[HOT] Can we extend the time a tile is locked please?

Severin Menard severin.menard at gmail.com
Sun Apr 17 13:34:43 UTC 2016


Hi,

Quite a recurrent topic for years. I created this ticket two weeks ago,
feel free to suggest improvements or to support it.

Severin

On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 1:12 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bootable JOSM on a USB stick?  Smaller tiles?
>
> I think we have identified a problem area even if we don't yet have an
> instant solution.
>
> Any more suggestions?
>
> Cheerio John
>
> On 17 April 2016 at 08:35, Dale Kunce <dale.kunce at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> John,
>> I've seen this a lot to and I think it's how iD is used in the mapathon.
>> When you have lots of mappers ID struggles to redraw the area after a save.
>> Another problem is that if it's a dense area ID will hide features to
>> reduce drawing time and increase browser performance.
>>
>> In general I think the old 2 hour per tile is way way to long. We try and
>> make tiles for beginners that are about 30 min worth of work. This
>> increases the amount of tiles completed and gives folks a better sense of
>> accomplishment even if it's the same amount of mapping.
>> On Apr 17, 2016 8:26 AM, "Ralf Stephan" <gtrwst9 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I have seen this too recently, and I also always thought the time too
>>> short in general.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 1:39 PM john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> When validating I'm seeing buildings double mapped.  I've seen fifty on
>>>> a tile.  They are both a pain to clean up and a waste of mapper resources.
>>>>
>>>> What I think is happening is maperthon mappers going off for lunch or a
>>>> coffee break and leaving the tile locked.  The time lock expires, someone
>>>> else grabs the tile but the first mapper continues to map.  Now we have two
>>>> mappers mapping at the same time on the same tile.
>>>>
>>>> I've also seen highways double mapped etc.
>>>>
>>>> Ideally a six hour time lock would save a lot of this double mapping
>>>> but there are trade offs.
>>>>
>>>> Could six hours be made the default but for a particular urgent project
>>>> the project manager could set a lower value?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks John
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