[HOT] Launching MapSwipe

Mon Aug 1 23:29:15 UTC 2016

 Greets Pete Masters!

MapSwipe.

Sounds great.Congratulations!

[ It's a Missing Maps initiative, developed by MSF, designed to support OSM
/ HOT mapping.]
Cheers,
Autre

On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 2:44 AM, Schuyler Erle <schuyler.erle at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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>>>>     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>
>>>> Cc: "hot at openstreetmap.org" <hot at openstreetmap.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [HOT] Launching MapSwipe
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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
>>>>>
>>>>> missingmaps.org <http://www.missingmaps.org/>
>>>>>
>>>>> *@pedrito1414* <https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps>
>>>>> *@theMissingMaps* <https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps>
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