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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">Hi John,</span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">I guess that </span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">there is a </span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">clear </span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">point that you </span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">menti</span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">o</span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">ned:</span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; "> </span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">"a validator's role is more to ensure that the major requirements of the project are met and guidelines followed."</span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; "> </span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; "><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        font-family:'Calibri'; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">The issue of the huts size is a tricky one, and as you say, it depends on how quickly the maps are needed</span><span
        style="mso-spacerun:'yes'; font-size:12.0000pt;
        font-family:'Calibri'; "> by the relief agencies</span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">.</span><span
        style="mso-spacerun:'yes'; font-size:12.0000pt;
        font-family:'Calibri'; "> F</span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">or simply the number of huts</span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">,</span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; "> </span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">inaccurate sizes may be acceptable </span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">for a fast </span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">delivery</span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; "> but if populations are to be estimated from the size of the huts, data </span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">would then </span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">been lost. For the validator to either invalidate or remap, is problem, but I guess that this relies on the mapper understanding the task descriptions. Should not the task description explicitly say </span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">something like </span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">"correct size and shape of the dwellings to be </span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">interpreted</span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">"</span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">,</span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; "> for example.</span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; "> The other issue here is the scale at which the images are interpreted. If someone maps at a too smaller scale (perhaps for a fast delivery), then potential accuracy could be lost.</span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; "><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        font-family:'Calibri'; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">Thanks for highlighting these two links:</span><span
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            text-decoration:underline ;font-family:'Calibri'; "><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Tag_Afric">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Tag_Afric</a></span><span
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            text-decoration:underline ;font-family:'Calibri'; ">a</span></a></span><span
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            font-family:'Calibri'; "><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features</a></span></a></span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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        font-family:'Calibri'; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">Validating as the project goes along from your point of view seems the good way. This is particularly </span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">relevant</span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; "> with </span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">mentoring</span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">, and </span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">valuable</span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; "> feed back to mappers at the time. Without feedback, new mapper might lose interest, as they want to know if they have done a good job or not, or if they have a question, they need an answer. As you say, this also gets the projects done faster.</span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; "><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; "><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
    <p class="p0" style="margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; "><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">Getting more validators, you suggest some form of recognition, this is why</span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; "> </span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">I thought for that "badge" idea. Still, perhaps someone else can think of a better idea. </span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">My final idea might be, if the </span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">HOT team kn</span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">e</span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">w of interested and capable validators, perhaps they could invit</span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">e them</span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; "> to support some projects </span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">as </span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">validat</span><span
        style="mso-spacerun:'yes'; font-size:12.0000pt;
        font-family:'Calibri'; ">ors</span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">. Being asked for support due to one's skills, is often a reward in itself.</span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; "><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        style="mso-spacerun:'yes'; font-size:12.0000pt;
        font-family:'Calibri'; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">Thanks for your views and ideas on this subject, it has opened my eyes to the issues and challenges of validating, as well as other issues of mapping in general.</span><span
        style="mso-spacerun:'yes'; font-size:12.0000pt;
        font-family:'Calibri'; "><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        style="mso-spacerun:'yes'; font-size:12.0000pt;
        font-family:'Calibri'; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">Regards,</span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; "><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        font-family:'Calibri'; ">Graham</span><span
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        font-family:'Calibri'; "><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        font-family:'Calibri'; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/4/2016 19:55, john whelan wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote
cite="mid:CAJ-Ex1F2ty5HTzaodDOu9fUAExqZWrRo7Njw5jf90=7mU8SRuA@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">
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          style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I tend
          to think in shades of grey rather than black and white.  In
          OSM there are different mappers, each mapper interprets things
          slightly differently so two mappers will rarely give exactly
          the same result with the same inputs.  <br>
          <br>
          For example one might like to add large buildings, the other
          will ignore them.  Both are correct but are different
          interpretations.  Which to my mind means a validator's role is
          more to ensure that the major requirements of the project are
          met and guidelines followed.<br>
          <br>
          One difficulty is the size of huts.  For many mappers
          <crtl>c and <crtl>v is a quick way to map these. 
          However there are ways to analyse the size of the hut then
          estimate how many people are living in it.  Do we expect
          validators to check the size of the hut mapped is the same as
          the size in the image?  Then do we invalidate or remap?<br>
          <br>
          A particular project may have a deadline to meet, NGO staff
          flying out for example.  In which case they may wish to reduce
          the information requested to the bare essential minimum in
          order to get the project completed before the deadline. 
          However many NGOs etc will make use of the map at some point
          in time in the future so additional information may be useful
          and in any event there will be some economic advantages to the
          locals in having the area mapped.<br>
          <br>
          We use different standards for mapping in different parts of
          the world and whilst local knowledge helps it is not essential
          for HOT mapping.  What is essential is following the local
          agreed standards ie <a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Tag_Africa">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Tag_Africa</a>
          and some very experienced mappers may not be aware of them.<br>
          <br>
          JOSM / iD / Potlatch / OSMand amongst others are all valid
          methods for entering map data.  JOSM does some validation
          which catches a fair number of basic errors before uploading
          and its building plugin is unbeaten for quickly and accurately
          drawing in buildings.  It is my editor of choice.  However it
          needs to be installed and that includes JAVA.  JAVA has been
          listed in the past as being a security hole by US government
          so for some corporate machines installing it is not an
          option.  Also there can be some issues with Apple computers
          and JAVA.  Additionally installing it is more complex than
          just opening up a browser and using iD.  So in the same way
          that some people freeze when asked to add two numbers together
          so some have problems even thinking about installing JOSM. 
          JOSM is also very rich and I don’t use all its features so
          when you train with JOSM you need to train people just to use
          the features they need.  If its just highways and settlements
          these are fairly minimal.  It does have the advantage of being
          able to tag anything so you can point them back to <a
            moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features</a></a>
          which helps with consistency and standard ways of tagging.<br>
          <br>
          Different people think in different ways about validation.  To
          me in order to reduce the number of errors being made in the
          first place I prefer to validate as the project is done.  This
          is a form of coaching the mappers.  Others take the view of
          map it all first then validate.  Fine except if you’re coming
          in to validate two months after the mapping its not really
          worthwhile giving feedback to a mapper about something they
          did two months ago.<br>
          <br>
          The worst thing I’ve seen is a new mapper validating other’s
          work, select a task at random would occasionally suggest this
          but then you really don’t know if the mapping is good or not. 
          In Nepal it was so bad we just invalidated everything in sight
          and revalidated.<br>
          <br>
          I often work with others validating and if its working against
          time then we delegate, check this etc and any queries bug me. 
          I’ll go in and pull in much of the project into JOSM
          afterwards and give it a more through check.  Are the correct
          tags being used?  A common problem building=yes being used for
          a group of buildings. Highway=pedestrian and there are a few
          others. <crtl>i in JOSM can give you a fair bit of
          information about the item.<br>
          <br>
          How do we get more validators?  I’m not sure, in general most
          mappers with 300 plus edits are ready to validate.  However
          I’ve seen some mappers when I validate their work consistently
          miss 5% of settlements.  I’ve seen others some of whom have a
          background in GIS and I’m happy if they validate after seeing
          them map a dozen tiles.  I think we need to value them more
          and give them some sort of recognition for the work they do. 
          On a couple of projects now we’ve validated as the mapping was
          done and the project gets completed very quickly.  You’ve
          probably noticed that a project gets about two weeks in the
          limelight and if it hasn’t made good progress in those two
          weeks it lingers on unfinished.  Get a validator in there
          early and you get more mapping with the feedback and you get
          more of a team spirit to complete the project.<br>
          <br>
          To my mind all projects could benefit from a validator but we
          don’t have enough and coaxing them onto new projects is the
          most effective use we can make of the ones we have.<br>
          <br>
          Cheerio John<br>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
        <div class="gmail_quote">On 5 April 2016 at 22:07, graham <span
            dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:graham@klunky.co.uk" target="_blank">graham@klunky.co.uk</a>></span>
          wrote:<br>
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            .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
            <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Thanks for you
              feedback John and Blake,<br>
              <br>
              <br>
              I have tried to pull out some of the points raised here,
              for my understanding and perhaps for others: <br>
              <br>
              <br>
              There are different standards of mapping and to some
              extent different standards of validation needed, depending
              on the project.<br>
              <br>
              In-country knowledge of the country can effect the quality
              of mapping/validation.<br>
              <br>
              A good mapper does not mean that their are a good
              validator, different skill sets are needed.<br>
              <br>
              The capacity to map/validate is also dependant to some
              degree on the the quality of the video system and screen
              one is using. <br>
              <br>
              There seems to be a difference of quality of mapping
              depending on the software used: JOSM vs. iD. Is this an
              issue to be addressed?<br>
              <br>
              Was it suggested that coaching is a good way for people to
              become good validators?<br>
              <br>
              Certain projects could do with a certified validator but
              naturally to have a "badge" is not for everybody.<br>
              <br>
              A link to validating guidelines <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Tasking_Manager/Validating_data"
                rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Tasking_Manager/Validating_data</a><br>
                <br>
              Please say if I missed and misrepresented your points.<br>
              <br>
              <br>
              Regards,<br>
              Graham<br>
              <br>
              <br>
              <br>
              On 5/4/2016 21:49, john whelan wrote:<br>
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                    style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I
                    think the point was that that there are different
                    standards of mapping and to some extent validation
                    as well.  In Nepal we had time and resource
                    constraints and I must confess I took some short
                    cuts and didn't do a through a job as could have
                    been done.  Sometimes it's a judgement call and I
                    think as you and I have discussed sometimes some
                    validators do an excellent job but check rather more
                    than either of us would when validating.<br>
                    <br>
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                  <div class="gmail_default"
                    style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I've

                    even heard a whisper of a validator taking one look
                    at someone's work and zapping it and just remapping
                    as it was quicker but of course that never happens
                    in OSM and would never be documented. <br>
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                    style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br>
                  </div>
                  <div class="gmail_default"
                    style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Cheerio

                    John<br>
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                </div>
                <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
                  <div class="gmail_quote">On 5 April 2016 at 09:36,
                    Blake Girardot <span dir="ltr"><<a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:bgirardot@gmail.com"
                        target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bgirardot@gmail.com">bgirardot@gmail.com</a></a>></span>
                    wrote:<br>
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                      .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span><br>
                        <br>
                        On 4/5/2016 3:15 PM, john whelan wrote:<br>
                        <br>
                        <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0
                          0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc
                          solid;padding-left:1ex"> Blake thought my
                          methods of validation in Nepal left much to be<br>
                          desired.<br>
                        </blockquote>
                        <br>
                      </span> That sounds a little strong :) I forget
                      the question I had or the comment, but after
                      talking with you I was good with it and agreed is
                      all I remember.<span><br>
                        <br>
                        >I agreed but given that 70% of the mappers
                        were new even the<br>
                        <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0
                          0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc
                          solid;padding-left:1ex"> basic validation I
                          did improved the data quality quickly.<br>
                        </blockquote>
                        <br>
                      </span> This I 100% agree with.<br>
                      <br>
                      Cheers,<br>
                      Blake<br>
                      <br>
                      <br>
                      I also had a<br>
                      <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0
                        0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc
                        solid;padding-left:1ex">
                        <div>
                          <div> couple of mappers who were visually
                            checking tiles and finding 30% more<br>
                            buildings sometimes.  Which comes back to
                            the quality of the video<br>
                            system and screen you’re using.  “Why does
                            your laptop show the image in<br>
                            JOSM better than mine in iD?”  The lap top I
                            was using was an old Dell<br>
                            professional grade one and my desktop screen
                            at home shows an even<br>
                            clearer image.  So the equipment the
                            validator has available might be an<br>
                            important factor on the quality of the
                            validation.<br>
                            <br>
                            To me validation is a form of coaching being
                            good at something doesn’t<br>
                            mean you make a good coach.  To me
                            Maperthons are a source of a dozen<br>
                            new mappers and really questionable data. 
                            The faster we can get in and<br>
                            give feedback the better.  When you need to
                            add 50 settlements to a tile<br>
                            it takes resources and to do this I’ve used
                            sensible mappers with a<br>
                            month’s experience and delegated.  If its
                            just highway=unclassified and<br>
                            landuse=residential that’s fine.  I’ve also
                            seen mappers with a thousand<br>
                            edits to their name who don’t make good
                            validators, the project asks for<br>
                            settlements and connecting highways, they
                            like to map all the tracks as<br>
                            well.  I’ve seen tiles invalidated for
                            missing things that were not<br>
                            requested in the project instructions.<br>
                            <br>
                            It also needs tact, a European mapper who
                            has been mapping locally will<br>
                            almost certainly use the wrong tags in
                            Africa for highways.  They’re<br>
                            high quality mappers of the type Africa
                            needs but invalidating the tile<br>
                            because the tags are wrong may not help with
                            the retention rates.<br>
                            <br>
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                            is a start, I’m not certain I agree with
                            every statement but it’s a good<br>
                            start.<br>
                            <br>
                            There is a problem with iD mappers they tend
                            to have more crossing ways<br>
                            and highways that almost meet than others. 
                            Probably because there is no<br>
                            easy way to check for these in iD. So whilst
                            I would comment JOSM<br>
                            validation detected six crossing ways
                            normally, if I know they’re an iD<br>
                            editor I just correct and don’t comment.<br>
                            <br>
                            If it’s a more complex project, map and tag
                            everything in sight I don’t<br>
                            even bother validating these days.  I’ll let
                            someone else with more<br>
                            experience than I go and do it.  I only have
                            8,000+ edits to my name.<br>
                            These projects certainly could do with a
                            certified validator and to be<br>
                            honest I have no interest in getting a
                            badge.<br>
                            <br>
                            Cheerio John<br>
                            <br>
                            On 5 April 2016 at 05:37, graham <<a
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                        <br>
                            Dear Hi,____<br>
                        <br>
                            __ __<span><br>
                          <br>
                              With the subject of validators in that
                          last few emails, and past emails thread
                          discussing how to know when some one can start
                          validating or not. How much experience does
                          one need? One may think that they are good,
                          but other may not etc..<br>
                        </span>     ____<br>
                        <br>
                            __ __<span><br>
                          <br>
                              So, I thought to just suggest an idea. I
                          am not sure what people might think about it,
                          maybe it has already been discussed before.<br>
                        </span>     Maybe the issue has been solved
                        already.____<br>
                        <br>
                            __ __<br>
                        <br>
                            The idea:____<br>
                        <br>
                            I think that maybe if there was a process to
                        become officially recognised as an"Validator",
                        then it would be a "position" worth achieving,
                        it would make it a challenge. For now, I do not
                        think that there is any solid pre-requisite to
                        be a validator?____<br>
                        <br>
                            __ __<br>
                        <br>
                            Below I am suggesting a potential avenue to
                        become an official validator:____<br>
                        <br>
                            __ __<br>
                        <br>
                            1) To complete a minimum number of tiles, as
                        proof of commitment to HOT and direct experience
                        with HOT mapping (regardless of one's
                        professional career), then 2) to take a short
                        test of proficiency.____<br>
                        <br>
                            __ __<br>
                        <br>
                            Details:____<br>
                        <br>
                            1) Can members the HOT team determine the
                        number of tiles each user has completed? I know
                        that more that one user can complete one tile,
                        but perhaps if one user completes a high
                        percentage of a tile (of all the points, line,
                        and polygons), that would be considered a
                        "complete tile" for this purpose. As for another
                        users then reworking the tile, this is another
                        discussion point.____<br>
                        <br>
                            __ __<br>
                        <br>
                            2)The test might be to review a number of
                        tiles from previous projects and they need to
                        comment on the quality of the digitalisation and
                        complete any reworking that is needed. A minimum
                        number of tiles need to be correct, (to a
                        certain standard), in order to pass the test. In
                        each test, a random subset of tiles for a
                        complete selection of tiles could be used, so
                        that not cheating could occur.____<br>
                        <br>
                            __ __<br>
                        <br>
                            __ __<br>
                        <br>
                            Additionally, these official validators
                        could have a symbol next to their users names.
                        This way, when a mapper asks for advise
                        regarding their mapping, the mapper would know
                        if a "validator" is responding or not.____<br>
                        <br>
                            __ __<br>
                        <br>
                            Just an idea...____<br>
                        <br>
                            __ __<br>
                        <br>
                            Regards,____<br>
                        <br>
                            __ __<br>
                        <br>
                            Graham____<br>
                        <br>
                        <br>
                           
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