We are making an overland trip from the Netherlands to South Africa. All tracks (including all parks we visited) have been uploaded. I am in the process of adding the data we collected to the maps. Parks include:
- Masai Mara (Kenya) - Hell's Gate (Kenya) - Queen Elisabeth N.P. (Uganda) - Akagera (Rwanda) - Tarangire (Tanzania) - Ruaha (Tanzania) - Liwonde (Malawi) - South Luanga (Zambia) - Chobe (Botswana) - Milwane (Zimbabwe) - Matopos (Zimbabwe) - Hluhluwe-Imfolozi (RSA) - Mana Pools (Zimbabwe) - Marakele (RSA) - Kruger (RSA) - Pilanesberg (RSA) Regards, Jan van Bekkum On Wed Jan 14 2015 at 9:49:06 PM Dan S <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Bouke, > > Yes please :) - even if you've already digitised a GPS trace, it's > useful for us to have GPS traces in the database to help with > alignment etc. > > Dan > > 2015-01-14 20:25 GMT+00:00 Bouke Pieter Ottow <[email protected]>: > > 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 <[email protected]> > 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 > >> > [email protected] > >> > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > >> > > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> HOT mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > HOT mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >
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