<div dir="ltr">+1, <div>The iD-editor section should be linked within the beginner table of content because it is only visible in the second level of menu after clicking on detailed editing.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 5:55 AM, maning sambale <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com" target="_blank">emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">If there is one section that needs immediate love, I propose we look<br>
at the iD section (<a href="http://learnosm.org/en/editing/id-editor/" target="_blank">http://learnosm.org/en/editing/id-editor/</a>).<br>
Most newbies are introduced to this tool before diving into JOSM (my<br>
preferred editor though).<br>
<br>
PS. We will host the first event tomorrow since we are the earliest<br>
time zone among the scheduled events. :)<br>
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On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 6:41 PM, Nick Allen <<a href="mailto:nick.allen.54@gmail.com" target="_blank">nick.allen.54@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> Missing Maps (<a href="http://www.missingmaps.org/" target="_blank">http://www.missingmaps.org/</a>) has it's official launch<br>
> tomorrow, 7th November. I've deliberatly not put a time in this message, as<br>
> its a pretty worldwide launch & it's going to depend on your & their time<br>
> zone.<br>
><br>
> As well as the people who attend the mapathons, there will also be many<br>
> joining in 'remotely'. Of course, some of the people will have already done<br>
> some mapping with HOT in the past, but my experience of helping at mapathons<br>
> tells me that less than 5% will know what they are doing, and the rest will<br>
> be fairly new, but may have done some research & looked at help guides etc..<br>
><br>
> At a conservative guess / estimate there will be 300 mappers, the vast<br>
> majority of them new, helping with various projects tomorrow. I think this<br>
> is a very conservative estimate, and would hope to see considerably more -<br>
> perhaps double my first figure, and I wouldn't be surprised if there were<br>
> even more!<br>
><br>
> Most of these mappers will look for guidance to LearnOSM<br>
> (<a href="http://learnosm.org/en/" target="_blank">http://learnosm.org/en/</a>). Because of the way LearnOSM is set up I don't<br>
> think we can get stats. for hits on the site (I'm quite happy to be<br>
> contradicted on this).<br>
><br>
> If you've done any exploring on the LearnOSM site you'll have noticed that's<br>
> it's not just for 'new mappers' and it has some very comprehensive guides on<br>
> some complex subjects. It's good! But it needs constant attention - the<br>
> editing tools and processes are constantly evolving, and what was a current<br>
> guide last month, may now need a slight update.<br>
><br>
> LearnOSM is also multilingual, or at least it should be. There are many<br>
> sections that need more translations. There are guides on how to simply<br>
> produce these translations<br>
> (<a href="https://github.com/hotosm/learnosm/blob/gh-pages/CONTRIBUTING.md" target="_blank">https://github.com/hotosm/learnosm/blob/gh-pages/CONTRIBUTING.md</a>).<br>
><br>
> Now (last week would have been better!) would be a good time to have a read<br>
> through LearnOSM, and if you see something that needs sorting out, either<br>
> sort it, or send a message asking for someone else to do it. If you've<br>
> managed to master mapping, then getting something amended or updated on<br>
> <a href="https://github.com/hotosm/learnosm" target="_blank">https://github.com/hotosm/learnosm</a> is only a minor stumbling block, and<br>
> could have a big impact on 700 people who will potentially read it over the<br>
> next few days.<br>
><br>
> New Mappers - we need to know what is missing, or needs rephrasing. Let us<br>
> know, please.<br>
><br>
> Regards<br>
> --<br>
><br>
> Nick<br>
><br>
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