Hi Blake Thanks for the valuable suggestions. We have made a start by reaching out to the management at Serengeti National Park however I have not hear back from them as yet. I like your idea of contacting local travel related organisations as they have a lot to benefit from have a quality map of the area.
To help manage who has been contacted (local businesses, websites, Facebook groups etc.), I have created an open Google Docs spreadsheet <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QUN93LqBqn5XEnnfQixP3u-K2Dzq7q7DBW6a39Xigcc/edit?usp=sharing>. A link to the spreadsheet has been added to the task manager. Regards John On 14 January 2015 at 19:48, 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 >> >> -- Regards John White Tel: +27796003658
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