[OSM-talk] Tracking user activity in an area (was: Making iD the default editor on osm.org - some numbers)

[SomeoneElse]

Steve Bennett wrote:
> Hi,
>   Just wondering what tools you use to "keep an eye on" that area? I'd 
> love to have a better idea of what other editors are doing in my area.

For new users, it's similar to Martin, although via the map rather than 
the RSS feed.

For me it's essentially:
http://resultmaps.neis-one.org/newestosm.php?zoom=9&lat=53.15754&lon=-1.58752&layers=0B0TFT

but concentrating on areas that I'm familiar with, and ignoring areas 
where other more local mappers keep an eye on things (e.g. the W Mids).

I tend to follow this 
<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:SomeoneElse/new_mapper_messages> when 
sending messages to new mappers (essentially give people time to figure 
out how to do stuff in OSM, try and be forgiving and try and be helpful).

For actually seeing when "X has edited in Y" I use the usual tools such 
as "WhoDidIt" and ITO World's "OSM Mapper" (see here 
<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Quality_assurance>), and also a bit 
of java to help determine when large-scale edits actually affect me, 
which I've stuck here:

https://github.com/SomeoneElseOSM/Changeset1/blob/master/src/Changeset1.java

That also looks for way deletions and versions of ways (at some point in 
the changeset - not necessarily at the end) without tags.

A related process takes the list of new mappers who haven't quite got 
the hang of things yet and appends something to the name of items in the 
Garmin maps that I create for my own use, so that if I'm near somewhere 
which has, for example, a footpath that doesn't quite join a road I can 
check whether it actually does or not.

Cheers,

Andy


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