[OSM-talk] what to do cues

[Serge Wroclawski]

On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 12:54 AM, Jeff Meyer <jeff at gwhat.org> wrote:
> Are there any tools that can tip users to what they could do in a particular
> map area?

In my experience, when mappers go out and start to map, they discover
things that interest them straight away.

I used to bring the OSM Cheat Sheet (a selected Features list) to
mapping parties, but there are too many features.

It might make sense to make a few cheat sheets for different kinds of
areas/features (urban, country, suburban, humanitarian).

> For example, for a given bb(zoom>some min) in a browser window, is there
> anything that says:

> - Hey, relative to other (or selected best-practice examples) areas like the
> one you're viewing, this area has:

>   -- Fewer addresses - learn how to add
>   -- Fewer buildings - learn how to add
>   -- Fewer POIs - learn how to add
>   -- POIs that would normally have buildings, but don't (e.g. schools)
>   -- Zorro Ways - learn how to fix
>   -- There's a park with no trails - learn how to add
>   -- etc.

That's be very cool and not *super* hard to do. Something similar is
being done with TIGER desserts.

> In general, I'm thinking of something that will help new users answer the
> question, "How can I help?," particularly for their local 'hood without
> sending them to too (too) many off-map web resources. Or even a suggestive
> OSM Inspector?

I think the best way is to do mapping parties, but we've talked about
tools and I think a tool that would help new mappers with tasks would
be great.

- Serge