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Jonathan,<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Emergency
mapping is by its nature a bit chaotic. We are working <br>
to clarify the issues you raised and many others. <br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Please use
the Tasking Master
(<a href="http://tasks.hotosm.org" eudora="autourl">
http://tasks.hotosm.org</a>) to find <br>
areas that need mapping. <br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>And don't
worry if your work may not be dead accurate. Humanitarian <br>
organizations assure us that the maps are valuable to them, and that's
the <br>
bottom line.<br><br>
Best wishes,<br><br>
Charlotte Wolter<br><br>
<br>
At 05:40 AM 4/29/2015, you wrote:<br>
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I am one of the newcomers. I am not a GIS scientist & learnt on the
job and am relatively lightweight, however I know that I am perfectly
capable of making a contribution but the (HOT)OSM process is not clear:
<br>
As is mentioned in several previous posts*, there is a lack of guidance
and aims.<br>
I have spent most of this morning not contributing because I have been
trying to find out what to do & how to do it. I am not stupid and if
I have missed a link to instructions, then how many other (willing to
learn) people have? As part of the strategy to maintain quality, surely
the signposts to learning should be given great prominence & be
unmissable?<br>
Are the aims of disaster mapping different to those of other mapping ? In
an non-emergency one can spend some time trying to work out what a
feature's properties are. Also, for example, how to interpret from poor
imagery say a path or track is it suitable for vehicles etc, or whether
to even include it.<br><br>
Jonathan Webb<br><br>
<pre>*
> As a lot of people get to know HOT/OSM for the first time during
</i>> disasters, it might be also helpful if we can draft an HOT FAQ
(I actually
</i>> couldn't find one, please enlighten me if there's already one)
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