<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)">></span><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)">The one caution I would suggest is that "If something is worth
mapping it is worth mapping correctly". Here in Ethiopia I have spent a
lot of time adding nodes to roads that were digitized at a coarse
scale. Mapping quickly doesn't have to be done crudely.</span><div><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)">There is no troupe of magic mapping elves that clean up the rough mapping. </span><br><br></div><div>I think this is a different conversation, I would prefer mappers take a little more time and care, some buildings I've seen mapped have little relationship to the size or shape of the building.<br><br></div><div>Cheerio John<br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 February 2017 at 21:36, Vao Matua <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vaomatua@gmail.com" target="_blank">vaomatua@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">John,<div><br></div><div>I think there is merit to what you are saying.</div><div><br></div><div>The one caution I would suggest is that "If something is worth mapping it is worth mapping correctly". Here in Ethiopia I have spent a lot of time adding nodes to roads that were digitized at a coarse scale. Mapping quickly doesn't have to be done crudely.</div><div>There is no troupe of magic mapping elves that clean up the rough mapping. </div><div><br></div><div>The next set of HOT projects I will set up will be roads/highways only and then buildings only.</div><div><br></div><div>Keep mapping,</div><div><br></div><div>Emmor</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 1:16 AM, john whelan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jwhelan0112@gmail.com" target="_blank">jwhelan0112@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="auto">Just an ideal thought. It came about as I'm loading in bits of Nigeria by the enamel bucket at the moment then looking for untagged ways and crossing highways.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">What stands out are blocks where every track and settlement is mapped and blank bits of the map. I've been attempting to join bits of highway together to reduce the islands.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Projects that ask for buildings are different but for projects where we are looking to map settlements and connecting highways if we omitted the paths and tracks leading to fields and rivers and mapped say two or three highways max to a cluster of three huts we might be able to get rid of some of the large gaps in the map and unless someone can think of a reason why tracks and paths leading to fields are essential I think many NGOs could manage without. In return we could make more settlements and highways available in the same time frame.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Part of the problem is each project is looked at separately. Each project manager only thinks in terms of their own project rather than in terms of how much resources are available overall. I am aware that some organisations feel they are independent having their own mapathons but to get the quality up you need validation and if you don't believe me just have a look at the map after a mapathon. Nigeria is full of settlements wrongly tagged, building=residential or yes are amongst the most common incorrect tagging. A number of small villages have been interconnected with highway=primary etc. Crossing ways by the hundred.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I don't know how you would write the instructions for a such a project but it might help the projects get completed more quickly. I heard an off the cuff remark about a project recently, "It'll take a year at that level of detail.". Off the cuff comments are more gut feel than accurate but there was an element of truth in the remark and I had the feeling the data was desired within a month or two. I would suggest if you want the mapping done quickly reduce the scope a little.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thoughts?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks John</div></div>
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