[HOT] updates to LearnOSM - iD editor & Tasking Manager 3 sections

Jorieke Vyncke jorieke.vyncke at gmail.com
Mon Jul 22 15:54:18 UTC 2019


Great work Nick and team!

Op ma 1 jul. 2019 om 21:15 schreef Nick Allen <nick.allen.54 at gmail.com>:

> Hi,
>
> Our little team has been hard at work over the last week or so, and we're
> hoping the result will be helpful to you - all refer to the site at
> https://learnosm.org/en/.
>
> The extremely good team of translators have been working hard as well, and
> some of the modules, even though they are only a day or so old have already
> been translated. Although the links given are for the English version, the
> modules exist in other languages as well - click on the language switcher
> at the top of the screen, and see if the language you want is available.
>
> Modules relating to the Tasking Manager 3 (the current HOT version) have
> been updated - just search on 'Tasking' to see the modules available, have
> been updated.
>
> The Beginner section for iD at https://learnosm.org/en/beginner/id-editor/
> has been updated - if you want to send a message to someone concerning a
> particular section, click on it in the index, and the address bar at the
> top of your browser should change to that particular module - for instance
> https://learnosm.org/en/beginner/id-editor/#configuring-the-background-layer
> deals with changing the aerial imagery within iD, altering the brightness,
> and alignment.
>
> All modules in the https://learnosm.org/en/hot-tips/ section have been
> updated - these modules are aimed at those new to OpenStreetMap and the
> Tasking Manager, and are laid out to help a new mapper, or a validator who
> wants to send a message to a particular mapper. Many of the images used in
> this section are moving, so even if you don't understand the words, the
> moving picture can help with your mapping. The links for the individual
> modules are;
>
> Section index = https://learnosm.org/en/hot-tips/
>
> Starting with the Tasking Manager and iD editor =
> https://learnosm.org/en/hot-tips/getting-started/
>
> Aerial imagery - changing within iD. changing the alignment etc.. =
> https://learnosm.org/en/hot-tips/imagery/
>
> Issues or warnings shown on iD when something is potentially wrong, such
> as a building and a highway overlapping (Personally I like to investigate
> this useful feature when I first open a task in iD, so I can quickly see if
> there are some potential problems accidentally left by other mappers) =
> https://learnosm.org/en/hot-tips/issues/
>
> Rectangular buildings - tracing and 'squaring' =
> https://learnosm.org/en/hot-tips/tracing-rectangular-buildings/
>
> Round buildings - tracing or altering a rectangular tracing left by a
> previous mapper, to a round building =
> https://learnosm.org/en/hot-tips/tracing-round-buildings/
>
> Saving to OSM in iD, also finishing or stopping mapping on the Tasking
> Manager = https://learnosm.org/en/hot-tips/saving/
>
> Tags and tagging = https://learnosm.org/en/hot-tips/tagging/
>
> Copying, pasting, rotating, reflecting - makes iD a quick tool to use when
> mapping a square = https://learnosm.org/en/hot-tips/copy-paste/
>
> The help menu available from within iD itself is more comprehensive (click
> on the '?' icon on the right side of the screen when editing in iD), and
> the iD walkthrough available from the help menu are all also worth
> investigating.
>
> If you would like to add any of the images from LearnOSM into any
> instructions or other documentation you are producing, please feel free. In
> my Firefox web browser it's right click and 'copy image location', which
> produces a result like =
> https://learnosm.org/images/hot-tips/rectangular_building.gif
>
> Happy mapping, and thanks for reading
>
> Nick (Tallguy)
> HOT Training Working Group member.
>
> Incidentally, we could do with more help on the team - particularly from
> people who would be willing to proof read something for us before we
> publish it, also in providing feedback - beginners welcome.
>
> Thanks again.
>
>
>
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