29 Thread Russell Deffner
on Curriculum project now that it is concluded. Hope to see you on IRC here in about 15 minutes: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Working_groups/Acti vation/meeting_2015-09-29 Kind regards, =Russ Russell Deffner russell.deff...@hotosm.org Humanitarian OpenS

Re: [HOT] Tagging hut=yes

2015-09-30 Thread Russell Deffner
Dale, hopefully you meant “building=hut” not capitalized? All, I agree with most in this thread, but there was a mention of the ‘HOT Workflow’; which I would clarify as being: create instructions assuming most mappers will have no local knowledge; so typically that means – building=yes is al

Re: [HOT] Announcing HOT's Executive Director

2015-10-06 Thread Russell Deffner
Tyler and all, Thinking back to day 1 of the HOT Summit and Tyler's launch into the ED role - wow - 6 months has flown by and so much has happened; it truly showcases the fast-pace and difficulty of the job. Having known some of the other candidates, I want to give a quick Thank You to the hiring

Re: [HOT] HOT Community Chat - follow up

2015-10-14 Thread Russell Deffner
on IRC). =Russ Russell Deffner <mailto:russell.deff...@hotosm.org> russell.deff...@hotosm.org Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) <http://hotosm.org/> http://hotosm.org From: Tyler Radford [mailto:tyler.radf...@hotosm.org] Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 9:22 AM To

[HOT] Activation Working Group Meeting Tuesday 1400UTC

2015-10-19 Thread Russell Deffner
Mapping Program. The meetings are on IRC, for more information including links to this week's agenda, previous meeting summaries and information on how to participate is here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Working_groups/Acti vation Thank you, =Russ Russell D

Re: [HOT] [hotosm-membership] HOT Fundraising Working Group

2015-10-20 Thread Russell Deffner
Tyler, I added this to the Working Group calendar[1] and invited the FWG group. Since it’s via Skype, how should people let you know that they want to join the call? Do they need to join the group first? =Russ [1]WG Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=hotosm.org_848e8

Re: [HOT] Afghan Quake Task?

2015-10-26 Thread Russell Deffner
Hi Lex and all, We have a group of our Disaster Mapping coordinators analyzing the situation. If any projects are created we will send a message to the HOT list. Thank you for interest and stay tuned, =Russ Russell Deffner <mailto:russell.deff...@hotosm.org> russel

[HOT] Activation Working Group Meeting Tuesday 1400UTC

2015-10-26 Thread Russell Deffner
and learn how to get involved in a particular Disaster Mapping role. Thank you, =Russ Russell Deffner russell.deff...@hotosm.org Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) http://hotosm.org <http://hotosm.org/> ___ HOT

[HOT] Earthquake in Eastern Afghanistan Activation Size Up

2015-10-26 Thread Russell Deffner
tuned for further information. Thank you, =Russ Russell Deffner Activation Working Group Email: russell.deff...@hotosm.org Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) Web <http://hotosm.org/> | Wiki <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team> | Blog <ht

Re: [HOT] Quick question on village mapping

2015-10-29 Thread Russell Deffner
Ah, but actual village/place boundaries can't really be determined via imagery; so we 'traditionally' mark areas that look residential/lived in with landuse=residential and handle any place boundaries with import, etc. =Russ -Original Message- From: Paul Norman [mailto:penor...@mac.com]

[HOT] HOT New Member Nominations

2015-10-29 Thread Russell Deffner
Voting Members, tentatively between December 12th and 20th and announced shortly after. Any questions regarding membership or this election process, please don’t hesitate to contact me directly. On behalf of the Voting Members, we cannot wait to meet the nominees! =Russ Russell Deffner

[HOT] Activation Updates

2015-10-30 Thread Russell Deffner
t the time of this email) 463 contributors making nearly 100,000 edits (roughly 988K when I looked) including creating nearly 80,000 buildings. It's such an honor and pleasure to be part of this community! =Russ Russell Deffner russell.deff...@hotosm.org Humanitarian OpenStreetMap

Re: [HOT] Activation Updates

2015-10-30 Thread Russell Deffner
Oops, yes a few typos there, including it should be nearly "1,000,000" edits for Hurricane Patricia; http://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-changesets?comment=huracanpatricia#2/7.5/ 15.8 =Russ From: Russell Deffner [mailto:russell.deff...@hotosm.org] Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015

Re: [HOT] Activation Updates

2015-10-30 Thread Russell Deffner
Oh, I must be tired - going to bed soon - make that nearly "15,000" road segments for the earthquake response. Good night, =Russ From: Russell Deffner [mailto:russell.deff...@hotosm.org] Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 1:43 AM To: hot (hot@openstreetmap.org) Subject: RE:

[HOT] Eastern Afghanistan Earthquake Update

2015-11-02 Thread Russell Deffner
e government. Thank you again to everyone supporting HOT in any way larger or small, =Russ Russell Deffner Activation Lead - Eastern Afghanistan Earthquake Email: russell.deff...@hotosm.org OSM/Skype: russdeffner Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) Web <http://hotosm.org/> |

[HOT] Activation Working Group Meeting

2015-11-02 Thread Russell Deffner
objectives as possible. So if you are available, please join us on IRC in roughly one hour and once we get through our unfinished business, hopefully we'll have time to think about ways to do better; =Russ Russell Deffner Activation Working Group Co-lead russell.deff...@hotosm.or

Re: [HOT] HOT awarded Knight Foundation Prototype Fund grant

2015-11-03 Thread Russell Deffner
This is excellent Tyler, Having been part of the brainstorming I can only say that I was beyond impressed with the quality of ideas presented and now that it will basically be ‘out of my league’ since I’m not much of a coder or statistician – I can’t wait to see the prototype! Congratula

[HOT] HOT Training Center

2015-11-04 Thread Russell Deffner
able to view the content as a guest until we get that done. You can find all this training at the HOT Training Center - http://courses.hotosm.org/ and of course if you have any trouble, questions, etc. feel free to email cou...@hotosm.org Enjoy! =Russ Russell Deffner russell.deff...@hot

Re: [HOT] HOT Training Center

2015-11-04 Thread Russell Deffner
Oops, typo - to contact the HTC maintainers, the correct email is cour...@hotosm.org (no need for capital, just pointing out my typo from earlier). =Russ From: Russell Deffner [mailto:russell.deff...@hotosm.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 12:19 PM To: hot Subject: [HOT] HOT Training

[HOT] Activation Working Group Tonight 24/000 UTC

2015-11-09 Thread Russell Deffner
Decided to try Trello for AWG, working out admin stuff currently but if all goes well, we'll update group workflow/on-boarding to include mailing list and Trello Thank you, =Russ Russell Deffner Activation Working Group Co-lead russell.deff...@hotosm.org Humanitarian OpenStr

Re: [HOT] Dam collapse in Mariana, Brazil

2015-11-11 Thread Russell Deffner
Hi Vitor, this is terrible; as discussed on the Activation WG list, we’re here to support the local community which had the area pretty well mapped pre-event; great job! Also while assisting Wille it looks like the impacted area is localized to the one village and post-event mapping should be co

[HOT] Activation WG Summary and Agenda Moving to Trello

2015-11-11 Thread Russell Deffner
here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Working_groups/Acti vation Happy Mapping, =Russ Russell Deffner russell.deff...@hotosm.org Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) http://hotosm.org <http://hotosm.org/> ___ HOT

Re: [HOT] Lebanon garbage crisis

2015-11-12 Thread Russell Deffner
makers and/or locals dealing with the situation. In general, first we just need to really understand what if any impact remote mapping can have; then we can strategize about the best approach. Thanks and welcome! =Russ Russell Deffner russell.deff...@hotosm.org Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT

Re: [HOT] Mapbox formalized commitment to HOT Activations

2015-11-13 Thread Russell Deffner
we've clarified the licensing and added a more recognition to all the contributing authors. Best regards, =Russ Russell Deffner russell.deff...@hotosm.org Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) http://hotosm.org -Original Message- From: maning sambale [mailto:emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com] Sent

Re: [HOT] Activation Updates

2015-11-13 Thread Russell Deffner
ilhem Cailton; Russell Deffner; hot Subject: Re: [HOT] Activation Updates Hi JGC, I think we all agree there is no substitute for experience :) I know during the last 2 activations I have been trying to add to the pool of useful information the Activation Coordinators have to work with, wi

[HOT] GeoWeek Remote Support

2015-11-13 Thread Russell Deffner
ou! =Russ Russell Deffner russell.deff...@hotosm.org Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) http://hotosm.org <http://hotosm.org/> ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot

[HOT] FW: [Tagging] Friendliness with attacked mapped places in Paris

2015-11-14 Thread Russell Deffner
André, Thank you for this; forwarding to the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). With friendship and condolence, =Russ From: André Pirard [mailto:a.pirard.pa...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2015 9:15 AM To: Tag discussion, strategy and related tools; OpenStreetMap Belgi

Re: [HOT] FW: [Tagging] Friendliness with attacked mapped places in Paris

2015-11-14 Thread Russell Deffner
Hi, I forwarded that original message on to this list because there was some traffic on our IRC channel about what/if any mapping was being done. I see replies that it was potentially inappropriate tagging on OSM and I agree with the arguments. My apologies to not look further into the cont

Re: [HOT] GeoWeek Remote Support

2015-11-15 Thread Russell Deffner
took this shift, so I’m on IRC and Mumble now if anyone needs anything. =Russ From: Pete Masters [mailto:pedrito1...@googlemail.com] Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2015 11:51 AM To: Russell Deffner Cc: hot Subject: Re: [HOT] GeoWeek Remote Support Have added my name for tomorrow. Is someone

[HOT] Activation WG Meeting Postponed

2015-11-16 Thread Russell Deffner
Greetings everyone, We are not going to have the Activation Working Group meeting this week. Thank you for understanding and tentatively we'll get back to it next week, =Russ Russell Deffner russell.deff...@hotosm.org Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) http://hotosm.org

Re: [HOT] OSMGeoweek Mapathon Hashtags

2015-11-16 Thread Russell Deffner
Mike, if this is our task: https://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1195 then it already has quite a few tags in the ‘auto’ comment; I can also add something like #osm-co just before and remove just after the mapathon if you’d like. =Russ From: Mike Thompson [mailto:miketh...@gmail.com] Sent: Monda

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

2015-11-22 Thread Russell Deffner
Greetings Kazeem, sorry if this is too late, but I think because you replied to the digest this message went to my junk box (and probably many others). Please just email directly hot@openstreetmap.org when starting a new topic. I am not having any issue, so without knowing more about your set

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

2015-12-28 Thread Russell Deffner
were tough there was always a friendly and encouraging manner that I will remember most, In memory, =Russ Russell Deffner russell.deff...@hotosm.org Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) -Original Message- From: Suzan Reed [mailto:su...@suzanreed.com] Sent: Monday, December 28, 2015 12:02

[HOT] 2015 Year in Review

2016-01-02 Thread Russell Deffner
org/user/russdeffner/diary/37689> . If you don't follow the OSM diary posts already, you can read them all (and get RSS) here: http://www.openstreetmap.org/diary - I hope to hear from all the members either on their OSM profile or just a reply here. Wishing you all a Mappy New Year! =Russ

Re: [HOT] 2015 Year in Review

2016-01-02 Thread Russell Deffner
Oops, copy and paste issues; Mikel's post is here: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/mikelmaron/diary/37674 =Russ From: Russell Deffner [mailto:russell.deff...@hotosm.org] Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2016 12:24 PM To: hot Cc: members...@hotosm.org Subject: [HOT] 2015 Year in R

[HOT] Saturday Mapternoon

2016-01-09 Thread Russell Deffner
ect of HOT are encouraged to join and ask questions or just chat. Advanced mappers and people interested in Activation Coordination encourage to join as well. Hope to see you there! =Russ Russell Deffner Email: russell.deff...@hotosm.org OSM/Skype: russdeffner Humanitarian OpenStre

Re: [HOT] OSM Data Quality Assurance Curriculum Draft

2016-01-15 Thread Russell Deffner
Hi John and all, You elude to something that maybe we haven’t really considered – Validation takes more than technical skills, it takes a teacher/mentor/helper personality. Even if we create some great training for how to validate, it might not be enough to bring the ‘right’ kind of people.

[HOT] Welcoming new HOT Voting Members

2016-01-15 Thread Russell Deffner
updates/2016-01-15_welcome_new_hot_voting_members [3] https://hotosm.org/voting-members Happy New Year and Welcome New Members! =Russ Russell Deffner Chairperson for the Voting Members Email: russell.deff...@hotosm.org OSM/Skype: russdeffner Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) Web <

[HOT] Saturday Mapternoon

2016-01-16 Thread Russell Deffner
27;behind the scenes' at HOT. As always, mappers of any level and people interested in any aspect of HOT are encouraged to join and ask questions or just chat. Hope to see you there! =Russ Russell Deffner Chairperson for the Voting Members Email: russell.deff...@hotosm.org OSM/Skype:

Re: [HOT] [hotosm-membership] HOT Board Minutes - December 2015 and January 2016

2016-01-22 Thread Russell Deffner
Thank you Jorieke, I appreciate a little distraction at the moment, so I sit on the Advisory Council for the "I Love U Guys" Foundation (http://iloveuguys.org/) and think I could especially give some assistance in developing an application/vetting process (we have a nice short 'contract' with n

Re: [HOT] Tasking Manager Messages

2016-02-01 Thread Russell Deffner
Hi all, there is a pull request that I contributed a comment basically explaining what I think you’re talking about here: https://github.com/hotosm/osm-tasking-manager2/issues/341#issuecomment-153439710 =Russ From: Mike Thompson [mailto:miketh...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 01, 2016

Re: [HOT] Tasking Manager Messages

2016-02-01 Thread Russell Deffner
Validation related issues here: https://github.com/hotosm/osm-tasking-manager2/issues?q=validate+label%3Avalidation =Russ From: Russell Deffner [mailto:russell.deff...@hotosm.org] Sent: Monday, February 01, 2016 11:38 AM To: 'Mike Thompson'; 'ngt' Cc: 'HOT' Subj

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

2016-02-11 Thread Russell Deffner
Hi all, Validation is a ‘beast’ of a discussion that in my opinion has been addressed in two parts: teaching/training validators and technical changes in the Tasking Manager. I for one completely support building a ‘white-list’ option (or otherwise the option to ‘appoint’ validators) into t

Re: [HOT] Website down?

2016-02-16 Thread Russell Deffner
Looks like it's back up, just for future reference, I think it's sysadmin@hotosm you want to ping for outages and such. =Russ -Original Message- From: Jorieke Vyncke [mailto:jorieke.vyn...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 5:02 AM To: Chris Fleming Cc: hot@openstreetmap.org Sub

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

2016-02-16 Thread Russell Deffner
Hi John, It feels a bit odd to try and reply ‘on behalf of the AWG’ to… So HOT activation group can you first inspect the instructions and then confirm with the project managers to see if we can reduce the possibility of different interpretations? ie keep them as simple as possible. But I

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

2016-02-16 Thread Russell Deffner
: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 1:35 PM To: Russell Deffner Cc: Daniel Specht; hot@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [HOT] how newer mappers can help a lot with the validation process I think the classic that Daniel identified is map all roads. Does it mean highway=unclassified and above, everything

Re: [HOT] International Womens Day - Mapping locations and dates of incidents on OpenStreetMaps

2016-02-19 Thread Russell Deffner
Hi Mhairi, This might be a good case for building an Ushahidi instance (https://www.ushahidi.com/) – as with Quakemaps.org that our partners at KLL built, the type of data (incident time, place, type) could be similar to reports of response needs. I think this type of data is not ‘recommende

Re: [HOT] [activation hotosm] Activation WG Meeting

2016-02-29 Thread Russell Deffner
Hi Mhairi, I thought we were going back to 1500 UTC – 13 is very early for me and our friend(s) on the West Coast USA probably won’t want to make that time either. Will be a bit better when daylight saving changes in a few weeks. Either way, it’s not on the WG calendar, let me know if you ne

Re: [HOT] Fwd: Accuracy ( international women's day)

2016-02-29 Thread Russell Deffner
Hi Gertrude, I am not quite sure what kind of ‘accuracy tools’ you’re asking about. It sounds like you will be mapping in the field? If so, GPS units are going to be your best bet (unless you have access to professional survey equipment). We often supply our field missions with Garmin Etre

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