Mapping and improving map data in cities of Thailand

@jinalfoflia @corinag_grab I have been looking into past GrabOSM edits in Phrae Province where you plan a new mini-campaign.

I found out that at least 85 (EIGHTY-FIVE!) different GRABOSM mappers have done additional, and modifications in the small Phrae province in the last few years. 85!

Not only that, almost half of these mapper accounts do not work anymore for Grab so they will never respond to messages and changeset comments.

No wonder, how inconsistent and low quality are GrabOSM edits:

  • there is no way you can quality control the work of so many mappers
  • temporary workers will not care about quality and ignore changeset comments

This cannot go on, and your campaigns need to be suspended until we find better ground for quality control e.g.

restrict the number of dedicated mapper accounts province

Limiting the number of mappers will increase quality, and consistency across your edits.
Dedicated mappers within an area will ensure they can be reached by the local community.

prefix all GRABOSM user account with “grab_”

So that we can identify quickly between your organization’s users and the local community.
Facebook uses prefixes (RVR/LVR) for this purpose.

Please kindly comment on these proposals, or suggest any alternative solutions.