[Imports] Import Plan for Buildings & Address in Washington, DC, USA

[Katie Filbert]

On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Serge Wroclawski <emacsen at gmail.com> wrote:

> David,
>
> Thank you for your straightforward answer. Mikel and Alex have pointed
> out that you're getting flak for a situation that you are not involved
> in.


+1 agree.  Sounds great to have local interns helping out and happy to have
OCTO on board. My main concern for the NYC import was with paid remote
mappers, but have no concerns about local interns and OCTO.

If there is anything we can do to help (maybe check/update the existing
areas), please let us know and some permissions to help with the tasking
manager would be nice. (for the existing areas)

For the test areas, mostly looks good though I slightly cleaned up some how
the buildings are integrated with the existing data (e.g. parking lots).

Also, might be good to have further clarifications regarding permission and
licensing of the data.

Cheers,
Katie



> I think that's a fair crititism and so I want to help contexualize
> the situation.
>

[snip]


>
> - Serge
>
> [1] Please no one complain that there are actually no "seas" between
> here and Brazil.
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 8:47 AM, David Jackson (OCTO)
> <davidy.jackson at dc.gov> wrote:
> > Serge,
> >
> > What I meant when I stated '[ There is no money being exchanged for work
> on
> > this project.]" is that no money is or will be exchanged specifically for
> > this project.   Yes, people are paid as part of their normal job, but
> there
> > are no specific contracts for this project.
> >
> > I changed the Wiki to read  "Work will be performed primarily by DC GIS
> > employees which includes paid summer interns. No paid contracts
> specifically
> > for this import project have been issued or will be issued."
> >
> > The DC GIS interns are IT savvy and are being trained solidly on the
> import
> > procedures.   Furthermore, the interns live in the jurisdiction (DC)
> where
> > the data is being imported.  This is their hometown.
> >
> > David
> >
> > David Jackson   |  GIS Analyst  |  Office of the Chief technology Officer
> > (W) 202.724.5135  |  200 I ST SE,  5TH FL,  Washington, DC
> > davidy.jackson at dc.gov |   Blog:  dcaddresscoordinates.blogspot.com
> > Telework Day: Fri
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 8:19 PM, Serge Wroclawski <emacsen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Alex Barth <alex at mapbox.com> wrote:
> >> > From the Mapbox team, I myself and my colleague Aaron have been in
> touch
> >> > with David Jackson from DC/OCTO who's leading the import to help him
> >> > work
> >> > through setting up tools, so has Mikel who is not affiliated with
> >> > Mapbox.
> >> > Brian DeRocher and Steven Johnson (also not affiliated with Mapbox)
> have
> >> > offered to provide training.
> >>
> >> I'm glad that you responded to the criticism about not engaging the
> >> local community by reaching out to the local community- that's
> >> excellent news.
> >>
> >> > What's exciting about this project is that DC government is engaging
> >> > first
> >> > hand. Young people will learn about OpenStreetMap hands on, and
> they'll
> >> > even
> >> > get some cash for it - and this is all part of working for their city!
> >> > That's awesome and I'll continue to support that. Mapbox isn't
> planning
> >> > right now to do any of the upload or map review work.
> >>
> >> I'm very confused about this. I thought that David said no money would
> >> exchange hands.
> >>
> >> When we say "Is anyone being paid?" we mean "Is anyone being paid?". I
> >> feel that there is a great deal of honesty missing here, which also
> >> sends me a message of lack of respect. I'm glad that it's being
> >> explained now, but I why has getting the answer about money been like
> >> pulling teeth?
> >>
> >> I personally have concerns about these interns because they will be
> >> coming new into OSM  (ie they are not OSM community members) and they
> >> will have the same bad incentives that we've seen in the past with
> >> paid mappers. Frederik has suggested some ways of addressing the
> >> concerns- I'm interested to see what you and David's responses are to
> >> those suggestions.
> >>
> >> - Serge
> >>
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Katie Filbert
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