<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Myriad Pro" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class="">Please let me know if there are any glaring errors! Suzan </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font face="Myriad Pro" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 24px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro';" class=""><b class="">3 steps to mapping buildings using iD </b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro';" class="">Look for videos by Blake Girardot on Youtube for more information. <br class="">
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=042TbopS7HM" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=042TbopS7HM</a></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro'; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro';" class="">Read the Introduction AND the Instructions carefully before Contributing. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro'; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro';" class="">Using either a mouse or a trackpad (if you are accurate with your fingers), select a tile in the Tasking Manager and begin mapping. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro'; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro';" class="">Zoom in to 40% using the + key. This will increase your accuracy. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro'; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro';" class=""><b class="">1. Using the Area tool</b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro';" class="">a. Trace the exact outline of the building touching all four corners. Accuracy is important. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro';" class="">b. Identify a Building by the shadow it casts and the color of the roof. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro';" class="">c. Buildings are often close together so be sure the corners do not touch (gray dot). </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro';" class="">d. Draw your Building as square as possible. Don’t make odd shapes. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro'; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro';" class=""><b class="">2. On the left side of the Tasking Manager look for Building Features. <br class="">
Scroll down to Building and click.</b> </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro';" class="">a. This will designate your trace as a Building. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro'; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro';" class=""><b class="">3. Next, </b><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">while the Building is still selected</b></span><b class="">, press the ’s’ key. <br class="">
This squares the building and is an important step that must be done. </b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro';" class="">a. If the building isn’t selected when ’s’ is pressed, “shed” will show. Go back and reselect the building and then press ’s’ again. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro'; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro';" class=""><b class="">Tips: </b></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro';" class="">Always square buildings!</div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro';" class="">Save your work after tracing 10 to 20 Buildings. Save often! </div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro';" class="">Keep track of your time. Log out (Stop Mapping button on the previous tab) every hour. <br class="">
You can then log back in to continue working on that tile. </div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro';" class="">Don’t go off of your tile! Stay within the magenta square. It’s OK to map a building <br class="">
that’s slightly over the line. </div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro';" class="">Work on a tile at 40% zoom for accuracy. </div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro';" class="">Use your right hand to trace buildings and to click on Building while your <br class="">
left hand hovers over the ’s’ key. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro'; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Myriad Pro';" class=""><b class="">Any questions? Ask!</b></div></div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A PDF of these instructions is available. Please email me. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hope this helps! </div><div class="">Suzan </div><div class=""></div></body></html>