Intermediate phase in checking the routes...

Kevin

15 April 2020 14:55

I'm sure this has already been thought of, but just in case...

Dan explained that in Phase 1 the routes will be created and not necessarily by people who know the area. In Phase 2 they will be walked in real life to test them.

My suggestion is to add a Phase 1b.

Identify people from the volunteers who are experienced walkers in a particular area and ask them to walk the routes in their area virtually via the OS app and make suggestions or edits before anyone tries to walk the route IRL.

Routes could have a status: created, reviewed, locally verified, walked etc.

For example, in low lying areas there will be routes that appear suitable on paper (screen?) but in practice are flooded or too muddy for large parts of the year.

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  Slow Ways Support

  09 May 2020 08:25

  I'd prefer fewer routes to pick from, but I'd also like to have the ability to contribute to or build on previous efforts. There is a tension between the creativity and ideas of contributions vs the needs of users. Also the ability to maybe show the history of updates to a route that has been improved upon by its creator or others.

  I agree with the door your are pushing on Kevin about the gap between a new route being created and it being rated enough times to have value... essentially this is a question of verification and the different ways that a route can be verified?

  • Made by someone trusted or a trusted group
  • Reviewed by someone from their desk
  • Walked by the route creator
  • Tested by someone who's completed the route

  Can you think of any other good ways to verify a route?

  I'm seeing verification as being different to a review, which is more about quality.

   

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  Kevin

  09 May 2020 09:37

  I like the trusted concept, maybe there is a way for the creators and reviewers to accumulate a level/rating, something along the lines of Google Guides or Ebay traders.

  How many routes they've created
  How many routes they've walked
  How well-rated their routes have been

  On similar lines, as a route author could I give my routes a rating showing how satisfied I am that it is reasonably direct, do'able and safe. If I ponder on the ones I did I can imagine giving some a 9/10, but there were others at a 5 out of 10. That in itself would be a useful flag as to which routes needed review and/or walking.

  I have to offer apologies Daniel as I'm aware I'm not giving you a well-considered rounded process!

   

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  Slow Ways Support

  09 May 2020 09:42

  Not at all. It's a great conversation to tease out options for pre-launch, launch and then possibilities for the future.

  I like your third suggestion a lot.

  I think there could be some way of providing trust to groups that work in the relevant areas too. That way you could see a route that's be verified or recommended by locals.

   

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  Slow Ways Support

  13 May 2020 11:55

  Linking to this post https://slowways.zendesk.com/hc/en-gb/community/posts/360010953477-Tools-for-spotting-gaps in search for good collaborative tools for refining the network.

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