User Stories

• Basic intro - Never encountered HOT before (maybe found a tweet about it)
• Active/current projects - Journalist (wants to write an article)
• Start mapping - New volunteer (a tecnical person, not familiar with mapping before, that got the information about help is needed to map on X project)

As a first-time HOT site visitor, I want to quickly learn more about HOT so that I can decide if I would like to get involved.

After seeing a #hotosm tweet retweeted by a friend, I clicked the link for HOTOSM and landed on the HOT homepage.
I don’t know anything about the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, so I scan the homepage looking for something to grab my attention and explain who they are and what they do.
I skim a large one-sentence description and am interested by the idea of contributing to a map as a way of helping people.
I want to help, so I start looking for an easy way to get involved.
I click the large “Learn to Map” button/link because it sounds like an easy way to get started without leaving my computer.

As a journalist, I want to read about current HOT projects so that I can write an informed article.

After googling “Humanitarian OpenStreetMap projects”, I click on the link for “Ongoing Projects.” I already have a general understanding of HOT, but I skim the overview description for ongoing projects to confirm my understanding.
I click on the link to the first project, assuming that it is the most recent project. I would like to write about a project that is active and still interesting to a wide audience (high recognition of disaster or other emergency).
I read through the project description to familiarize myself with the project, checking for basic information like location, project goals, and project start date.
I would like more information about the project, and possibly an on-the-ground perspective, so I look for contact information.
I would like to include images and/or graphics with my article, so I look for a place to download high-quality images to supplement my article.

As a new volunteer/first-time mapper, I want mapping tutorials so that I can begin contributing to a mapping project.

I start on the HOT homepage and skim for something related to mapping.
I see a link that says “Learn to Map”, which is what I’d like to do, so I click the link.
I land on a page with a list of steps and videos, starting with “Create an account on OpenStreetMap”
https://www.openstreetmap.org/login
After creating an account I return to the HOT Learn to Map page.
From the HOT Learn to Map page, I go to the next step, which is a video showing how to map. I watch the video and practice mapping.
I watch the next video about the Tasking Manager.
I open the Tasking Manager in a new window and choose a task to work on.