Brainstorming user needs

Primary user groups

1. Smartphone user with a mobile OSM editor application installed (Maps.me, OMK, or other editing application)
2. Mapping manager; organizes mapping within OSM

User needs discussions

From discussion with HOT field data collection managers in Indonesia, Tanzania, Liberia, Turkey.

Key goals (goals of the dashboard):

• Encourage getting outside to contribute local knowledge
• Incentivize local mappers to continue to edit and contribute
• Encourage quality editing

Needs (ideas for what needs to be communicated):

• Needs to...
• Not always needs stats
• Want to see the area covered, in addition to number of features mapped
• Need to know quality
  • Capitalization, lower case names, etc
• Need to know how many new users
• Need to know how long people stay mapping/number of contributions
• Need to give feedback to new people
• Need to know the completeness of the features capture
• Needs to allow offline, analog collection
• Needs to have a simple/restricted data model (maybe max 5)

Functionalities (ideas for how the needs can be implemented):

• Allow a user to explore areas of where people are editing versus where there are gaps
• Maybe allow to join as teams
• Gamification through teams or friends