Re: [HOT] Japanese earthquake projects

2016-05-10 Thread john whelan
s, and many other things > contribute to communication challenges, so patience is always key around > OSM. > > > > Cheers, > > =Russ > > > > *From:* john whelan [mailto:jwhelan0...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Monday, May 09, 2016 10:04 AM > *To:* Mike Thompson

Re: [HOT] Japanese earthquake projects

2016-05-09 Thread Russell Deffner
@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [HOT] Japanese earthquake projects I'm surprised to have no response to what is happening in Japan. I think surprised is the polite way of putting it. I even tried to contact the project manager but no response. It is now Tuesday morning in Japan. I looked at a couple

Re: [HOT] Japanese earthquake projects

2016-05-09 Thread john whelan
I'm surprised to have no response to what is happening in Japan. I think surprised is the polite way of putting it. I even tried to contact the project manager but no response. It is now Tuesday morning in Japan. I looked at a couple more. I note that 1799 wants the sea mapping, or at least a

Re: [HOT] Japanese earthquake projects

2016-05-07 Thread john whelan
I've sent something to the project manager maybe we'll hear something after the weekend. Cheerio John On 7 May 2016 at 13:14, Mike Thompson wrote: > I would also note that it looks like we have some relatively new (8 total > OSM change sets) mappers playing the role of

Re: [HOT] Japanese earthquake projects

2016-05-07 Thread Mike Thompson
I would also note that it looks like we have some relatively new (8 total OSM change sets) mappers playing the role of validator and invalidating tasks for things beyond the requirement of the project (e.g. "incorrect paths set" when the project [#1844] only called for buildings). Mike On Sat,

[HOT] Japanese earthquake projects

2016-05-07 Thread john whelan
I've been mapping and validating on Project 1800 but it doesn't make a lot of sense. The most difficult part to map is the built up areas with lots of very close buildings which in some ways I'd expect a city in Japan to have its own maps of buildings. Those tiles take time and lots of it. The