[HOT] newbie needs advice

[Nick Allen]

Hi,

See http://learnosm.org/en/coordination/remote/ as well.

May help with some of the queries.

Nick
(OSM=Tallguy)

dodgy didgits as using a phone with a spell chequer.

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team Member
On 6 May 2015 00:22, "Pierre Béland" <pierzenh at yahoo.fr> wrote:

> Springfield,
>
> The informations about the various communication channels are at the
> beginning of the wiki for the Nepal response.
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2015_Nepal_earthquake
> IRC is a tool similar to Skype. The difference, it is a public forum. You
> simply connect and provide a nickname to identify yourself. You follow the
> discussion, present yourself, ask questions, comment discussions. We plan
> to eventually integrate such a tool directly into the Tasking Manager. This
> way, it would be easy for the new contributors to exchange with the more
> experienced contributors.
> https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.oftc.net/hot
>
> regard
>
> Pierre
>
>   ------------------------------
>  *De :* Springfield Harrison <stellargps at gmail.com>
> *À :* Suzan Reed <suzan at suzanreed.com>
> *Cc :* "HOT at openstreetmap.org" <hot at openstreetmap.org>
> *Envoyé le :* Mardi 5 mai 2015 18h21
> *Objet :* Re: [HOT] newbie needs advice
>
> I couldn't find  a thing on the IRC, I thought it was something to do with
> the Intl Red Cross, silly me.
> Information sources are hugely fragmented.  I don't get a sense of
> leadership, just random action.
> I'm not sure if succesful GIS is a crowd activity.
> I've asked but heard nothing about the end use of all this activity.  Is
> it serving the folks on the ground?
> Cheers . . . . .   Spring
> Samsung Tab 4
>
>
> On May 5, 2015 2:59 PM, "Suzan Reed" <suzan at suzanreed.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Blake,
>
> It would be great if you could answer this on the list as I have many of
> the same questions.
>
> MingyurPema
>
>
> On May 5, 2015, at 8:42 AM, Blake Girardot wrote:
>
> I am going to answer some of this via irc.
>
> Cheers,
> Blake
>
>
> On 5/5/2015 5:34 PM, Katja Ulbert wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am a newbie coming up with a few questions, It would be great if
> > someone with more knowledge could take the time to answer them. They
> > don´t have to be answered here and now or via mailinglist, I am also on
> > IRC #hot as katjaulbert. I am mapping in task #1018.
> >
> > 1) Paths: I have come across some that are obviously connected but there
> > are small areas where I cant´t follow their course. Same with paths that
> > lead into forests, where they disappear and reappear on the other side.
> > Should I connect them? I don´t think it´s useful to have tiny bits of
> > paths in the map or paths that lead into nowhere.
> >
> > 2) I need advice to distinguish dried waterways from paths. Waterways
> > seem to be much broader and uneven and often accompanied from paths.
> >
> > 3) Tags: I cant´t find some tags that are advised in the task
> > instruction, for example bridge=supension. Are there any presets I
> > forgot to load?
> >
> > 4) Imagery: I use Bing and Mapbox, are there any more sources? Also, is
> > there a way to digitally zoom Mapbox imagery? Sometimes it´s easier to
> > spot things with Mapbox, especially paths, but it stops displaying at
> > some point.
> >
> > Thanks for taking time!
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Katja||
> >
> >
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