For the DC event, you can sign up here: http://hotdcuganda.eventbrite.com/
* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron
>________________________________
> From: "Banick, Robert" <robert.ban...@redcross.org>
>To: "hot@openstreetmap.org" <hot@openstreetmap.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 12:26 PM
>Subject: [HOT] Northern Uganda Tracing Exercise / Sprint
>
>
>
>Hi All,
>
>The American and Ugandan Red Cross have teamed up with the State Department’s
>Humanitarian Information Unit and HOT OSM to trace the cities of Gulu and Lira
>in Northern Uganda using recent high-resolution satellite imagery. We invite
>and encourage all HOT members / followers / fans to join in and help us trace
>these rapidly expanding cities which are rebuilding after years of conflict.
>
>We’ll be using the resulting maps to conduct on-the-ground trainings for
>Ugandan Red Cross staff and volunteers, including trainings in how to use and
>contribute to Open Street Map. Those trainigs will be put to use preventing
>traffic accidents and responding to the frequent house fires which plague the
>area.
>
>For those of you in the DC area, we’ll be hosting a Mapping Party at the
>American Red Cross’s International Response Operations Center this Sunday
>afternoon. Mikel Maron will be following up with details. If time and
>resources permit, we’d love to webcast the party and invite others,
>particularly Ugandans, to join. Stay tuned!
>
>For more details, read into the tasks at the below addresses. We’ve included a
>Visual Tracing Guide to help tracers know which tags to apply to which types
>of buidlings/roads/areas.
>
>Gulu task: http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/48
>
>Lira task: http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/49
>
>This is our first time using mapping and Open Street Map in a big way for
>disaster preparedness and we’d love for it to be a success. Any and all help
>is extremely appreciated – after all, the Red Cross runs on volunteerism.
>
>Best,
>Robert
>
>Robert Banick| GIS Coordinator | International Services | ÌAmerican Red Cross
>2025 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20006
>Tel 202-303-5017 | Cell 404-964-3451 | Fax 202-303—052 | Skype robert.banick
>
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