[HOT] [RFC] suggestions for HOT work

[Pierre GIRAUD]

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 6:46 PM, Pierre Béland <infosbelas-gps at yahoo.fr> 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).

This was initially asked by Kate. But the budget did not allow us to
do it. It seems like something that I need to code now. This is
something that has been asked many times, that is really needed.
It shouldn't require too much work.

>
>
> 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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