[HOT] [RFC] suggestions for HOT work

[Pierre GIRAUD]

On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Donald Noble <drnoble at gmail.com> wrote:
> Reading though this (and other recent) threads a couple of points I
> would like to add as an occasional mapper on HOT tasks.
>
> 1. Highlighting of priority or important areas by a co-ordinator would
> be nice to have, but not essential.
>
> 2. Being able to pick an area, especially next to the one you have
> already mapped is (IMO) essential, as there may be features that go
> between them that you have partially mapped in the first task, and
> would like to continue mapping. Therefore an automated selection
> process would be counterproductive IMO.
>
> 3. A multi-stage completion process could be useful. For example, if
> the most important thing is to map the main roads and residential
> areas, these could be completed and the square marked as 'level1
> complete' and you could move on to another area. Once most/all of the
> areas have the basic items mapped, you (or someone else) could return
> and add in supplementary data like buildings, footpaths, land use etc.
> I sometimes feel reticent to mark a square as complete if others are
> mapping every building but I have not (even if the task is only to add
> roads and residential areas). The key part of the task is complete,
> but the area is not fully mapped.
>
> 4a. I don't know if it would be possible to set up the task with
> different sized grids in urban areas. Say for example a 1km grid over
> the wider area, but with each 1km square split into 4, 9, or 16
> smaller squares in dense areas?

This point is the next feature I will work on. I hope I'll do soon.
I feel confident on how feasible it is.

>
> 4b. An alternative approach (using existing tools) might be to set up
> multiple tasks, with large squares across the region, and separate
> subtasks with smaller squares in dense urban areas covering one (or
> more) of the large squares. These subtasks could then be marked as a
> subtask on the main grid (and shown similar to validated). This could
> offer a compromise between ease of implementation and control.
>
> Hope this makes some sense.
>
> regards, Donald
>
>
>
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