Hi John, Blake and list, I have somewhere on my computer still some traces of my visit to Masai Mara (Kenya) and Nyungwe Forest (Rwanda). Would this be interesting to use? Although I already digitized the last one mentioned.
Regards, Bouke Pieter On Wed Jan 14 2015 at 6:50:25 PM Blake Girardot <bgirar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi John, > > Congrats on kicking off the Projects! > > Do you or anyone on the list have any idea how we can get in contact > with "adventure tourism" or "eco tourism" people (consumers or vendors)? > > Companies that offer eco or adventure tourism rely on these areas > staying protected so they have an incentive to help us with on the > ground with gps traces or gps cooridinates for PoI's. > > Not to mention they would get credit as the source for helping collect > this data in OSM. > > And the same thing for consumers who go on eco/adventure tourism, they > have an incentive help keep these areas protected and would probably > love to help contribute to these projects in some way and have on the > ground experience. > > How can we get our message out to these places and people? > > Websites? Facebook groups? Travel industry trade organizations? > > If people can identify people/places/organizations I am glad to start > spreading the word, but my limited tries so far have not realized any > results. > > Or are you already working with companies or groups? > > cheers, > Blake > > > > On 1/14/2015 5:48 PM, John White wrote: > > Hi All > > I am please to announce that work has begun on Mapping Africa's > > Protected Areas. The first two National Parks selected for mapping > > are Serengeti National Park (Task 834 > > <http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/834>) and Niokolo-Koba National Park > > (Task 721 <http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/721>). > > > > As many of you are aware, Africa's National Parks, Nature Reserves and > > Game Reserves are an important and sustainable sources of foreign > > currency, jobs and upliftment in many countries on the African > > continent. Your assistance in mapping protected areas will help support > > tourism activity and therefore the surrounding communities. > > > > For more information on the list of reserves to be mapped, please visit: > > Our WikiProject > > <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_African_ > National_Parks_and_Reserves> > > Our Facebook Page <https://www.facebook.com/mappingprotectedareas> > > > > Regards > > John White > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > HOT mailing list > > HOT@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >
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