Re: [OSM-talk] [HOT] Quality (was: The point on the OSM Response to the DR Congo Nord Kivu Ebola outbreak)

2018-12-13 Thread Pierre Béland
Yes, Quality should be be integrated at all levels, from Documentation, Editing tools, Projects monitoring particularly in the context of Mapathons to catch problems rapidly and correct. And  yes validation is the last step, the last barrier to catch Quality problems and correct. After the

Re: [OSM-talk] [HOT] Quality (was: The point on the OSM Response to the DR Congo Nord Kivu Ebola outbreak)

2018-12-13 Thread Nate Smith
This is a good discussion. Chiming in here to share some additional thoughts and work we’ve been doing on the Tasking Manager this fall. I agree with what people have said. Quality isn’t just a “let’s improve how we validate” problem. This also isn’t only an editor problem — through many of the

Re: [OSM-talk] [HOT] Quality (was: The point on the OSM Response to the DR Congo Nord Kivu Ebola outbreak)

2018-12-13 Thread Stephen Penson
To build on Jean- Marc's point, one thing I raised at the HOT Summit and also recently to the London Missing Maps team is the need to tackle the errors at the source. Having validators is vital, but I believe we can improve the initial mapping through a few tweaks in the way new mappers are