[HOT] Launching MapSwipe

[antti nissinen]

This is a nice app when you just have to sit down and wait... like
sitting on a bench while the dog is having a quality time.
It will be interesting how the data from this app could be used to
help in regular mapping activity ... would there be e.g. heat map like
layer for the JOSM that helps you to spot all huts in the middle of
nowhere. The big question that I have in my mind while doing the
swiping and spotting roads and houses is that where is the threshold
for the road? Is it just main roads, tiny roads or paths leading to a
group of huts?

Antti

On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 11:55 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I get the impression that we'd prefer people to map directly but this is a
> way of perhaps introducing people to mapping?
>
> Cheerio John
>
> On 18 Jul 2016 4:33 pm, "antti nissinen" <anissine at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi!
>> I have noticed the same phenomenon. Especially if you complete the
>> session and then come back to the same mission there seems to be same
>> tiles. Maybe they are still under development and recognizing the user
>> and matching the offered tile sets doesn't work perfectly yet.
>>
>> Antti
>>
>> > I might be wrong, but is it possible that I get same tiles more than
>> > once?
>> >
>> > thx
>> > Rudy
>> >
>> > On 18.07.2016 18:43, Benjamin Herfort wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hey Joost,
>> >>
>> >> tiles will be checked by several volunteers. And yes of course it is
>> >> really interesting to see, how volunteers agree on different tasks.
>> >>
>> >> We did some pre-studies using a browser version using pybossa on this
>> >> that showed that once 4 volunteers agree on 'yes' you can be sure to
>> >> 98%
>> >> that this actually is a house. But there is definitely a greater
>> >> variation for "harder" tasks. Nevertheless also some buildings were
>> >> missed.
>> >>
>> >> Kind regards,
>> >> Benni
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> GIScience Research Group Heidelberg University
>> >> http://uni-heidelberg.de/gis
>> >>
>> >> https://www.facebook.com/GIScienceHeidelberg
>> >> https://twitter.com/GIScienceHD
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Am 18.07.2016 um 18:27 schrieb joost schouppe:
>> >>>
>> >>> 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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