[HOT] Mapping South Kivu - micro tasking and the TM

[Pete Masters]

Hi all,

Just an update.... The pybossa micro-tasking code is now up on github.

https://github.com/Hagellach37/pybossa_missingmaps

Cheers

Pete

On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 9:39 AM, Pete Masters <pedrito1414 at googlemail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all, an update on the pybossa task developed by Benni at Disaster
> Mappers (Heidelberg University)...
> Your feedback was really helpful and Benni has taken it and created a v2 [
> 1 <http://crowdmap.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/app/missing_maps_follow_up/>].
> However, he is now at the limit of his coding capability and is looking for
> collaborators or someone who can finish it off. It's nearly there and he
> has explained the challenges he couldn't quite meet on the original
> feedback doc [2
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rDCCm-kYksWclg8A9jhVlIn2xcTV6Yz5rndrpYjo0dg/edit?usp=sharing>
> ].
>
> I have written this up in an OSM diary entry, too [3
> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/pedrito1414/diary/35401>]. If anyone
> fancies helping out, please let me know and I'll put you in touch with
> Benni.
>
> Cheers all!
>
> Pete
>
> [1] http://crowdmap.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/app/missing_maps_follow_up/
> [2]
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rDCCm-kYksWclg8A9jhVlIn2xcTV6Yz5rndrpYjo0dg/edit?usp=sharing
> [3] http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/pedrito1414/diary/35401
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Pete Masters <pedrito1414 at googlemail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi all, I have some stuff to share and a request for some feedback.
>>
>> Missing Maps has taken on the mapping of the province of South Kivu in
>> DRCongo. This will be our first attempt at such a large AOI.
>>
>> As part of many things we need to do to achieve this, we have been
>> working on some intelligent tasking processes, which are being documented
>> on the wiki [1
>> <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_South_Kivu_tasking>].
>>
>> Leading on all this are the DisasterMappers from Heidelberg University
>> and they have developed the microtasking process we used to analyse
>> satellite coverage of the area and have made a similar crowdsourcing task
>> for identifying where roads and settlements are (to save mappers spending
>> hours scrolling through jungle).
>>
>> The imagery analysis was very successful, but the second task is trickier
>> and it is important we get it as effective as possible before promoting it
>> widely. I wondered whether some of you would have time to test the tool and
>> feed back, so we can optimise it.
>>
>> It's all linked from the wiki page anyway, but the tool is here [2
>> <http://crowdmap.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/app/missing_maps_follow_up/>]
>> and the feedback document is here [3
>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rDCCm-kYksWclg8A9jhVlIn2xcTV6Yz5rndrpYjo0dg/edit?usp=sharing>
>> ].
>>
>> If you have any questions or comments about any of this, including the
>> wider Map South Kivu project, I'd love to hear them.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Pete
>>
>> [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_South_Kivu_tasking
>> [2] http://crowdmap.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/app/missing_maps_follow_up/
>> [3]
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rDCCm-kYksWclg8A9jhVlIn2xcTV6Yz5rndrpYjo0dg/edit?usp=sharing
>> --
>> *Pete Masters*
>> Missing Maps Project Coordinator
>> +44 7921 781 518
>>
>> missingmaps.org <http://www.missingmaps.org/>
>>
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>>
>
>
>
> --
> *Pete Masters*
> Missing Maps Project Coordinator
> +44 7921 781 518
>
> missingmaps.org <http://www.missingmaps.org/>
>
> *@pedrito1414* <https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps>
> *@theMissingMaps* <https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps>
> *facebook.com/MissingMapsProject*
> <https://www.facebook.com/MissingMapsProject>
>



-- 
*Pete Masters*
Missing Maps Project Coordinator
+44 7921 781 518

missingmaps.org <http://www.missingmaps.org/>

*@pedrito1414* <https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps>
*@theMissingMaps* <https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps>
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