[HOT] recruitment: new volunteer training

[john whelan]

Whilst I think about it explore the buildings_tool plugin as well as the to
do list plugin and the maperthon plugin.  You want the duplicate buildings
script in that one.

Cheerio John

On Wed, Jan 12, 2022, 19:53 John Whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Generally it's best to refer to the HOT project by number rather than by
> title.  It just makes it less confusing.
>
> HOT has a lot of beginner mappers and if it is project 750 you are
> referring to then I wouldn't describe the instructions as clear for
> beginners.
>
> For example map primary roads as primary.  Yes but a beginner might think
> that primary means the tag for the lowest or simplest type of highway.
> There is room for confusion here and remembering back to efforts to make
> things idiot proof remember that idiots are evolving everyday.
>
> Projects that concentrate on just one aspect such as roads or buildings
> have even simpler instructions and less room for the novice to go wrong.
>
> polygon #26 I suspect most of us would describe this as tile 26.
>
> It also talks about please use the hosted imagery and accept the NextView
> License.  Mark the source as Bing.  This sounds like Bing is not the source.
>
> To my mind one of the most pressing needs is data quality.  This means
> validation is important.
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tasking_Manager/Validating_data
>
> You are mapping in Openstreetmap which means the official way to correct
> something is the make a changeset comment and see if you get a response.
> With HOT mapping we see a lot of novice mappers who map for perhaps once or
> twice then disappear.  In JOSM you can look at the history <crtl>h and my
> rule of thumb is if they have less than 5 edits and last mapped 4 years ago
> just correct it. Obviously there is a judgement call between such a mapper
> and one with 25,000 edits who mapped this morning and has used a different
> tag to perhaps one you might use.
>
> There is also just drag the entire project into JOSM and look for
> duplicate buildings etc.
>
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Johnwhelan/diary/398370
>
> Have fun and you may bug me directly with questions.
>
> Cheerio John
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> paul mcneil via HOT wrote on 1/12/2022 7:06 PM:
>
> I'm a retired as a GIS Manager who hopes to volunteer with HOT.  My skills
> are rusty but I have a good understanding of GIS mapping.  To become
> familiar with the JOSM editor I digitized Buffalo Gap, SD (US) in OSM and
> have moved on to Mount Sinabung via the tasking manager.  I chose Mount
> Sinabung because it is a beginner project, the instructions are clear and
> precise and both editing and validation are allowed.  I've been carefully
> looking at polygon #26 and it looks to me that there is a lot of structures
> that need editing but I'm very reluctant to do so.  I'm not a beginner
> mapper and understand the effort that went into digitizing #26.  At this
> point I need some additional instruction in order feel comfortable editing
> and am asking the list how to proceed.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Paul
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