[Talk-ht] Need Help Managing Mapping Requests

[Margie Roswell]

Hmmm... the acronyms alone stopped me right there, before even getting
to the content (sorry!)

I'm just really seeking a to-do list of items
- that I can either handle, or learn to handle.
- where I can feel useful.
- that I could potentially train others to do, as well (such as
identifying tent areas, if I knew the best place to direct people)

I can get in and out of JOSM at this point (I'm still getting
super-pixelated WMS images, hoping to resolve that on Saturday). I'm
fully functional in potlatch, to the extent that potlatch is capable.
And, of course, I made the YouTube Video: "How to load a Haiti basemap
onto a Garmin GPS" video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFxbfemJfBM

But really need a sense of direction, now that that's done.

Thanks (very much!) to whomever's been filling in the boundaries, and
lat-longs at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti/Imagery_and_data_sources#WorldBank_Imagery


Unfortunately, I missed tonight's CrisisCamp call, where I was hoping
to get a sense of direction.

Is there any overlap between this email list and the CrisisCamp folks?

And more specifically, will anyone on this list be at DC CrisisCamp on Friday?

Best Regards,

Margie

On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Jean-Guilhem Cailton <jgc at arkemie.com> wrote:
> Mikel,
>
> Exactly. But no need to reinvent the wheel. There are proven techniques to
> manage complex projects, such as this OSM/Haiti one.
> (I was lucky enough to have an associate who teaches these techniques -
> wrote several books about them).
>
> Please read the parts about Product Breakdown Structure (PBS) and Work
> Breakdown Structure (WBS) in the following article, for example (the other
> BS are less relevant here, or in a relatively very simplified way)
> http://toostep.com/insight/article---break-down-structures---wbs-obs-rbs-pbs-cbs-an-ove
>
> Please, read
> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2010-January/047575.html
>
> and understand the example in the shared spreadsheet. (I discovered shared
> spreadsheet while working on the hospitals list, it is very powerful).
>
>
> I think that with this simple tool, you could send a rocket to the moon (and
> with a team of OSMers, of course). :)
>
> (in short, the spreadsheet is 2D, the wiki only 1D)
>
> Any questions are welcome, of course.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jean-Guilhem
>
>
> Mikel Maron a écrit :
>
> Yes, I think we also have a separate set of tasks specifically for tool
> developers. Another for communication/coordination.
> These as well need similar organizing to the mapping tasks. But as these are
> distinct modes, groups, probably separately listed, and perhaps managed by
> different folks.
>
> My preference is to keep this all in the wiki for now, in one place. Problem
> we have at the moment is too much, spread around too many places, without
> clear organization.
>
> == Mikel Maron ==
> http://mapkibera..org/
> +254 (0) 724899738
> mikel at osmfoundation.org
>
> ________________________________
> From: Jean-Guilhem Cailton <jgc at arkemie.com>
> To: Mikel Maron <mikel_maron at yahoo.com>
> Cc: talk-ht at openstreetmap.org
> Sent: Thu, January 28, 2010 1:27:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Talk-ht] Need Help Managing Mapping Requests
>
> Mikel,
>
> Have you seen the shared Project Management spreadsheet ? :
> http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0An_LB2U4zHBzdFRNR3dGczQycnZUcTJ6S2JjZ1o2dGc&hl=en
>
> Maybe, it could be used for "self-ticketing", given, for a good start for
> mapping, a good example of "Mapping Breakdown Structure" :) ? Maybe both in
> Product Breakdown Structure, and Work Breakdown Structure ? With "Who" (in
> OBS) then taking charge of the work in the corresponding cells.
>
> Register by typing your name in the cell. And split a cell, going down one
> level in the hierarchy, when someone comes along to help. And insert lines
> below when more people come to help. Fairly simple and flexible no ?
>
> Jean-Guilhem
>
>
> Mikel Maron a écrit :
>
> All
>
> We lack a single clear place where mappers can come to find what kind of
> tasks are most urgently needed,
> who else is working on these tasks, the status of the task, and who to
> notify if something is completed.
>
> Can someone stand up to take on the role of organizing and maintaining this?
>
> Currently, elements of this are spread throughout the Haiti WikiProject
> pages. Mea culpa, I contributed to this
> state of affairs as well.
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti/Mapping_Coordination#What_needs_to_be_mapped.3F
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti/Tasks_and_Ideas#Mapping_Tasks
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti/Mapping_Coordination#Requests_from_Responders
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti/Status
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti/News
>
> We really need someone to commit to organizing these pages into a single
> clear space on the wiki, and monitoring how things progress.
> If requests are found on crisismappers list, direct emails, or in analysis
> of the map, they'd need to add that to the wiki.
> Would be helpful to be in touch with organizers at various crisiscamps this
> weekend, to coordinate work.
>
> In this role, if this person became occupied with other work, they'd need to
> let us know here on talk-ht so someone else could take over.
>
> Essentially, this needs to work something like an informal ticketing system.
> I believe this could be managed in the wiki
> for the time being, and lessons from the crisis applied for better systems
> in future responses.
>
> How does this sound? Anyone ready to take on this role?
>
> Mikel
>
> == Mikel Maron ==
> http://mapkibera.org/
> +254 (0) 724899738
> mikel at osmfoundation.org
>
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