[HOT] Project validation

[Frans Schutz]

It will help if you start OSMcha from an opened project. Then 
automaticly only changesets with the project hashtag will be shown.
Take a look to the possibilities. It is a rather strong program.
Best regards
Frans

Op 7-12-2021 om 11:22 schreef john whelan:
> Unfortunately that would also pick up any buildings that had been 
> added outside the HOT project.
>
> I'm thinking in terms of something that only looks at assets added 
> with a HOT project mapper and compares them to a white list.  If the 
> project is buildings and highway crossings or highway=construction get 
> added they would be tagged for review.
>
> Some new mappers get very creative.  Once you spot something odd often 
> you can go back over the area selecting on the user and pick up all 
> sorts of oddities.
>
> Its a way to identify the low hanging fruit for validation and I know 
> we don't have enough validators and when do it can take a long time to 
> check everything the HOT mappers have mapped such as duplicate 
> buildings on a tile and omit anything done before.  Building=house is 
> valid if done by a local mappper.
>
> Cheerio John
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 7, 2021, 4:08 AM Ralph Aytoun, <ralph.aytoun at runbox.com> 
> wrote:
>
>     Hi John,
>
>     JOSM has the facility to add Map Paint styles with a validation
>     function that highlights any building that is not tagged as
>     building=yes.
>
>     In JOSM go to the drop down menus along the top. Select "*View*"
>     then "*Map Paint Styles*" then "*Map Paint Preferences*".
>
>     In the selection window scroll down to "*Missing Maps /
>     Youthmappers Validator Checks*", select it then click on the
>     transfer arrow to add it to your active styles.
>
>     You can open a panel on the right for the styles by clicking on
>     the paint palet icon in the tools down the left side of your JOSM.
>
>     Hope that is of help.
>
>     Regards
>
>     Ralph
>
>     On Mon, 6 Dec 2021 18:33:30 -0500, john whelan wrote:
>
>     > From time to time I see some very odd tags used by new mappers
>     on HOT
>     > projects.
>     >
>     > I assume the project managers know what tags they would like to
>     be used.
>     > Is there a way to flag tags added by inexperienced mappers that
>     are not on
>     > the project manager's list?
>     >
>     > The extreme example is highway=motorway, I'm not saying they are
>     wrong but
>     > perhaps they should be verified.
>     >
>     > At the other extreme might be building=house, again if local
>     knowledge is
>     > involved fine but if they are mapping from imagery would
>     building=yes be
>     > more appropiate?
>     >
>     > I can't think of the appropiate process at this point but I'm
>     certain
>     > someone will be able to come up with something.
>     >
>     > The idea is purely a way of improving data quality.
>     >
>     > Thoughts?
>     >
>     > Thanks John
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