2020 Washington State (US) New User Report
Posted by Glassman on 31 January 2021 in English. Last updated on 1 February 2021.New Users in Washington State
2020 saw 746 new users in Washington State make their first edit. Down just slightly from the previous two years. Anecdotally it appears that we had fewer SEO edits than in past years.
Welcome Message
Welcome messages were sent to 696 of those new mappers, up from last year. Only 26 people replied at least once to the welcome message. I should note that the welcome message doesn’t ask for a reply. Of the new users, 84 replied to changeset comments. A total of 1784 changeset comments were made on the new users edits. Not all of these changeset comments required a reply. Tips were left on 351 changesets.
Edit Quality
I tried to review all of their edits before I send out the Welcome message. Some days when I had other more pressing chores the reviews were just a quick check. In some cases I left a Tip: in the changeset comment on better mapping practices. If the edit was harmful I either reverted or fixed their edit. Harmful could mean that the new mapper unintentionally dragged a node or disconnect a road. There were eight cases of vandalism which were all reverted.
TIPS
As mentioned above, I left 351 tips. Below are the most common tips left.
Tip | # |
Instructions on how to square buildings | 88 |
Street names should not be abbreviated | 37 |
Instead of deleting and redrawing, modify the geometry to preserve the history | 23 |
How to adjust the imagery offset | 22 |
Draw just the roof outline of a building, not the entire area | 18 |
A number of the tips involved addresses including not deleting the address when deleting a poi | 17 |
Descriptive names should not be use | 11 |
When to use access=no (people wanting to prevent others from driving on their neighborhood road | 10 |
Limit edit area instead edits in multiple parts of the state | 10 |
Encourage the mappers to leave brief descriptive changeset comments | 8 |
Top New Mappers
The top mappers, by the number of editing days are shown below along with any company association. Four of the top five mappers work as paid mappers. Disclaimer - a top mapper has a much better chance to make this list if they started editing early in the year. Only those with 15 editing days or more are on the list
User Name | Edit Days | Company |
DowntownAbby | 168 | Kaart |
KiloCrimson | 133 | |
nllucky | 103 | Amazon Logistics |
VLD164 | 87 | |
Shashank Saraogi | 86 | Amazon Logistics |
austinsnow | 68 | |
150074 | 67 | |
watmildon | 65 | |
brownbray | 62 | |
markkerrigan | 51 | |
I_Tripped_And | 44 | |
MatildaWolf | 44 | |
CardinalScout | 39 | |
Fogey7 | 35 | |
funwhilelost | 25 | |
AJ Fite | 21 | |
beepbeep123123 | 19 | |
goldenempireguy | 19 | |
LRC1900 | 19 | |
PaulWC911 | 16 | |
RobSturza | 16 | |
beleki2020 | 16 | |
Mark Plesko | 15 | |
Shortree | 15 |