[HOT] Issue with new mapper invalidating my task

2015-05-16 Thread Carl von Einem
Hi, I just noticed that an area mapped by me yesterday [1] has been invalidated by user GoUtes! [2] with the comment "some tracks not yet traced in SE corner." I just had a second look at that area and can't follow the reasoning of "GoUtes!". Can someone please double check that task? Is tha

[HOT] Issue with new mapper invalidating my task

2015-05-16 Thread Andrew Patterson
Like John Whelan, I feel that although I have done some mapping, I am not sufficiently competent to map tracks, nor also to upload the new imagery for "brownfield" sites, and am therefore concentrating on buildings, and then leaving the tile for others to complete, in the hope that anyone who picks

Re: [HOT] Issue with new mapper invalidating my task

2015-05-16 Thread Julian Haag
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, as I had a quick look at this task, I feel he is not wrong. There are lots and lots of paths without any connection. I understand that you didn't see traces on the Bing imagery, but this is not what we need. First, try to only map paths wich have

Re: [HOT] Issue with new mapper invalidating my task

2015-05-16 Thread john whelan
Paths, tracks and highways in Nepal are some the the most challenging to map anywhere I've seen. For that reason I rarely map them or mark tiles done. In Nepal basically I just map buildings and let the rest of the mappers sort the highways out and I've done quite a bit of mapping. I think someo

Re: [HOT] Issue with new mapper invalidating my task

2015-05-16 Thread Pierre Béland
trace paths. They are not as visible as roads and vegetation can obscure them in some areas.     Pierre De : john whelan À : c...@einem.net Cc : "hot@openstreetmap.org" Envoyé le : Samedi 16 mai 2015 7h49 Objet : Re: [HOT] Issue with new mapper invalidating my task Paths,

Re: [HOT] Issue with new mapper invalidating my task

2015-05-16 Thread Pierre Béland
2015 8h37 Objet : [HOT] Issue with new mapper invalidating my task Like John Whelan, I feel that although I have done some mapping, I am not sufficiently competent to map tracks, nor also to upload the new imagery for "brownfield" sites, and am therefore concentrating on buil

Re: [HOT] Issue with new mapper invalidating my task

2015-05-16 Thread Julian Haag
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1   Hi, leaving a clear comment on a task helps a lot. For beginners as well as for more experienced mappers looking for completing tasks. I always try so be as precise as possible in a comment. E.g. partly co

Re: [HOT] Issue with new mapper invalidating my task

2015-05-16 Thread Blake Girardot
Hi, I agree with John, a lot of the mapping of roads/paths/waterways in Nepal is very very difficult both due to the actual terrain and the imagery. I edited this task square and marked it complete. When I got to it, it was actually pretty well mapped. Almost everyone, myself included, maps

Re: [HOT] Issue with new mapper invalidating my task

2015-05-16 Thread Julian Haag
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I just want to mention, that I think, this is an important one! How can you encourage people to go on contributing when you invalidate because of a few minor mistakes or things that might have been mapped a bit better? No, you have to say thanks,

Re: [HOT] Issue with new mapper invalidating my task

2015-05-16 Thread john whelan
I generally leave the comment buildings done to avoid other building mappers picking it up and scanning through. Sometimes when I see a tile that looks as if all the buildings are done I'll scroll through with JOSM map any buildings not done then comment it buildings done. Trouble is if someone

Re: [HOT] Issue with new mapper invalidating my task

2015-05-16 Thread Tami Morse
I'd like to second a point Julian made: please leave feedback notes for us new mappers. In the first task I worked on, I found what I thought was either a river or a path. I traced it and tagged it as a river, and left a note saying, "I'm not sure if this is a river or a path." I went back to lo

Re: [HOT] Issue with new mapper invalidating my task

2015-05-16 Thread althio
Hi Andrew, I do agree with such a proposal. For anyone willing to help us a bit more, I encourage you to visit the GitHub repository to leave comments, or even better suggestions, or even better patches. https://github.com/hotosm/osm-tasking-manager2/issues Regarding your idea of marked a part

Re: [HOT] Issue with new mapper invalidating my task

2015-05-17 Thread Carl von Einem
Hi Blake, thanks a lot for reviewing the task and explaining what you did. I think the workflow for validating tasks is still a mystery to users. Your comments help me to increase the quality of my mapping efforts. And as well bring back some motivation. It puzzles me that a relatively new