[HOT] [RFC] suggestions for HOT work

[Kate Chapman]

Hi Stéphane,

You can load an overlay of your area in Potlatch. After you have
clicked to open the area in Potlatch go back to the Tasking Manager
screen there is a link there to load an overlay in Potlatch.

-Kate

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Stéphane Henriod <s at henriod.info> wrote:
> 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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