[GRASS-user] Question: What is the best method to divide the workload of digitiasation of admnistrative borders at national level to multiple users?

[Mars Sjoden]

If I may suggest, this is how I would personally oversee the project  
at first blush.

Each "small work package" SWP would be divided into its various  
sections based on a topologically corrected areas.

ie. one persons "square" SWP would border other peoples "squares" SWP  
in a topologically corrected manner.

Next.  Work would begin assigning 'Boundaries' to individuals of their  
"Square" SWP.
Intersect points of various vectors to the Boundaries would be  
registered and shared with adjoining "squares" SWP.
for example points could be intersected out and shared topologically  
corrected for the shared Boundaries.

Any issues with SWP boundaries/vector matching would be corrected at  
the very get-go, and people working on their SWP would be free to then  
work inward freely.

I think it would be good idea to build some sort of "network" for  
sharing the above information,
intersect points could be registered and checked out at any time.

Even something as simple as google groups could work if organized  
correctly, it does not have to be fancy, just clear with a straight  
forward method of tracking and information sharing.

This is how I would begin, roughly drafted.
I'm sure there are many other ways of going about this, and I would  
also love to hear those ideas.

Good luck!

Mars



On 8-May-08, at 9:31 AM, Nikos Alexandris wrote:

>
> Let's say that a big digitisation work (at national level) has to be
> carried out using georeferenced GIF's as a background and it is  
> decided
> to split the workload in "small packages".
>
> Given that many different users will produce "different" boundaries  
> the
> problem will be BIG when it comes to merge all "small work packages"  
> in
> one unique vector layer. I assume that v.clean is not enough and
> "handwork" will be required to correct the "errors".
>
> Is there a "good" strategy to do this?
>
> And what about building an on-line tool to share the workload of a  
> task
> like this.
>
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