Hi all, I have added a post to the HOT blog on this. Feel free to share with interested parties.... http://hotosm.org/updates/2015-10-09_100mapathons_for_osmgeoweek_2015
There's also a page on the wiki we wrote to help peopkle with Missing Maps mapping parties. What most non-OSM folk struggle with is finding local OSM / HOTties who might want to collaborate. If you have ideas on how best to do this, please let me know or edit the wiki directly: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Missing_Maps_mapathons Cheers, Pete On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 3:01 AM, Ahasanul Hoque <hoque.aha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nice initiative Dale . We can arrange mapathon here in Dhaka too to > objerve MissingMaps Anniversary and OSM Geo Week . > > BEst > > Ahasan > > > ..................................................................................... > Ahasanul Hoque > > *GIS & Env. Data Mgt Specialist*MSc in RS and GIS | *AIT, Thailand.* > MSc. in Env. Science| *KU, Bangladesh.* > *Diploma in Disaster Mgt & Humanitarian Response* | > *Uni of Hawai-USA, UNU, Keio& Okayama - Japan; AIT-Thailand.* > *Contact: *hoque.aha...@gmail.com; ahasan...@yahoo.com > <ahasan...@gmail.com> | Web: *ahasanulhoque.com* > <http://ahasanulhoque.com/> > *Skype: *ahasan4u | *Linkedin: **http://tinyurl.com/njg3xsp > <http://tinyurl.com/njg3xsp> * > > Please, Consider the Environment before Printing this Mail !!! > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 1:43 AM, Dale Kunce <dale.ku...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> My name is Dale Kunce and I lead the International GIS Team at the >> American Red Cross and I am also a HOT Board Member. >> >> One of the projects that the GIS team supports here at the American Red >> Cross is the Missing Maps <http://www.missingmaps.org/> project - a >> collaboration between the Humanitarian OpenStreeMap Team, American Red >> Cross, British Red Cross, and Médecins Sans Frontières. >> >> *The objective of Missing Maps is simple: to map the most vulnerable >> places in the developing world so that local and international NGOs, >> communities and individuals can use the maps and the data to better respond >> to crises affecting the areas. *The project seeks to literally and >> figuratively put people, and their communities, on the map. >> >> Missing Maps will be celebrating it’s one year anniversary on November >> 7th, 2015. To date over 3,500 volunteers have attended mapathons in one of >> 11 countries, collectively making 12 million edits to OSM and putting >> 7.5 million people on the map. >> >> *November 15th is OSM Geo Week *and presents a great opportunity for HOT >> community members to come together and map to prepare communities for the >> next disaster. Represent your school, community, or work during OSM Geo >> Week anytime between November 15th-21st as we remotely map areas for >> projects by various NGO’s working in the most vulnerable places around the >> world. We’ll even send you some swag! >> >> HOT and our Missing Maps partners would really like to do GeoWeek in a >> huge way this year and get 100 mapping parties, mapathons, mappy hours and >> mapternoons happening around the world. >> >> Tasks are already being planned for Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Kenya, >> Myanmar, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Africa to name a >> few, and will directly support forthcoming Missing Maps efforts on the >> ground. If this sounds like something you would be interested in >> supporting, our team can provide you with all of the materials and remote >> support needed to host a successful mapathon. >> >> If you have ever thought it might be fun to get together with co-workers, >> friends, students and/or strangers to share your enthusiasm for the power >> of maps and make a difference while doing it, GeoWeek is the perfect time >> to do it. Events can be any size, some mapathons were as small as 10 people >> and as large as a 150 people. Anyone can do it and we have all the >> materials to help you host your mapathon. >> >> Register to Host a Mapping Party <http://goo.gl/forms/bBI3pQ1IE6> >> >> Once registered we will contact you with some follow up materials, tasks, >> social media toolkit, etc. >> If you have any questions please feel free to contact me >> <dale.ku...@redcross.org>, Blake Girardot <bgirar...@gmail.com> or Drishtie >> Patel <drishtie.pa...@redcross.org> the American Red Cross Missing Maps >> Coordinator. >> >> -- >> >> *Dale Kunce* | Senior Geospatial Engineer and GIS Team Lead | International >> Services | American Red Cross >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> HOT@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > -- *Pete Masters* Missing Maps Project Coordinator +44 7921 781 518 missingmaps.org <http://www.missingmaps.org/> *@pedrito1414* <https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps> *@theMissingMaps* <https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps> *facebook.com/MissingMapsProject* <https://www.facebook.com/MissingMapsProject>
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