2014/1/6 Pierre Béland <pierz...@yahoo.fr> > Contribution of the OSM community fo the Yolanda / Haiyan was awesome with > more then 1,600 contributors from 82 countries. Thanks to all of you for > this. Various medias have recognized how we made the difference for > humanitarian relief, delivering printed maps 10 days after the typhoon. > > This is now the reconstruction period and various humanitarian teams are > working in the region. In such emergency context, the collection of map > data is not their first priority. But it worth trying to provide them > simple tools to collect OpenData for OSM. While they are using the maps, > it may convince them to contribute and add information. While some of them > might use various smartphone Applications, we should provide a simpler way > of contributing for others. We tell them that they can simply add a Note to > the OSM map and describe features such as schools, health facilities, > commerces, etc. There are other situations where this could be useful. In > Africa for exemple, access to smartphone is easier then to individual > computers. Users could add a note rapidly from OpenStreetMap.org and > contribute to provide information on infrastructures. > > > From the Notead added ont the map, OSM contributors working remotely can > then take care to interpret this information and add the objects with the > appropriate tags. We also have to understand that in many countries, just > few people have individual computers > > Looking at various Notes that have been added recently, I see that the > description is often too short. > > I suggest that the Note feature be revised with the objective to > facilitate collection of OpenData. Nothing complex, no hierarchical menu > should be developped since other tools already do it. I think that we > could simply tell them to put some details to help us describe this object > on the map adding the appropriate characteristics : > - The type of feature (ie, school, hospital, various types of commerces, > etc.) > - The name of this feature > > I also see duplication of Notes for the same feature and it is not easy > for less experienced users to find the Note layer. Then, when a user click > to add a Note, the Note layer should be added automatically. >
Have you seen http://onosm.org/ ? We deployed the italian version and some shops added themselves http://su.openstreetmap.it/ > > And it surely help to insist on opening an OSM account so that we can > communicate with these people. > > Pierre > > Regards, Stefano > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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