[HOT] Training or Coaching Task / Project within TM?

Fri Sep 12 18:00:55 UTC 2014

Claire,

I may be able to help a bit at the start of the session, but I have a 
commitment for most of the day & evening - if there are any outstanding 
squares for validation I will try to join in later at night.
  Could I suggest we try to keep it as close to normal as possible - if 
I check a square & am happy, I will validate it, but may put a comment 
in the comments box concerning any slight changes I may make. Because of 
my lack of language skills, I created these two links on the wiki which 
could be pasted into the comments box & hopefully would help to pass 
information;
Buildings which have not been squared, but should have been 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Tasking_Manager/Validating_data/Buildings_feedback

Not adding a changeset comment when saving / uploading 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Tasking_Manager/Validating_data/Changeset_comment_missing

I sometimes send a message using the OSM message system, and on occasion 
have linked the message with screenshots showing the changes I have made.

I strongly suspect that smaller squares will mean that it is more 
difficult to interpret 
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Tag_Africa but this will not 
be the fault of the new mapper, just an indication of how difficult it 
is when you can only see a small area. It will need the validator(s) to 
take an overview of several squares & change the tags appropriatly - 
this is fairly easy once the mapper has done the difficult & time 
consuming job of tracing the path / track / unclassified / residential 
............. way.

Hope this helps.

Regards & have a good day.

Nick
On 12/09/14 02:51, Claire Halleux wrote:
> Hi Nick and Volunteers,
>
> On Saturday morning, from 900 to 1300 UTC, we'll be having another 
> small mapathon/mapping party in Kinshasa in order to edit Ebola 
> affected area in DRC, using some new imagery. Nearly all of the 
> participants will be beginners, so I am planning to create another 
> task with small squares and I think this could be a good place for 
> testing this type of training task. Potential validators will be 
> welcome to send feedback during the event. As it usually gathers 
> between 10 and 20 participants, a few validators would be enough in 
> theory.
> Let me know if anyone would like to support this event,
>
> Moreover, do you think exchanging messages within TM and OSM website 
> will be enough? or should we try to set up an additional skype group 
> or anything else for the event? IRC? (local participants have never 
> used it as far as I know, same with Mumble).
>
> Best,
>
> Claire
>
> Claire Halleux
> Volunteer and Member of the Board
> +243 99 256 9980 (Kinshasa, DRC)
> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
>
> http://www.hotosm.org/
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2014_DRC_Ebola_Response
>
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 12:39 AM, Nick Allen <nick.allen.54 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:nick.allen.54 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Ralph,
>
>     Thanks for the offer of help - you're likely to see a request for
>     help approaching the 30th September when we have another Missing
>     Maps Project Mapathon in London.
>
>     I'm really hoping that Blake can make progress on a guide to
>     satellite imagery - it's been on my todo list for some time, but
>     I'm conscious I've started many things and it would be good if I
>     actually finished a few of them. Although I agree that starting
>     new mappers with crisp images would be good, I think it would be
>     good to include a few fuzzy ones in the guide to show what you
>     have to deal with sometimes - educated guessing?
>
>     At the moment I'm not intending to contact mappers who have not
>     marked as complete the squares they have opened. There can be
>     genuine reasons - it's happened to me several times. It can also
>     be a question of confidence & I don't want to frighten anyone
>     away. If we can get a trial area, and the trial works, then this
>     may largely solve the problem. I think also that the general
>     discussion will have raised awareness & that can make a difference
>     as well.
>
>     Thanks again
>
>     Nick
>     (Tallguy)
>
>     On 09/09/14 17:53, AYTOUN RALPH wrote:
>>     Hi Nick,
>>
>>     I have been mapping the Africa HOT projects and am familiar with
>>     the 'on the ground' knowledge of some parts of Africa.
>>
>>     I like your idea for assisting the new mappers and agree that
>>     some of the image material is pretty difficult to map due to
>>     various reasons...cloud cover, fuzzy images or overcrowded towns
>>     and slum areas to mention some.
>>
>>     Choosing easier areas with sharp images would help the new
>>     mappers to get the feel of the work and build up confidence, and
>>     having feedback for their work early on would help them to know
>>     if they are doing the right thing or not.
>>
>>     To this end I am willing to give you a hand in helping new
>>     mappers to read the imagery, create more complex building shapes
>>     and the use of basic tags. Please let me know if there is
>>     anything I can do to help.
>>
>>     I have come across the increasing problem of mappers not happy
>>     about marking squares as done, I have gone to numerous squares
>>     and apart from a few tweaks there is nothing left to do, but a
>>     number of mappers have opened that square, looked around and then
>>     unlocked it again. I feel guilty marking those squares as done
>>     when I have hardly done any work on them. Should we contact the
>>     person that has done the most work and tell them they have done
>>     well and could they please go back in and mark it as done so they
>>     get the credit for closing it?
>>
>>     Regards
>>     Ralph
>
>
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>
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Nick

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https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team

http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Tallguy

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