[HOT] Launching MapSwipe

Mon Aug 1 21:14:14 UTC 2016

Pete, this is a great tool. Is there a web-based version? My iPhone screen
is small and my eyesight's not too good...

On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 6:32 AM, Pete Masters <pedrito1414 at googlemail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Quite a few of you reported the repeating tile issue in mapSwipe. Just
> wanted to let you know that we think we've resolved this now.
>
> The project completion was also skewed by this, so you'll notice they have
> lower completion percentages now, but these should be accurate. Means we've
> mapped less area in real terms than we thought, but it also means projects
> should go much quicker now because of the more efficient distribution of
> effort.
>
> A few more fixes are included in the latest update (available now on
> android and soon on iOS). Well publish a blog post tomorrow with more
> details...
>
> Thanks for your patience!
>
> Pete
>
> On 19 Jul 2016 16:59, "Céline Jacquin" <celija at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've tested MapSwipe, and I've been surprised: the same tile is being
>> repeated directly for the same user several times. Continuing the map work,
>> a task after an other, is resulting in repeating the same task, sometimes.
>>
>> I apologize my english.
>>
>> Best
>>
>> El 19/07/16 a las 07:00, hot-request at openstreetmap.org escribió:
>>
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>>>     1. Re: Launching MapSwipe (joost schouppe)
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>>>     3. Re: Launching MapSwipe (Rudolf Maurer)
>>>     4. Re: Launching MapSwipe (Autre Planete)
>>>     5. Re: Launching MapSwipe (antti nissinen)
>>>     6. Re: Launching MapSwipe (Pete Masters)
>>>     7. Re: Launching MapSwipe (john whelan)
>>>     8. Re: Launching MapSwipe (antti nissinen)
>>>     9. Re: Launching MapSwipe (Laura O'Grady)
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>>> Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 18:27:03 +0200
>>> From: joost schouppe <joost.schouppe at gmail.com>
>>> To: Pete Masters <pedrito1414 at googlemail.com>
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>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Just wanted to take the time to congratulate the team on this. Our tweet
>>> about it got over 20 retweets and 2500 views [1] (which is a lot for an
>>> account with little over 500 followers), and I even saw my boss swiping
>>> away at work (because of my own retweet).
>>> I hope it gets the exposure it deserves, as it's not just fun and useful,
>>> but also improves the sat pic reading skills of our future new mappers.
>>>
>>> I would love to get my hands on the generated data. Do some tiles get
>>> checked twice (and what is the correlation between swipers)? Is there a
>>> higher incidence of "unsure" tiles in some tasks, indicating harder to
>>> read
>>> pictures?
>>>
>>>
>>> [1] https://twitter.com/osm_be/status/753959061796843520
>>>
>>> 2016-07-13 15:57 GMT+02:00 Pete Masters <pedrito1414 at googlemail.com>:
>>>
>>> Hi all, how are you?
>>>>
>>>> You might have heard mention of a new tool we are planning to launch on
>>>> Friday called MapSwipe. It's a Missing Maps initiative, developed by
>>>> MSF,
>>>> designed to support OSM / HOT mapping. The idea is that people swipe
>>>> through imagery on their phones and identify areas with specified
>>>> features
>>>> (roads, buildings, etc). The resulting data can then be plugged into the
>>>> tasking manager, meaning mappers have less empty bush, jungle, desert to
>>>> scan through, meaning we can all get on with mapping a bit quicker.
>>>>
>>>> This is a first instance funded by MSF, so we will start off with
>>>> Missing
>>>> Maps tasks in there, but we hope to soon open it up to others. The code
>>>> is
>>>> also all on github.
>>>>
>>>> The app will be available on Friday, but there is a landing page already
>>>> ready [1 <http://mapswipe.org/>] and I also did an interview on the BBC
>>>> world service show, Click, last night [2
>>>> <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p040g4qr>] in case you want to have a
>>>> listen.
>>>>
>>>> When it comes to the launch on Friday, we would love your support in
>>>> getting the word out. The possibilities of using this kind of tool at
>>>> scale
>>>> are fascinating and your help amplifying the message would be superb.
>>>>
>>>> If you have any questions, just give me a shout!
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Pete
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [1] http://mapswipe.org/
>>>> [2] http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p040g4qr
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Pete Masters*
>>>> Missing Maps Project Coordinator
>>>> +44 7921 781 518
>>>>
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>>>>
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