Re: [HOT] residential roads within built-up areas

2017-07-26 Thread john whelan
; Bjoern > > On 26 July 2017 at 13:31, john whelan wrote: > >> Lusaka is one of the few places in Africa that has boots on the ground, >> many of which have backgrounds in GIS. I think there have been at least >> twenty active local mappers mapping here so I'd be i

Re: [HOT] residential roads within built-up areas

2017-07-26 Thread john whelan
> In the same way a path may be a significant transportation route for a village or small town but it cannot be highway=unclassified or highway=tertiary because of the construction class that limits vehicles. My thoughts have always been if the settlement has a metal roof then a truck or cart mus

[HOT] Ottawa logistics

2017-07-28 Thread john whelan
7 Bayview Road looks like a government owned building so accessibility is good. It has one small cafe, sandwich $8, that does not have free wifi but free wifi is available within the building using a guest account but you'll need a password. Limited parking is available at 7 Bayview, $2 per hour

[HOT] Highway Tag Africa wiki

2017-07-28 Thread john whelan
I seem to recall some one posting recently that following discussion at the SOTM Africa in Uganda 2017 some changes had been made to the wiki. Could some one highlight these. Thanks John ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstree

Re: [HOT] Highway Tag Africa wiki

2017-07-29 Thread john whelan
, but not connect to a > settlement > A path can function like an unclassified highway, but is restricted to > foot traffic or 2 wheeled vehicles > Highway = tertiary or secondary may be paved, but not by default. > > Let me know if you have questions or suggestions. > > E

Re: [HOT] Highway Tag Africa wiki

2017-07-29 Thread john whelan
cussions at the SOTM Africa. > > I invite you and the others to give us more details on the discussions and > the modifications you made to the wiki page. > > regard > > Pierre > > > -- > *De :* Vao Matua > *À :* john whelan > *Cc :* &

Re: [HOT] Highway Tag Africa wiki

2017-07-29 Thread john whelan
e reference guide for use in >>>> carto-parties and mapathons and by new mappers. >>>> >>>> General changes or clarifications: >>>> A residential road serves people who live adjacent to it. >>>> An unclassified road connects set

Re: [HOT] How to get the name of the creator of a task on the Tasking Manager?

2017-07-29 Thread john whelan
Search for the number in http://tasks.hotosm.org/ the creator is at the bottom. Cheerio John On 29 July 2017 at 12:01, Michael Reichert wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > Hi, > > I would like to know who created a specific task on the Tasking > Manager operated by OS

Re: [HOT] Highway Tag Africa wiki

2017-07-29 Thread john whelan
t; Tanganyika, where a lot of settlements only have access by vehicles via the > Lake). > > Thank you. > > Kind Regards, > > Ukundji > > > *From:* john whelan > *Sent:* Saturday, July 29, 2017 1:38 AM > *To:* hot@openstreetmap.org > *Subject:* [HOT] Highway T

Re: [HOT] landuse=residential and routing problems

2017-07-31 Thread john whelan
I do a lot of validation and in my opinion each settlement should have at least one highway that connects to the outside world. That way its routable. I might not draw in every path or track and small tracks leading only to fields or the river don't really add a lot of value. When traveling to a

Re: [HOT] landuse=residential and routing problems

2017-07-31 Thread john whelan
Echoing Pierre's comments should we come up with better instructions? I think the requirements for the NGOs are where do people live and how do we get there? Which suggests we want the settlements and a highway to reach them. This is probably different to normal OSM which sometimes seems to be m

Re: [HOT] landuse=residential and routing

2017-07-31 Thread john whelan
t; > thesis and stated: > > > “According to the observation data, two Kebeles namely Yemezegn and > > > Gibtsawit are inaccessable by vehicles and hence, do not have easy access > > > to public transport.” > > > And it seems as if he meant inaccesable by all (nor

Re: [HOT] landuse=residential and routing

2017-07-31 Thread john whelan
oo email adresses? > > > Pierre > > > -- > *De :* john whelan > *À :* AYTOUN RALPH > *Cc :* "hot@openstreetmap.org" > *Envoyé le :* lundi 31 juillet 2017 16h25 > *Objet :* Re: [HOT] landuse=residential and routing > > Both this message and the

Re: [HOT] kindly guide me ...........

2017-08-02 Thread john whelan
Uganda has a fairly reasonable map at present. There have been some thirty HOT projects in there and a few imports. There are some 3,000 untagged ways to be cleaned up, I might have a look at them shortly. Jiggers sound a bit like the Neglected Topical Diseases or NTDs which have been identified

Re: [HOT] Highway Tag Africa wiki

2017-08-03 Thread john whelan
I've been giving some thought to the large number of highway=track connecting settlements. When I come across them and have the time I'll retag them normally to unclassified but the idle thought would be is there a way to identify them for inspection? In JOSM I suspect we are limited to looking a

[HOT] Bus stops in Togo

2017-08-06 Thread john whelan
8.8925195, 0.569743 Some are labelled house 3 etc they have been mapped with maps.me in remote villages and are tightly clustered together. Could someone shed some light on these perhaps? Can we find a more suitable way of tagging whatever it is is being mapped? They don't appear to be mapped a

Re: [HOT] Mapping (also) for the routing

2017-08-06 Thread john whelan
However if you want to get to a village to deliver some sort of aid and are on foot or donkey etc. then I assume it would be acceptable to walk through one village to get to another? If so link using path. Cheerio John On 6 August 2017 at 09:10, wrote: > I think that the problem lies partly wit

[HOT] wish list validation tool

2017-08-09 Thread john whelan
Yes I know I'm a bit one tracked sometimes but quite by chance I stumbled across a HOT mapper who had tagged 264 buildings Yess=Building in Togo. I have corrected these but they were done five months ago. In the ideal world we would have enough validators but we don't so could someone at least sc

Re: [HOT] wish list validation tool

2017-08-09 Thread john whelan
s issue. > > It would be great if project owners trialled http://bjohas.de/mmstats/www/ > mmstats.html on their project hashtag - we'd be quite happy to tailor it > (where possible given the currently existing APIs, i.e. red cross / > overpass etc). > > Bjoern > > On 9

Re: [HOT] Niger - Diffa - Overlapping tasks

2017-08-10 Thread john whelan
Mappers who are mapping directly in OSM maybe mapping at the same location anyway. The best advice on your project is upload every thirty minutes and refresh every thirty minutes if you have the bandwidth. If you don't have the bandwidth then cross your fingers. Before when this has happened the

Re: [HOT] wish list validation tool

2017-08-12 Thread john whelan
,-11.761254,40. > 6584071,-0.9854812&RedCrossStats=true&queryResults=true& > alwaysShowOPdetails=false&showAPIqueries=false&autorun=1 > > Scroll past the query boxes, to see the output. > > In response to your question: > > On 9 August 2017 at 22:54, john whela

Re: [HOT] iD news: v2.4.0 released

2017-08-26 Thread john whelan
>`review_requested=yes` So how would this be picked up? Thanks John On 26 August 2017 at 01:46, Bryan Housel wrote: > *iD v2.4.0* was released August 25, 2017 and is now available for editing > on openstreetmap.org > > 📣 *A few highlights from the release:* > > *NEW Esri World Imagery layer:*

[HOT] Surveys and studies

2017-09-04 Thread john whelan
At Statistics Canada they have a concept of respondent burden. Basically it means you try to limit the number of questions you ask people whilst still trying to get the answers in. Is this information available from another survey? May I suggest a more formal arrangement where a survey is organi

Re: [HOT] Surveys and studies

2017-09-05 Thread john whelan
eys and share > experiences and data between researchers. Also we could include a review > proces before launching the questionaire, so e.g. questions can be > internationalized (even if this is not a priority for the researcher > themselves). > > 2017-09-04 22:20 GMT+02:00 john w

[HOT] building=Kitchen

2017-09-08 Thread john whelan
OK its not right it should at least be building=kitchen but what should it be tagged as? I'm looking at Malawi and there are a fair number of them. Thanks John ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot

Re: [HOT] building=Kitchen

2017-09-09 Thread john whelan
63866, 25330688 > Source: Bangula WV2 20140720; survey > > https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/jan/ > 30/malawi-floods-grim-legacy-death-destruction-devastation suggests a > reason for mapping kitchens - food supplies, cooking facilities and cooking > utensils were in short

Re: [HOT] sharing experiences: OSM mapping in 4 countries

2017-09-12 Thread john whelan
>the Armenian government is worried that OSM will affect national security, doesn’t fully trust crowd-sourced data I think the statement is too broad. There are certainly parts of the US government that is very comfortable with OSM, I seem to recall one US government website that points people to

Re: [HOT] sharing experiences: OSM mapping in 4 countries

2017-09-12 Thread john whelan
Ta for the correction, I wonder how many others misread it. Cheerio John On 12 September 2017 at 08:42, Ralf Stephan wrote: > Armenian not American John > > On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 2:24 PM john whelan wrote: > >> >the Armenian government is worried that OSM will affect

[HOT] Notes for the Ottawa summit

2017-09-12 Thread john whelan
First welcome to Ottawa, its normally considered one of the safest Canadian cities and its fairly relaxed so enjoy your stay. The weather forecast is sunny with highs of 26 and lows of 12. The last airport shuttle bus ran more than five years ago. Your choices are either taxi, a rough estimate w

Re: [HOT] sharing experiences: OSM mapping in 4 countries

2017-09-12 Thread john whelan
o study this. If any of you would like to > discuss further I would be happy to at the Summit this week. > > Best, > Colleen > > On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 8:43 PM, john whelan > wrote: > >> Ta for the correction, I wonder how many others misread it. >> >> Cheerio

[HOT] Project 3258 what did we do right?

2017-09-19 Thread john whelan
It's not finished completely yet and I still have some validation to do but in general its been well mapped even though many mappers are new to OSM and although its medium priority considering the size of the project its gone very quickly. So why? What impact did the project manager have when the

[HOT] new task manager

2017-10-16 Thread john whelan
Has it been implemented yet? I took a look at 3712 which should be a fairly recent project but it looks much the same to me. Thanks John ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot

Re: [HOT] Map Lesotho Webinar

2017-10-16 Thread john whelan
For those of us who are not available at the designated time will there be a recording of this? Thanks John On 16 Oct 2017 2:37 pm, "Gertrude Hope" wrote: > Dear all, > > We will be having a webinar tomorrow on Tuesday from 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM > CAT. HOT, Map Lesotho and OSM Southern Africa are o

[HOT] task manager 3

2017-10-18 Thread john whelan
http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/3712# Validator role required no. Does this mean this project doesn't need validating? Judging by the mapping I saw when it was TM2 I would say it does. Running the validator role I don't see how to bring up a link to the mapper. Traditionally I'd look them up a

Re: [HOT] task manager 3

2017-10-18 Thread john whelan
and whilst we are at it how do I select one tile recently done to validate? Locking a block of tiles doesn't help, there is a limit to how much data I can download at once. Thanks John On 18 October 2017 at 18:17, john whelan wrote: > http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/3712# > >

[HOT] TM3 and validation

2017-10-20 Thread john whelan
I tend to overview a number of projects. If there has been any new mapping then I validate it. In TM2 I could just click on activity and it would show me the most recently mapped ties. I haven't found that functionality in TM3. Where is it please. Thanks John __

[HOT] TM3 leaving comments

2017-10-20 Thread john whelan
In TM2 I could leave a comment to an individual mapper by name is that functionality still available in TM3? Sometimes I might leave comments to two different mappers who had mapped for different reasons. How do I do this in TM3? Thanks John ___ HOT ma

Re: [HOT] task manager 3

2017-10-20 Thread john whelan
It appears to be a very manual method according to Blake's you tube John On 18 October 2017 at 18:22, john whelan wrote: > and whilst we are at it how do I select one tile recently done to > validate? Locking a block of tiles doesn't help, there is a limit to how > much dat

[HOT] how do I find a tile in TM3 that has been validated by new user with two tiles mapped?

2017-10-20 Thread john whelan
Ta John ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot

[HOT] TM3 and validation

2017-10-21 Thread john whelan
Typically when I validate I validate the most recently mapped tiles first working on the principle that the faster feedback the more likely it is to be effective. If someone has already changed their habits telling them that two villages two kilometers apart are probably not connected by a primary

[HOT] TM3 and validation

2017-10-21 Thread john whelan
Typically when I validate I validate the most recently mapped tiles first working on the principle that the faster feedback the more likely it is to be effective. If someone has already changed their habits telling them that two villages two kilometers apart are probably not connected by a primary

Re: [HOT] TM3 and validation

2017-10-21 Thread john whelan
Guilty John On 21 October 2017 at 11:27, Frans Schutz wrote: > I Suppport this > > Hopefully this will be fixed > > thanks, Frans > > ps John, are you the same John Whelan, active on the Tranz furums ? :-) > > Op 21-10-2017 om 17:06 schreef john whelan: >

Re: [HOT] TM3 and validation

2017-10-21 Thread john whelan
mappers feedback as fast as possible: > > https://youtu.be/BX8rzi2NqQY > > Let me know what you think of the workflow in the video if you would > please. > > Respectfully, > blake > > > > On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 11:06 AM, john whelan > wrote: > > Typic

Re: [HOT] TM3 and validation

2017-10-21 Thread john whelan
you are asking for, but feedback > from users was they were much more interested in getting to the newest > mappers the fastest, which is what we ended up going with. > > Maybe it is easy to add back in, but that table is already pretty crowded. > > Regards, > Blake > > On

Re: [HOT] TM3 and validation

2017-10-21 Thread john whelan
gt; recently mapped task. I think it will get you the same thing > essentially. > > regards > blake > > On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 3:48 PM, john whelan > wrote: > > Remember I'm basically lazy. I do two things when I validate. The > first is > > clean up the s

Re: [HOT] Checking validation work in TM3

2017-10-22 Thread john whelan
I would concur. Currently there is one tile validated by a new user that I've picked up making a few mistakes and I'd dearly love to find which tile they validated just to go over it again. The other points I would agree with also. Note to Scott at the bottom of the project page is a link to git

Re: [HOT] Checking validation work in TM3

2017-10-22 Thread john whelan
>Kind feedback and thank you? That is 50% of being a good validator, sign them up! :) You mean I can only clip them round the ear if I attend a Mapathon? I really must go back and revalidate the 120 tiles one merry mapper has done on a present project and thank him for each and every one. I seem

Re: [HOT] TM3 and validation

2017-10-24 Thread john whelan
en validated recently or > - have been invalidated recently or > - are beginners or > - have finished the tile just minutes ago or > - ...? > > I really was waiting for this button, because now validators can focus on > validating without browsing for tiles. I think I will

[HOT] Spam messages

2017-10-29 Thread john whelan
"Hi Johnwhelan I just validated your mapping on Task 14. Awesome work! Keep mapping :)" Once maybe but seven identical messages this morning other than the task number? These are coming in daily from different people and I'm not happy to receive them. Combined with these come to my email address

Re: [HOT] Spam messages

2017-10-29 Thread john whelan
"John, this was an automated message after my validation, probably from the Tasking manager. Not one I wrote ! I received similar messages from validators on my tasks." What is going on please. Am I generating these if so I'll stop validating. Thanks John On 29 October 2017

Re: [HOT] Spam messages

2017-10-29 Thread john whelan
message when invalidating a task just use the @ > to make direct one to the right person. > > Eventually there will be an opt out for the validation messages. > > Cheers > Blake > > On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 12:28 PM, john whelan > wrote: > > "John, this was an

Re: [HOT] Spam messages

2017-10-29 Thread john whelan
ill be able to opt in and out of different > types of emails/messages so you could choose to not receive messages > or emails when your tasks get validated. > > Cheers > Blake > > On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 1:06 PM, john whelan > wrote: > > I think I've validated more t

Re: [HOT] Spam messages

2017-10-29 Thread john whelan
keep up with the validation. Cheerio John On 29 October 2017 at 09:36, john whelan wrote: > If you work by validating tiles on a project as they are done as I do so > the tile is validated within a day or so and the project has 95% of the > mapped tiles validated this isn't a probl

[HOT] TM3 sending out unauthorised messages under validators names

2017-10-29 Thread john whelan
"Hi Johnwhelan I just validated your mapping on Task 14. Awesome work! Keep mapping :)" Apparently similar twee messages are being sent out as if they come from me. These are unauthorised and I object to them. One issue is validators getting impolite messages because they appear to have sent the

Re: [HOT] TM3 sending out unauthorised messages under validators names

2017-10-29 Thread john whelan
's clear that the message is automated. > > -Scott > > On 29 October 2017 at 16:00, john whelan wrote: > >> "Hi Johnwhelan I just validated your mapping on Task 14. Awesome work! >> Keep mapping :)" >> >> Apparently similar twee messages are

[HOT] Connecting it all up

2017-11-02 Thread john whelan
If you look at many parts of the map in Africa you can see squares of activity. Often HOT projects but there are many many places where a tertiary or higher classified highway is fifty meters or less from connecting to another highway. I seem to recall in Ghana they had a project to just map the

Re: [HOT] HOT Connecting it all up

2017-11-03 Thread john whelan
I think it is much more basic than that. We seem to have a number of isolated islands of mapping that have highways but the islands are not connected. The islands often seem square in shape and normally quite well mapped but they do not have connections to other parts of the map. I suspect they

Re: [HOT] OSM Polygon drawing App at field level

2017-11-04 Thread john whelan
walking papers or is it called field papers? Do it on paper would be the suggestion. I have used Vespucci before now it's usable but the screen size isn't nice. Cheerio John On 19 October 2017 at 04:45, Rupert Allan wrote: > We are strategising about 'feedback-mapping' whilst doing 'non-camp

[HOT] Recent building mapping in Malawi

2017-11-10 Thread john whelan
I'm currently adding tags to some 1,500 buildings in Malawi. Many are from recent HOT projects. I dislike validating building projects since I never really know what to do with buildings that are three times the size of the image and not square either but if someone could just run JOSM occasional

Re: [HOT] Recent building mapping in Malawi

2017-11-11 Thread john whelan
task mgr which not allows to start validating from ID or when a mapper has >> les than a minimum level. >> Frans >> >> Op vr 10 nov. 2017 om 15:14 schreef john whelan >> >>> I'm currently adding tags to some 1,500 buildings in Malawi. Many are >

[HOT] Mapping buildings with new mappers at a maperthon

2017-11-17 Thread john whelan
I'm not a great person for maperthons, the last one I attended could have gone a little smoother, there was a time delay before mapping. They were mapping buildings and highways and although they were mapping for some time no tiles were completed. Recently there was another one locally which I dr

Re: [HOT] Progression, Re: Mapping buildings with new mappers at a maperthon

2017-11-18 Thread john whelan
hatsApp groups. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Rupert >>> >>> On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Bjoern Hassler >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear friends, >>>> >>>> Not in direct response to John, but on a tangent.

Re: [HOT] Mapping buildings with new mappers at a maperthon

2017-11-19 Thread john whelan
and I totally concur with what Ralph has said. We asked people who were attending to install JAVA before they arrived and I had josm-tested.jar available on a DVD to minimise the stress on the wifi network. I had a USB DVD device with me and a bag of mice. The particular maperthon I was at was a o

Re: [HOT] Mapping buildings with new mappers at a maperthon

2017-11-20 Thread john whelan
ut there who want to help complete the >> building tool for iD (it is already started, just not completed) >> please contact me directly :) >> >> Cheers, >> Blake >> >> >> >> On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 3:40 PM, john whelan >> wrote: >> &g

Re: [HOT] Mapping buildings with new mappers at a maperthon

2017-11-20 Thread john whelan
ow-up chat or community seminar where the ideas can be discussed > further? Outcomes can then be added to http://learnosm.org/en/coo > rdination/mapathon/ ? > > I'll send you all invites to the document off list. I'll leave the > document so that no sign-in is required, in case you don&

Re: [HOT] Mapping buildings with new mappers at a maperthon

2017-11-20 Thread john whelan
erved by helping >> improve iD. >> >> If there are any JS wizards out there who want to help complete the >> building tool for iD (it is already started, just not completed) >> please contact me directly :) >> >> Cheers, >> Blake >> >> >> >&

Re: [HOT] Mapping buildings with new mappers at a maperthon

2017-11-21 Thread john whelan
st to leave a comment explaining > the problem as you see it. > > John, without weighing in on your main point (to which I'm generally > sympathetic), in the cases you speak of where it's easier to map from > scratch, why not just do so and use ctrl+shift+g to preserve histor

[HOT] duplicate mapping

2017-11-21 Thread john whelan
It sounds silly but I come across things being mapped twice often uploaded with a fifteen minute gap. If you're leading a maperthon could you please ask your mappers to upload every fifteen minutes or so to reduce this. If you're mapper the same suggestion applies. Thanks John __

[HOT] A new tool for spotting buildings that overlap by more than 50%

2017-11-24 Thread john whelan
Mike Thompson was kind enough to build me a JOSM script. https://github.com/MikeTho16/JOSM-Scripts SelectDuplicateBuildings.js To Run: * Install JOSM's Scripting Plugin * Place above file in a convenient location on your system * Click "Scripting" (on top menu bar) * Click "Run" * Click "..." but

Re: [HOT] A new tool for spotting buildings that overlap by more than 50%

2017-11-26 Thread john whelan
p and use. I was > imaging this kind of logic, but as a refinement to the JOSM validator > itself. Under the "crossing buildings" warning list it could show the > major/minor types of crossing buildings. > > Harry > > > -- > *From:* john whelan > *To:* "hot@op

[HOT] Validation on projects

2017-11-26 Thread john whelan
Currently we seem to have a number of projects that are 95% mapped and 20% validated requesting validation. If you validate the project from the start you catch the errors mappers make early on which means you get better quality work overall and less time is spent reworking problem areas. Preventi

Re: [HOT] Early validation

2017-11-27 Thread john whelan
better if the validation process happens > soon after the mapping, the mapper being able to take kind remarks and > suggestions into account in order to improve the quality of his/her work. > So we may assume that mapping work should be validated as soon as > reasonably possible. I think I

Re: [HOT] simple instructionset for beginners

2017-11-27 Thread john whelan
>Recently I mapped a task where there were many non-squared buildings, some roads crossing buildings and some other things Because of the answer on one of my previous questions now I try to correct all these mistakes but with some basic instructions they can hopefully be avoided it’s frustrating to

Re: [HOT] A new tool for spotting buildings that overlap by more than 50%

2017-11-28 Thread john whelan
Mike has built a new faster version that handles larger numbers of buildings better. Same link as the old one. I tend to use it first to locate a cluster of these. Then I redownload the area and use the to-do list to inspect each one. Cheerio John On 24 Nov 2017 5:47 pm, "john whelan&qu

[HOT] Picking up the errors

2017-12-01 Thread john whelan
These are just comments, if you have any ideas on how to catch a few more errors let me know. I've just been playing with the duplicate building tool and picked up over a hundred buildings than had been mapped by a new mapper who made just four edits. I don't think they completed any tiles. As I

Re: [HOT] Project #2657, Malawi, Salima district

2017-12-03 Thread john whelan
The project hasn't quite been archived although a request to do so was sent to the project manager. I think the last tile was mapped and validated this morning eastern standard time. My understanding is TM3 will have a comment box added real soon now. I think only the project manager currently h

Re: [HOT] Project #2657, Malawi, Salima district

2017-12-04 Thread john whelan
Under TM3 there is a "Project Questions and Comments" tab next to the validate where you can leave comments. I'd overlooked it. Cheerio John On 3 December 2017 at 14:24, Jean Marie Falisse wrote: > Hi, > > I have been working quite a while on this project. I made a pause for a > couple of days

Re: [HOT] The idea of (advanced) JOSM "practice projects"

2017-12-06 Thread john whelan
Perhaps it is just me but when I validate I also clean up so I get plenty of mapping practice. Cheerio John On 6 Dec 2017 1:36 pm, "Bjoern Hassler" wrote: > Dear friends, > > in supporting JOSM mapper with new skills (for more specialised tasks) I > converged on the idea of "tailored practice p

[HOT] highway=service in the Highway Tag Africa

2017-12-06 Thread john whelan
I'm seeing some that are more than 10kms in length. My feeling is this is not a service highway in the conventional sense. Thoughts? and if it is considered that 10 km is too long can we drop a guideline into the wiki? Thanks John ___ HOT mailing list

Re: [HOT] highway=service in the Highway Tag Africa

2017-12-06 Thread john whelan
> Claire > > Claire Halleux > OpenStreetMap RDC > > https://www.facebook.com/OpenStreetMap.RDC > > On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 8:33 PM, john whelan wrote: > >> I'm seeing some that are more than 10kms in length. >> >> My feeling is this is not a servi

[HOT] Buildings and HOT's reputation in OSM

2017-12-09 Thread john whelan
Recently there has been some discussion of HOT's input into OpenStreetMap in the OSMF mailing list. Perhaps one of the problem areas is mapping that is less than ideal. Basically HOT mainly maps highways, landuse=residential and buildings. These shouldn't be difficult to map correctly. Building

Re: [HOT] Buildings and HOT's reputation in OSM

2017-12-09 Thread john whelan
gt; and many folks/governments are still coming to grips with how it all works > and how beneficial it can be. Is it perfect...not really, can it be > improved...always. I think the HOT (and other) tasking managers and the ID > editor are always improving with better task details, mor

Re: [HOT] Buildings and HOT's reputation in OSM

2017-12-09 Thread john whelan
that more objects have been mapped over a longer period > and the problem compounds. > > · Correcting buildings when validating/shortage of validators? OK > if this is unlikely to be the solution then we are back to better tools for > initial digitising. Can you help with coding? > > ·

Re: [HOT] Buildings and HOT's reputation in OSM

2017-12-10 Thread john whelan
erence in terms of its area either. > > > > On 10 December 2017 at 00:47, john whelan wrote: > >> I have considerable coding experience but not in JAVA script which is >> required for iD as I understand it and since it about two years to get up >> to speed with a new pr

Re: [HOT] Buildings and HOT's reputation in OSM

2017-12-11 Thread john whelan
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Re: [HOT] Fwd: National NGO Program on Humanitarian Leadership accepting applications

2017-12-11 Thread john whelan
This is exactly what I think would earn us some brownie points with OSM provided we can point to some of the work that is independent of the main NGOs. Cheerio John On 11 Dec 2017 1:33 pm, "Tyler Radford" wrote: > > *Tyler Radford* > Executive Director > tyler.radf...@hotosm.org > @TylerSRadfor

Re: [HOT] Buildings and HOT's reputation in OSM

2017-12-11 Thread john whelan
Are we talking about Task Manger projects initiated and run by local project managers or something else? If we are talking about Task Manger projects then I suggest asking the project manager(s) to do a write up on their experiences and see if this can be brought to the attention of OSMWEEKLY. We

Re: [HOT] Buildings and HOT's reputation in OSM

2017-12-11 Thread john whelan
I accept what you say Ralph but the motorcycle project is being run by an conventional European or North American NGO. It's organised mapping. >The result will be a dedicated group in each country that will continue the work, train more local people and expand the mapping community. So is there

Re: [HOT] Buildings and HOT's reputation in OSM

2017-12-12 Thread john whelan
hings is easier than actually doing them, and I > don't think my JS is good enough to do it. > > > On 09/12/17 20:59, john whelan wrote: > >> Recently there has been some discussion of HOT's input into OpenStreetMap >> in the OSMF mailing list. >> >>

Re: [HOT] Buildings and HOT's reputation in OSM

2017-12-12 Thread john whelan
ll this is a good HOT > initiative > > I really appreciate this conversation and, personally, think it is a > discussion that needs to be had... I'm glad it's resurfaced. > > Pete > > Ps. Sorry if the email is a bit rambling (it's late and I'm tired)! &g

Re: [HOT] sporadic validation report

2017-12-13 Thread john whelan
If you're using JOSM to validate just select all the buildings (search) then select within nodes:4 then press q. In TM2 you could do multiple tiles at once but TM3 places each tile on a separate whatever. Squaring them isn't to me quite so much of an issue as when you do it the alignment etc may

[HOT] How do I find the most recent projects?

2017-12-14 Thread john whelan
and the most recently mapped tiles? I'm lazy and I normally do more validation than mapping. If I give feedback within 24 hours then mappers tend to correct their new mapping and there is less work for me to do when validating. If its been more than a week then my rule of thumb is there is littl

[HOT] JOSM and IMAC

2017-12-14 Thread john whelan
Anyone any experience about what works especially which browser works with task manager and passes through the remote control stuff. I am aware that IMAC or Windows is a religious choice and would prefer not to get into any discussion of religion. Thanks John _

Re: [HOT] JOSM and IMAC

2017-12-14 Thread john whelan
ception for this certificate > > From this point on, all should work correctly. (I've seen issues on > Webkit-based browsers - Safari, Chromium, Chrome - due to their different > way of handling certificates, FF is easiest to setup) > > Cheers, > Jan "Piskvor"

Re: [HOT] [Osmf-talk] [hotosm-membership] Re: Code of Conduct Reminder

2017-12-15 Thread john whelan
>but it's probably not clear to the average participant in the hot@ mailing list whether they are automatically made a part of the HOT community. I think there are two parts, those who subscribe to the current mailing list and the "inner clique" who are invited to become a HOT member. Realistical

Re: [HOT] [Osmf-talk] [hotosm-membership] Re: Code of Conduct Reminder

2017-12-15 Thread john whelan
In the UK at the end of the evening there is a well known phrase used in places that serve alcohol. "Time gentlemen please." The post that set this off had an element of frustration and it was unfortunate that the subject was a sensitive one at that time. With a bit of good will it could have be

[HOT] Feedback on I think mapswipe

2017-12-16 Thread john whelan
I'm looking at project 3890 which apparently was prepossessed by mapswipe. I think the mapswipe overlay has now been removed but what I have noticed is a number of highways in a straight line are not connected up. You get a stretch of highway then nothing other than a faint mark on the imagery fo

Re: [HOT] Feedback on I think mapswipe

2017-12-17 Thread john whelan
It was apparent on at least a dozen tiles with different mappers. One classic one was a highway that ran top right to bottom left, four segments of highway and three of no highway and that sort of matched the pattern on the tile view in TM. Several places where the image was a bit darker the segm

Re: [HOT] Dale Kunce (OSM, OSMF and HOT US Inc president) on [OSMF] mailing list: "a viper pit of racism and misogyny"; a statement which minimally calls for answers and facts

2017-12-18 Thread john whelan
Could it be a different Dale Kunce? Could the president of HOT confirm that this twitter account isn't his? Many Thanks Cheerio John On 18 December 2017 at 17:18, nicolas chavent wrote: > Dear HOT US Inc, OSMF members and HOT mailing list subscribers, > > I randomly ran into this tweet of Dal

[HOT] Highway=track

2017-12-21 Thread john whelan
It's come up in the OSMand mailing list that these aren't shown at higher zoom levels. Whilst mapping specifically just for the rendering system is frowned on in this case it is supported by the wiki. If it connects settlements then according to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Tag_Afri

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