[HOT] [RFC] suggestions for HOT work

[Stéphane Henriod]

Hi all

Something I have realised for the first time a few days ago...

I usually use the tasking manager with JOSM, which is fine because JOSM
clearly shows me "where my task is" (basically, what is outside my task
appears as a kind of net). It's this easy to see where I have to map and
where I have to stop.

But a few days ago I had to use Potlatch... and this is another story! The
tasking manager directs me to an area that is slightly bigger than the task
I took, and without any way for me to see if I'm mapping in or outside my
task...

I don't know if I have missed something! If yes, please accept my
apologies. But if not, it would be helpful if the extent of task could
somehow be displayed on Potlatch as well... But I don't know how realistic
it is?

Cheers,

Stéphane
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On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 9:34 PM, clara <clara at aktivix.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> If a coordinator could highlight important tiles than that would be
> quite useful for people like me who come and pick a tile - while being
> very flexible.
>
> Letting people choose randomly which square they pick or in which
> order they want to do things makes it also much easier to start
> mapping - especially if the information in the workflow is quite clear.
>
> Personally, I pick different tiles depending on the amount of time I
> have. And I've done tiles where I've done a lot but then didn't set
> them as "ready" because there was something in there where I was
> unsure about. With a fixed order I might have abandoned them earlier.
>
> And while I can understand the idea of an automated system: It does
> feel different if I assume that somebody took a decision which areas
> have a priority. It means I'm reacting to somebody's request for -
> targeted - help, not to an automated system.
>
> Just my two cents as somebody who ever so often just picks a square to
> map...
>
> greetings
> clara
>
> On 13/08/12 18:46, Pierre Béland wrote:
> > There are various ways that could contribute to map more rapidly
> > some areas. The map could be thought to show the Imagery (what is
> > to be mapped) and the OSM layer (what has been done so far).
> >
> >
> > For example, if the Satellite Imagery was added as one of the
> > background layers in the Task manager map, the mappers could
> > examine rapidly and focus on specific zones like the housing areas.
> > It would be possible to compare rapidly the Imagery and OSM data if
> > it was possible to show a transparent OSM layer over the Imagery
> > layer.
> >
> >
> > We could also think of the possibility for the coordinator to
> > highlight some square tasks to be treated in priority. These
> > squares could be showed with a different color (yellow for
> > example).
> >
> >
> >
> > Pierre
> >
> > Oleksij Rempel <bug-track at fisher-privat.net> wrote Hallo all,
> >>
> >> i have some suggestions and questions (comments are welcome):
> >>
> >> - not always HOT has same kind of event, but it seems like many
> >> event have epicenteric character. For example earthquakes - we
> >> have big todo filed and different levels of damage. It will make
> >> sense if HOT website will allow to mark epicenter and manage
> >> tasks from it. It should be visible so you can decide by your
> >> self what to take, and if you press "take a task" button, you
> >> will get nearest one to epicenter.
> >>
> >> - in many cases we need as match information as possible, but
> >> since we have not time, first thing todo are roads, power lines
> >> and residential areas. I think it will help to concentrate and
> >> coordinate this tasks better if hot-site will have multilevel
> >> tasks. Currently there is only "not ready", "ready" and
> >> "validated". How about "step one - roads", "step ... -
> >> buildings", "validated"?
> >>
> >> - power lines. how match are they important and if really
> >> important i would see some tool which allow creating tagged line
> >> and points at one shot.
> >>
> >> - are there any way to make some tag global for some task? for
> >> example source=bing. I use it only for HOT, and i use other tag
> >> for my town. It is some kind annoying if need to it all the time.
> >> Or may be there are some other options? Suggestions are welcome.
> >>
> >> - Currently it is second my job with lots of slums. May be some
> >> of them not really slums, but they are pain in ass if you need to
> >> draw them. Should we draw them? Or there is some kind of
> >> landuse=slum tag?
> >>
> >> -- Regards, Oleksij
> >>
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