[HOT] Mapswipe - whats happening with the data?

[Jo]

It's definitely useful to save actual mapper's time. For validation I'm not
sure it would be a big help.

Op 26 mrt. 2017 3:12 p.m. schreef "john whelan" <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>:

> Would we be better ahead by using something like mapswipe to validate?  If
> a tile is OK there is no need to add to the map from the tool.  If three
> mappers tick it then I would say its good to go.
>
> The current system we use four mappers to mapswipe, then a conventional
> mapper to map followed by a validator.  Six passes to get a validated
> tile.  The other way would give you one in four passes three of which would
> be on smartphones.
>
> Cheerio John
>
> On 26 March 2017 at 09:01, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> But does it address the concern about how much effort is expended
>> compared to the value added?
>>
>> Cheerio John
>>
>> On 26 March 2017 at 08:44, Ralf Stephan <gtrwst9 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Search is your friend. Searching for Mapswipe yields eg
>>> http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/2521
>>> where clearly the tiles are preselected. Also the description: "The
>>> data are prepared by MapSwipe"
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 2:40 PM john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I seem to recall the same area is mapswiped by four different people
>>>> before a mapper maps it.
>>>>
>>>> Other than the size of the tile or which area to give priority to I
>>>> think the advantage is that people can do it anywhere on a smartphone.
>>>>
>>>> I would hesitate to say if it is worth doing or not.  In future there
>>>> might be a way to bring something into OSM via a review process.
>>>>
>>>> Cheerio John
>>>>
>>>> On 26 March 2017 at 08:22, Hakuch <hakuch at posteo.de> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 26.03.2017 14:13, john whelan wrote:
>>>> > My understanding is that mapswipe is only used to identify where to
>>>> map.
>>>> > Not to contribute to the map.
>>>> >
>>>> > Cheerio John
>>>>
>>>> of course there is no data transmitted to OSM, but how is the data (I
>>>> mean, marked tiles) used after I transmitted it? How much is it worth to
>>>> do that mapswiping?
>>>>
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