Tracey,
It takes a lot of time and effort to map a university campus completely.
Especially if you want to use the data for multi-modal routing, e.g., walking
directions, driving directions, etc. Small changes can completely destroy a
carefully constructed network of streets and footpaths. I can understand the
local Ottawa mappers being protective of their hard work. To avoid this problem
in the future here are some suggestions:
1. Choose a location that is completely unmapped. There are many locations
around the world that are unmapped or severely under-mapped. Novice mapping in
these areas will not damage hours of work by dedicated OSM volunteers. But
care is still necessary even in under-mapped areas. We don't want to export our
problems to another community.
2. Download OSM data for the City of Ottawa and have your students edit
against a local copy of the database. I don't know how complex it would be to
setup editing for a local copy of the OSM data. Perhaps some other mappers can
provide some input.
3. Instead of editing OSM data stick to analysis. Teach students how to
extract statistics from the OSM database
4. Provide better training to the students so their edits to the OSM database
do not cause problems.
5. Skip OSM and do some exercises in QGIS or ArcGIS Online.
Best regards,
Bernie.
berniejconnors
Sent from my iPad
> On Oct 10, 2017, at 11:09 PM, Tracey P. Lauriault <tlaur...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Greetings OSM mappers;
>
> I understand that students for COMS2200 have been blocked from posting to OSM.
>
> There was also an unfortunate email sent to Carleton University by one of
> your members that is circulating through the administration from
> (james2...@gmail.com).
>
> The data are being contributed as part of an assignment described here -
> https://github.com/TraceyLauriault/COMS2200A
>
> I understand that the students are making some small and some large mistakes
> that may not meet your OSM data quality standards. The students are
> restricted to only be mapping the Carleton University Campus.
>
> I wonder if it might be possible to unlock the restriction to let them finish
> the assignment. They should be done by next week. There are 150 students.
> Once the assignment is complete I would gladly work with you to salvage the
> data, delete some data, repair some data or wipe all of the data.
>
> We apologize for this inconvenience and hope that you can be empathetic and
> allow for the assignment to be completed so that the students can be assessed.
>
> Also, perhaps there are a number of common errors and if you identify them we
> may be able to fix them.
>
> Sincerely
> Tracey
>
> --
> Tracey P. Lauriault
> Assistant Professor
> Critical Media Studies and Big Data
> Communication Studies
> School of Journalism and Communication
> Suite 4110, River Building
> Carleton University
> 1125 Colonel By Drive
> Ottawa (ON) K1S 5B6
> 1-613-520-2600 x7443
> tracey.lauria...@carleton.ca
> @TraceyLauriault
> Skype: Tracey.P.Lauriault
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