[HOT] Video that Best Represents Our Work?

Tue Oct 21 15:15:53 UTC 2014

MapGive is already done a lot of this, rather well I might add. Can't we
support them and suggest new videos to create.

On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Pierre Béland <pierzenh at yahoo.fr> wrote:

> Last year on the learning WG, we discussed about making videos tutorials
> but it did not go further.
>
> This discussion on video tutorials brings in a few questions.
>
> For buildings, the best practice is to use JOSM. We should first make
> videos for JOSM and I dont think that we should favor people using ID for
> example until a building plugin is provided.
>
> In videos, it is important that Texts on the menu bar be readable.
>
> A Text section that describes action, key pressed for a specific function,
> facilitates learning. For example :
> - shortkey s Select features
> - shortkey a Draw nodes and lines
> - shortkey b Buildings
> - shortkey x Surface making
>
> I have seen various Tutorials with a detailed Table of contents and short
> videos for each task, a few minutes maximum. I think that this is the best
> approach. I wonder how verbose we should be.
>
> A platform that facilitates translations should be used.
>
> Pierre
>
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>  *De :* Blake Girardot <bgirardot at gmail.com>
> *À :* john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>
> *Cc :* "hot at openstreetmap.org" <hot at openstreetmap.org>
> *Envoyé le :* Mardi 21 octobre 2014 8h12
> *Objet :* Re: [HOT] Video that Best Represents Our Work?
>
> I intend to re-do this how-to I made in answer to a question on this
> list a little while back:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=042TbopS7HM
>
> It was done without much preparation and to answer some specific
> questions so it needs some adjustments (and I make a mistake in mapping
> if you look closely), but I think it is close to what you are talking
> about for a quick description of mapping buildings.
>
> It also uses iD as that is what the person who asked the question used
> and it is what most new mappers will be using.
>
> There should be one like it for JOSM as well which I will do.
>
> I will also do a second one about roads in each editor.
>
> Regards,
> Blake
>
>
>
>
>
> On 10/21/2014 7:58 AM, john whelan wrote:
> > So the fantasy would be a simple screen cast video using something like
> > HOT task 690 http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/690 since it uses the high
> > resolution satellite imagery, Kevin Bullock's presentation
> > http://vimeo.com/91880883 covers why this type is best to work from, the
> > interesting bit starts 5 mins in to the presentation, locally there have
> > been some clean up issues with lower resolution satellite imagery and
> > mentioning the use of the JOSM building plug in as mentioned by Tom
> > Taylor
> >
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JkiL8wlvJqdVMgGxKXPzF22YzQ-S08Q31zZQna9CTMk/edit
> >
> > To come back to the original topic I think you need an overview,
> > starting perhaps with a couple of interviews from two or three AID
> > agencies about why the OSM maps are important to them and how they are
> > used.  Then flip to the sources of data which are made free to use such
> > as DigitalGlobe, UN place names, and finally a few mappers putting it
> > altogether.  Given that the maps are useful perhaps Unicef or someone
> > might have some resources for this?  Or the BBC?
> >
> > Cheerio John
> >
> > On 21 October 2014 01:42, Kate Chapman <kate.chapman at hotosm.org
> > <mailto:kate.chapman at hotosm.org>> wrote:
> >
> >    Hi John,
> >
> >    There are a few videos out there, but I don't know of too many
> >    recent ones. You are right a simple screencast showing how to map a
> >    building for example would be really helpful. I made some videos in
> >    2010 about mapping from imagery in Haiti and people really enjoyed
> >    them.
> >
> >    Having updated ones would be great.
> >
> >    Best,
> >
> >    -Kate
> >
> >    On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 5:59 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com
> >    <mailto:jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >        Talking of videos are there any training videos about what HOT
> >        expects?
> >
> >        The reason I ask is that although we break down to give tasks
> >        can we break it down even more.  ie teach someone to do a simple
> >        task of map a building using high resolution satellite imagery,
> >        sounds dumb but map one in JOSM, q it to square it, tag it
> >        building=yes, select, <Crtl>c move the mouse to another <crtl>v,
> >        adjust the four corners, q again etc.
> >
> >        The concept is we can teach people to map buildings on You-tube,
> >        its simple and has value.
> >
> >        Another would teach people how to recognise a road and to tag it
> >        or highway=path.
> >
> >        We may need expertise to map things like water bodies, rivers,
> >        streams and forests but buildings and footpaths in Africa are
> >        probably 80% of what needs to be mapped and you don't need a
> >        degree in GIS to do this.  Let's delegate what we can.
> >
> >        Cheerio John
> >
> >        On 20 October 2014 15:55, Kate Chapman <kate.chapman at hotosm.org
> >        <mailto:kate.chapman at hotosm.org>> wrote:
> >
> >            Hi All,
> >
> >            Is there a video you think best represents our work? Most
> >            videos seem to focus on one project or are a talk at a
> >            conference. Do we have anything that is less specific?
> >
> >            Thanks,
> >
> >            -Kate
> >
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