Then I had just missed it... sorry!<br><br>Thanks Kate<br><br>Stéphane<br clear="all">--<br>"Le mot progrès n'aura aucun sens tant qu'il y aura des enfants malheureux" -- Albert Einstein<br><br>"A journey does not need reasons. Before long, it proves to be reason enough in itself. One thinks that one is going to make a journey, yet soon it is the journey that makes or unmakes you." -- Nicolas Bouvier<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 11:08 PM, Kate Chapman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kate@maploser.com" target="_blank">kate@maploser.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi Stéphane,<br>
<br>
You can load an overlay of your area in Potlatch. After you have<br>
clicked to open the area in Potlatch go back to the Tasking Manager<br>
screen there is a link there to load an overlay in Potlatch.<br>
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-Kate<br>
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On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Stéphane Henriod <<a href="mailto:s@henriod.info">s@henriod.info</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi all<br>
><br>
> Something I have realised for the first time a few days ago...<br>
><br>
> I usually use the tasking manager with JOSM, which is fine because JOSM<br>
> clearly shows me "where my task is" (basically, what is outside my task<br>
> appears as a kind of net). It's this easy to see where I have to map and<br>
> where I have to stop.<br>
><br>
> But a few days ago I had to use Potlatch... and this is another story! The<br>
> tasking manager directs me to an area that is slightly bigger than the task<br>
> I took, and without any way for me to see if I'm mapping in or outside my<br>
> task...<br>
><br>
> I don't know if I have missed something! If yes, please accept my apologies.<br>
> But if not, it would be helpful if the extent of task could somehow be<br>
> displayed on Potlatch as well... But I don't know how realistic it is?<br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
><br>
> Stéphane<br>
> --<br>
> "Le mot progrčs n'aura aucun sens tant qu'il y aura des enfants malheureux"<br>
> -- Albert Einstein<br>
><br>
> "A journey does not need reasons. Before long, it proves to be reason enough<br>
> in itself. One thinks that one is going to make a journey, yet soon it is<br>
> the journey that makes or unmakes you." -- Nicolas Bouvier<br>
><br>
> Photos de voyages, photos de montagne: <a href="http://www.henriod.info" target="_blank">http://www.henriod.info</a><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 9:34 PM, clara <<a href="mailto:clara@aktivix.org">clara@aktivix.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi,<br>
>><br>
>> If a coordinator could highlight important tiles than that would be<br>
>> quite useful for people like me who come and pick a tile - while being<br>
>> very flexible.<br>
>><br>
>> Letting people choose randomly which square they pick or in which<br>
>> order they want to do things makes it also much easier to start<br>
>> mapping - especially if the information in the workflow is quite clear.<br>
>><br>
>> Personally, I pick different tiles depending on the amount of time I<br>
>> have. And I've done tiles where I've done a lot but then didn't set<br>
>> them as "ready" because there was something in there where I was<br>
>> unsure about. With a fixed order I might have abandoned them earlier.<br>
>><br>
>> And while I can understand the idea of an automated system: It does<br>
>> feel different if I assume that somebody took a decision which areas<br>
>> have a priority. It means I'm reacting to somebody's request for -<br>
>> targeted - help, not to an automated system.<br>
>><br>
>> Just my two cents as somebody who ever so often just picks a square to<br>
>> map...<br>
>><br>
>> greetings<br>
>> clara<br>
>><br>
>> On 13/08/12 18:46, Pierre Béland wrote:<br>
>> > There are various ways that could contribute to map more rapidly<br>
>> > some areas. The map could be thought to show the Imagery (what is<br>
>> > to be mapped) and the OSM layer (what has been done so far).<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > For example, if the Satellite Imagery was added as one of the<br>
>> > background layers in the Task manager map, the mappers could<br>
>> > examine rapidly and focus on specific zones like the housing areas.<br>
>> > It would be possible to compare rapidly the Imagery and OSM data if<br>
>> > it was possible to show a transparent OSM layer over the Imagery<br>
>> > layer.<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > We could also think of the possibility for the coordinator to<br>
>> > highlight some square tasks to be treated in priority. These<br>
>> > squares could be showed with a different color (yellow for<br>
>> > example).<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > Pierre<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Oleksij Rempel <<a href="mailto:bug-track@fisher-privat.net">bug-track@fisher-privat.net</a>> wrote Hallo all,<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> i have some suggestions and questions (comments are welcome):<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> - not always HOT has same kind of event, but it seems like many<br>
>> >> event have epicenteric character. For example earthquakes - we<br>
>> >> have big todo filed and different levels of damage. It will make<br>
>> >> sense if HOT website will allow to mark epicenter and manage<br>
>> >> tasks from it. It should be visible so you can decide by your<br>
>> >> self what to take, and if you press "take a task" button, you<br>
>> >> will get nearest one to epicenter.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> - in many cases we need as match information as possible, but<br>
>> >> since we have not time, first thing todo are roads, power lines<br>
>> >> and residential areas. I think it will help to concentrate and<br>
>> >> coordinate this tasks better if hot-site will have multilevel<br>
>> >> tasks. Currently there is only "not ready", "ready" and<br>
>> >> "validated". How about "step one - roads", "step ... -<br>
>> >> buildings", "validated"?<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> - power lines. how match are they important and if really<br>
>> >> important i would see some tool which allow creating tagged line<br>
>> >> and points at one shot.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> - are there any way to make some tag global for some task? for<br>
>> >> example source=bing. I use it only for HOT, and i use other tag<br>
>> >> for my town. It is some kind annoying if need to it all the time.<br>
>> >> Or may be there are some other options? Suggestions are welcome.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> - Currently it is second my job with lots of slums. May be some<br>
>> >> of them not really slums, but they are pain in ass if you need to<br>
>> >> draw them. Should we draw them? Or there is some kind of<br>
>> >> landuse=slum tag?<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> -- Regards, Oleksij<br>
>> >><br>
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