WEBVTT 00:00:03.500 --> 00:00:04.850 SELECTING A TASK 00:00:04.900 --> 00:00:07.930 FROM THE OPENSTREETMAP TASKING MANAGER 00:00:09.300 --> 00:00:11.020 Introduction 00:00:11.020 --> 00:00:13.700 In this video tutorial, we’ll show you how 00:00:13.700 --> 00:00:16.200 to select a task from the MapGive 00:00:16.200 --> 00:00:18.490 “Learn to Map” page and work with the 00:00:18.490 --> 00:00:20.720 OpenStreetMap Tasking Manager so you can 00:00:20.720 --> 00:00:22.540 start mapping to make a difference. 00:00:22.540 --> 00:00:24.300 Now that you know how to map, 00:00:24.300 --> 00:00:26.460 it’s time to put those skills to work. 00:00:26.720 --> 00:00:28.880 As you’ve seen, mapping is easy, 00:00:28.880 --> 00:00:30.700 and soon, you’ll be making edits 00:00:30.700 --> 00:00:32.840 that can help others around the world. 00:00:33.200 --> 00:00:35.483 You may not be familiar with some, 00:00:35.483 --> 00:00:37.153 or all, of the locations in need 00:00:37.153 --> 00:00:38.986 of humanitarian mapping. 00:00:38.986 --> 00:00:42.080 That's okay! You can still help. 00:00:42.090 --> 00:00:44.310 You simply need to look at satellite 00:00:44.310 --> 00:00:47.200 imagery and trace roads, paths, 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:49.380 buildings, and areas in the same way you 00:00:49.380 --> 00:00:51.190 did when you were learning to map. 00:00:51.190 --> 00:00:53.070 You do not need to know the names of 00:00:53.070 --> 00:00:54.880 roads and buildings to help. 00:00:54.880 --> 00:00:57.490 By tracing, you are generating map data 00:00:57.490 --> 00:00:59.500 that is open and available to the world 00:00:59.500 --> 00:01:01.680 through OpenStreetMap. 00:01:01.680 --> 00:01:03.340 Another thing to note: 00:01:03.340 --> 00:01:05.350 Even if you are only making a few map 00:01:05.350 --> 00:01:08.100 edits to the OpenStreetMap tasking manager 00:01:08.100 --> 00:01:10.540 you are helping in a major way. 00:01:10.820 --> 00:01:11.820 There is no minimum, 00:01:11.820 --> 00:01:13.800 and every effort helps. 00:01:13.800 --> 00:01:16.100 No matter how small, if we all do a little 00:01:16.100 --> 00:01:19.000 together we can accomplish a lot. 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:21.180 There are written instructions on the 00:01:21.180 --> 00:01:23.300 MapGive site, which may be helpful as you 00:01:23.300 --> 00:01:25.050 start to map in the OpenStreetMap 00:01:25.050 --> 00:01:26.020 tasking manager. 00:01:26.020 --> 00:01:27.930 If you don't feel comfortable mapping 00:01:27.930 --> 00:01:30.450 yet, please pause this video, and 00:01:30.450 --> 00:01:32.980 select the "How to Map" tutorial video 00:01:32.980 --> 00:01:34.980 from the MapGive site. 00:01:34.980 --> 00:01:36.510 Come back to this video 00:01:36.510 --> 00:01:38.620 once you are ready. 00:01:38.620 --> 00:01:39.900 Getting started 00:01:39.900 --> 00:01:42.260 From MapGive’s “Learn to Map” page, 00:01:42.260 --> 00:01:44.400 scroll down below this video 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:47.600 to the section called “select a task.” 00:01:47.600 --> 00:01:50.000 In this section, you will see a 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:53.020 list of humanitarian mapping tasks. 00:01:53.020 --> 00:01:55.460 Select the one you would like to work on. 00:01:55.460 --> 00:01:57.740 Once you have selected the task, either 00:01:57.740 --> 00:02:00.410 a new browser tab or window 00:02:00.410 --> 00:02:02.570 will open, taking you directly 00:02:02.570 --> 00:02:04.260 to the mapping task on the 00:02:04.260 --> 00:02:06.510 OpenStreetMap Tasking Manager website. 00:02:06.510 --> 00:02:08.510 Here you will be asked to log in to 00:02:08.530 --> 00:02:10.880 your OpenStreetMap account. 00:02:10.880 --> 00:02:12.510 This is the same account 00:02:12.510 --> 00:02:14.140 you signed up for in STEP ONE on the 00:02:14.140 --> 00:02:16.880 MapGive site's “learn to map” section. 00:02:16.880 --> 00:02:19.080 You will also be asked to authorize 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:20.900 the OpenStreetMap Tasking Manager's 00:02:20.900 --> 00:02:23.680 access to your account. 00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:25.060 Please pause this video 00:02:25.060 --> 00:02:26.670 and take a moment to make sure 00:02:26.690 --> 00:02:29.480 that you have logged in correctly. 00:02:29.480 --> 00:02:31.260 Starting a Task 00:02:31.830 --> 00:02:33.720 Once you have signed in and are allowed 00:02:33.720 --> 00:02:36.380 access to your OpenStreetMap account, you 00:02:36.410 --> 00:02:37.980 will see the task that you 00:02:37.980 --> 00:02:39.570 selected from the MapGive site. 00:02:39.570 --> 00:02:40.980 You will see a map and some 00:02:40.980 --> 00:02:43.420 information about the task. 00:02:43.420 --> 00:02:46.300 The information about the task includes a 00:02:46.300 --> 00:02:48.480 description of what MapGive would like 00:02:48.480 --> 00:02:50.560 you to focus on, why that task is 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:53.560 important, instructions on what to map, 00:02:53.560 --> 00:02:56.670 the individual mapping tasks, which users 00:02:56.670 --> 00:02:58.600 have worked on this task, 00:02:58.600 --> 00:03:00.690 and some stats about the task. NOTE Paragraph 00:03:00.890 --> 00:03:02.420 Please pause this video 00:03:02.420 --> 00:03:04.110 and familiarize yourself with the 00:03:04.110 --> 00:03:06.440 OpenStreetMap Tasking Manager. 00:03:06.440 --> 00:03:08.370 Return to this video when you are ready 00:03:08.370 --> 00:03:10.260 for more details. 00:03:10.260 --> 00:03:12.220 Picking a Tile to Work On 00:03:12.480 --> 00:03:14.620 Let’s use the interactive map and zoom in 00:03:14.620 --> 00:03:16.820 on the highlighted tiles. 00:03:16.820 --> 00:03:19.890 The task has been broken up into smaller, 00:03:19.890 --> 00:03:22.380 tiled areas of the map to allow you to 00:03:22.380 --> 00:03:24.810 do a little bit of mapping rather than 00:03:24.810 --> 00:03:26.680 trying to map the entire area. 00:03:26.680 --> 00:03:28.570 This also lets others simultaneously 00:03:28.570 --> 00:03:31.520 map other tiles, or areas. 00:03:31.640 --> 00:03:33.230 By doing this in small pieces, 00:03:33.230 --> 00:03:35.810 you can all work faster. 00:03:35.860 --> 00:03:37.150 When you select a TILE, 00:03:37.150 --> 00:03:39.620 you are taking a TASK. 00:03:39.620 --> 00:03:42.240 Your task is to map that specific tile 00:03:42.300 --> 00:03:44.340 by tracing satellite imagery. 00:03:45.040 --> 00:03:47.350 Gray tiles represent all of the tasks 00:03:47.350 --> 00:03:49.340 available in this job. 00:03:49.340 --> 00:03:50.340 Red tiles are areas 00:03:50.340 --> 00:03:52.960 that have been marked as done. 00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:55.780 Green tiles are areas that were marked as 00:03:55.780 --> 00:03:58.700 done, and have also been validated. 00:03:59.080 --> 00:04:01.380 Gray tiles with yellow outlines are 00:04:01.380 --> 00:04:03.920 areas that are currently being worked on. 00:04:04.140 --> 00:04:06.620 Click on a gray tile on the map to 00:04:06.620 --> 00:04:09.700 select it. The task tab will open. 00:04:09.800 --> 00:04:11.620 In the task tab, click on the green 00:04:11.620 --> 00:04:13.540 button that says, 00:04:13.540 --> 00:04:16.300 “yes, I want to work on this task.” 00:04:16.370 --> 00:04:17.800 By selecting a tile you are 00:04:17.800 --> 00:04:19.579 “checking it out.” 00:04:19.579 --> 00:04:21.980 No one else will be able to edit this tile 00:04:21.980 --> 00:04:23.980 while you are working on it. 00:04:23.980 --> 00:04:25.610 Once you have completed 00:04:25.610 --> 00:04:27.940 working on the tile you will need to 00:04:27.940 --> 00:04:29.500 “check it back in” so others can 00:04:29.500 --> 00:04:31.060 validate or build on your work. 00:04:31.200 --> 00:04:32.860 We’ll explain how to check areas 00:04:32.860 --> 00:04:34.640 back in shortly. 00:04:34.640 --> 00:04:36.910 The task tab has a few additional 00:04:36.910 --> 00:04:39.420 sections: extra instructions, 00:04:39.420 --> 00:04:42.480 information on how to credit your edits, 00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:44.480 and history of this task. 00:04:44.480 --> 00:04:46.630 The extra instructions will contain 00:04:46.630 --> 00:04:48.260 information about the imagery you 00:04:48.260 --> 00:04:50.240 are about to work with. 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:52.460 Pause this video if you need to and make 00:04:52.460 --> 00:04:55.720 sure you have correctly selected a task. 00:04:55.980 --> 00:04:58.980 Working on a Task in the iD Editor 00:04:59.480 --> 00:05:02.940 Select iD from the editing tool options. 00:05:02.940 --> 00:05:05.120 This is the same editor you used to learn 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:08.120 how to map in OpenStreetMap. 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:10.420 This will open a new tab or window in 00:05:10.420 --> 00:05:12.910 your browser with OpenStreetMap 00:05:12.910 --> 00:05:14.880 and the iD editor. 00:05:14.880 --> 00:05:16.730 The iD Editor will automatically 00:05:16.730 --> 00:05:18.510 load the high resolution satellite 00:05:18.520 --> 00:05:21.260 imagery for you to map with. 00:05:21.260 --> 00:05:23.440 You will also see a bounding box, 00:05:23.440 --> 00:05:25.100 showing you the exact area 00:05:25.100 --> 00:05:28.100 marking the tile you selected. 00:05:28.100 --> 00:05:30.412 You may need to adjust the satellite 00:05:30.412 --> 00:05:31.612 imagery to match with an 00:05:31.612 --> 00:05:33.280 existing map edit. 00:05:33.280 --> 00:05:35.600 This is a very easy process. 00:05:35.600 --> 00:05:37.900 Simply click on the layers button, scroll 00:05:37.900 --> 00:05:41.680 down to “fix alignment,” and use the arrow 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:44.020 buttons to properly line up the high 00:05:44.020 --> 00:05:45.800 resolution satellite imagery with 00:05:45.800 --> 00:05:47.400 the existing map edit. 00:05:47.400 --> 00:05:48.940 You may need to zoom in 00:05:48.940 --> 00:05:51.200 fairly close to do this. 00:05:51.200 --> 00:05:53.060 Once you have adjusted the alignment, 00:05:53.070 --> 00:05:55.670 it's time to start mapping - adding roads, 00:05:55.670 --> 00:05:58.540 paths, buildings, and areas- just like 00:05:58.540 --> 00:06:01.340 you did when you learned to map earlier. 00:06:01.780 --> 00:06:04.080 For example just as you did in the 00:06:04.080 --> 00:06:06.120 practice, identify roads by looking 00:06:06.120 --> 00:06:08.326 at them and tracing them. 00:06:08.326 --> 00:06:10.332 It’s that easy. 00:06:10.332 --> 00:06:11.752 When you make a map edit, 00:06:11.752 --> 00:06:13.620 a dialogue box will appear. 00:06:13.620 --> 00:06:15.880 You may not know the specific name 00:06:15.880 --> 00:06:18.300 of the road or building, which is okay. 00:06:18.300 --> 00:06:19.950 For instance, when you select the 00:06:19.950 --> 00:06:22.700 “Building” button in the iD editor, 00:06:22.700 --> 00:06:24.430 your map edit is automatically 00:06:24.430 --> 00:06:27.250 “tagged” as a building. Remember to save 00:06:27.250 --> 00:06:29.680 after you make your edits. 00:06:29.680 --> 00:06:31.840 This ensures that your map edits 00:06:31.840 --> 00:06:34.400 are available to the entire world. 00:06:34.740 --> 00:06:36.170 We do ask that you credit your 00:06:36.170 --> 00:06:38.620 work each time you save your edits. 00:06:38.620 --> 00:06:41.240 A collection of map edits are called a 00:06:41.240 --> 00:06:43.740 changeset, and when you save your edits, 00:06:43.740 --> 00:06:45.240 you are essentially applying a 00:06:45.240 --> 00:06:48.240 “commit” to the OSM database. 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:50.493 The iD editor will ask if you want to 00:06:50.493 --> 00:06:51.913 provide a “commit message” to 00:06:51.913 --> 00:06:53.586 your collection of edits. 00:06:53.586 --> 00:06:56.260 This information will help us understand 00:06:56.260 --> 00:06:58.720 when an edit was made as part of MapGive. 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:00.280 To credit your edits, 00:07:00.280 --> 00:07:02.420 please click back to the OpenStreetMap 00:07:02.420 --> 00:07:05.420 tasking manger tab in your browser. 00:07:05.420 --> 00:07:07.470 Scroll down to the credit section 00:07:07.470 --> 00:07:09.240 in the task tab. 00:07:09.240 --> 00:07:11.320 Copy the provided credit. 00:07:11.520 --> 00:07:13.030 Click back on the iD editor tab 00:07:13.030 --> 00:07:15.080 in your browser. 00:07:15.080 --> 00:07:17.080 Paste the credit in the "commit" section 00:07:17.080 --> 00:07:19.300 of the dialogue box. 00:07:19.300 --> 00:07:21.300 You can pause this video if you need to 00:07:21.300 --> 00:07:23.060 get familiar with the editor 00:07:23.060 --> 00:07:25.200 and the tracing you are about to do. 00:07:26.280 --> 00:07:28.140 Finishing a Task 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:30.560 When you finish mapping an area, 00:07:30.560 --> 00:07:33.280 or simply decide to stop mapping for now, 00:07:33.280 --> 00:07:35.460 please return to the OpenStreetMap 00:07:35.460 --> 00:07:38.780 tasking manager and either “unlock 00:07:38.780 --> 00:07:40.780 the task” or “mark it as done.” 00:07:41.260 --> 00:07:43.800 Unlocking the task means that you have 00:07:43.800 --> 00:07:46.226 done some of the map edits but there 00:07:46.226 --> 00:07:47.473 are more to do. 00:07:47.473 --> 00:07:49.570 Marking the task as done means that you 00:07:49.570 --> 00:07:51.900 have done all of the map edits possible. 00:07:52.720 --> 00:07:54.380 When you unlock a task, the 00:07:54.380 --> 00:07:57.380 tasking manager will ask you for comments. 00:07:57.380 --> 00:07:59.960 Feel free to make whatever comments 00:07:59.960 --> 00:08:02.220 you feel are helpful regarding this task. 00:08:02.280 --> 00:08:03.790 For example, you could indicate 00:08:03.790 --> 00:08:06.280 how much of the tile is complete, 00:08:06.280 --> 00:08:09.600 or if specific features still need work. 00:08:09.840 --> 00:08:11.620 If you have no comments to make, 00:08:11.620 --> 00:08:14.080 simply write “no comments.” 00:08:14.080 --> 00:08:15.240 Closing 00:08:15.240 --> 00:08:16.930 If you feel like you need a little 00:08:16.930 --> 00:08:18.650 more practice before jumping in, 00:08:18.650 --> 00:08:21.340 go back to the MapGive “learn to map” page 00:08:21.340 --> 00:08:23.940 and watch the “how to map” video. 00:08:24.340 --> 00:08:26.930 Follow along and practice until you feel 00:08:26.940 --> 00:08:28.840 confident enough to work in the 00:08:28.840 --> 00:08:30.920 tasking manager. That’s it. 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:33.220 You’re now a full-fledged mapper! 00:08:33.220 --> 00:08:35.656 Thank you for learning how to map and 00:08:35.656 --> 00:08:37.906 also for mapping to make a difference.