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Hi,<br>
<br>
Severin (sev_hotosm) commented in an earlier message that validation
needs to include an overview of a whole area being mapped, and
having attempted to validate a whole town, I agree with him. The
checking of the small squares from the Tasking Manager can only be
an early stage, as you don't get a realistic view until you zoom out
and look at the whole thing - in a little square something may look
like a footpath partially obscured by trees, but when looking at the
whole thing it becomes part of a tertiary road obscured by trees in
just that square.<br>
<br>
For the past few days I've been sending out messages through OSM to
users (10 so far) who have contributed to the mapping in
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/141#">http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/141#</a>. If possible I've looked at several
completed squares before sending the message.<br>
<br>
The message, with slight variations to suit the circumstances,
reads;<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><i>Hi & thank you for helping the
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). </i></p>
<i>
</i><i>
</i>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><i>I am an experienced mapper (still
learning though!), and have looked through one (two..?..) of the
squares you
have completed for task from the OSM Tasking manager. You got it
right, thanks!</i></p>
<i>
</i><i>
</i>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><i>If you are a regular contributor to
HOT
then keep up the good work. </i></p>
<i>
</i><i>
</i>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><i>If this is one of your first
contributions, then thank you & please keep up the good
work.
There are many tasks outstanding in </i><i><a
href="http://tasks.hotosm.org/">http://tasks.hotosm.org/</a></i><i>
, all are for very good causes & it would be great if you
could
keep contributing.</i></p>
<i>
</i><i>
</i>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><i><a
href="http://hot.openstreetmap.org/">http://hot.openstreetmap.org/</a></i><i>
and </i><i><a
href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team</a></i><i>
will tell you more about HOT. You can keep up to date about HOT,
or
particular areas by subscribing to the relevant lists at
</i><i><a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo</a></i><i>
. There is also </i><i><a href="irc://irc.oftc.net/hot">irc://irc.oftc.net
#hot</a></i><i> for a link to others mapping for HOT, and the
page
</i><i><a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Irc">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Irc</a></i><i>
lists all of the IRC channels if you have an interest in a
particular
area.</i></p>
<i>
</i><i>
</i>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><i>Keep up the good work & I hope
to
see more squares completed by you in the future.</i></p>
<i>
</i><i>
</i>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><i>Regards</i></p>
<i>
</i><i>
</i>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><i>Tallguy"</i></p>
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I'm intending to continue with this, aiming to;<br>
a/. Encourage mappers to continue with HOT,<br>
b/. help to provide a level of confidence & security that
partner organisations would like to see, &<br>
c/. help any mapper who obviously needs help.<br>
<br>
We all make errors, and I'm not aiming to nit-pick. If I spot
something I think should be added, I'm probably just adding it. I
have 'invalidated' a number of squares, but mainly because they were
marked as complete a year or so ago, and more recent imagery showing
more buildings & paths is now available, and this needs adding
to OSM - if I've got time I'm doing it myself. One square was
obviously a technical hitch - had been marked as complete, but
nothing had been mapped in it.<br>
<br>
Although it's very time consuming I'm hoping it will be seen as
worthwhile.<br>
<br>
I'd like others thoughts on the message I'm sending - I'm not
picking out particular users, but sending it to everyone who's work
I look at. Many people receiving the message will be better mappers
than me and more experienced with HOT, but there are mappers who
have not mapped for HOT recently, and I'm hoping this may make them
think about contributing again. I'm not intending to send the same
message to a user every time I validate one of their squares.<br>
<br>
A few things to think about;<br>
How any validation system should be managed, and by who? Anyone who
uses the Tasking Manager is going to see this word 'validated',
expect something to happen, and it may be an idea to put something
on the wiki's about it. (I'm willing to have a go at the wiki
myself, if that would help)<br>
When a task is created, is the creator expecting to validate it
themselves, or ?<br>
Aid agencies - please comment as to whether this is what you would
like.<br>
Who decides who the validators are, and how? <br>
Would you be willing to validate?<br>
<br>
Thanks for reading.<br>
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