Feedback and Improvement Suggestions for the Road Mapper Platform

[JustJake]

Great write-up, @MahabubMunna, you’ve got some great ideas here. I’m so happy that Road Mapper is generating a buzz again. And I’m stoked you’ve decided to join the TORM Challenge!

@MahabubMunna

Sometimes we encounter technical issues or data irregularities that we would like to report directly. Having a dedicated contact person or official email address would make it easier for contributors to share feedback, raise concerns, and communicate directly with the responsible team.

Back in 2021, we were provided with the email address, roadmapper-feedback@google.com to give feedback in the FAQ Post. I’ve used it and it works. There is also a ‘Feedback’ button down in the footer of every Road Mapper page.

@MahabubMunna

To make Road Mapper more engaging, a Top 100 Contributors leaderboard could be added.

This is an Awesome Idea! I dig it. We don’t even know how many active RMs there are out there, this would really make the program fun.

@MahabubMunna

To improve accuracy, I propose introducing a cross-verification feature, where a road drawn by one contributor is randomly assigned to another contributor for review.

I’d argue this is already happening whenever we’re presented with a Challenge that includes approved White Lines, no? Sometimes, roads have been drawn that are incorrect or off-center, and we have the opportunity to correct them within the Challenge. Are you envisioning a different method, or a more specific ‘fact-check’ kind of feature?

@MahabubMunna

I’ve noticed that pending roads are often counted as denied, which lowers the acceptance percentage ratio.

This was a surprise to me. Thank you for pointing this out! I can’t imagine how poorly the October percentages are going to be with how far behind approvals/reviews are right now!