Ever wanted to 'dish' on another mapper? Like to gossip? Or do you just want to help improve the OSM data and community?
Here is your opportunity. :-) I've created a survey. You can tell me who you consider to be a good mapper and who you consider to be a bad mapper. And you can do this anonymously too! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WPXKCPS What on Earth are you doing, Richard? Several of us have been working on methods to detect good and bad edits. Some of these methods are working well. Others are still highly experimental. But the methods are all a bit opinionated. I want to have the benefit of your judgement as well. I know what I consider to be a good or bad edit by another mapper; now I want your help. Point out other good or bad mappers; I'll see if my methods agree. Then I'll try to fix my methods. Ideally, I'll be able to test my "bad mapping detectors" against the users you provide, and the good mappers will come out one side, and the bad mappers will come out the other. That doesn't sounds too useful on its own, but in future, we might have better automatic detection of vandalism. Or better automatic coaching for new mappers on errors. So give it a try. So, who is a good mapper? What makes a good mapper? You tell me. Who is a bad mapper? If you open an area on the map and see that a specific mapper was editing there. Do you react by checking their work first? Do you presume that they have done something wrong. Do you find something about their mapping to be sub-optimal? Are their sources suspect, notes naughty or comments misleading? Please note that this survey is not approved or vetted by anyone other than myself. The OSMF, the board and working groups had nothing to do with this. :-) _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
