Hi Danishka, I can help you with organizing any events. Where are you based normally? And how would you like to recruit mapping volunteers?
Best, Robert On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 12:34 AM Blake Girardot <bgirar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Danishka, > > I am not clear on what you would like to organize, but it would be > wonderful if you organized any kind of an event. > > Let us try something and see if we can work out a way to do a 'virtual > mapathon' I know others have done it in the past. > > If you or anyone would like to join me at a "virtual mapathon" just > follow this link: > https://meet.jit.si/SriLankaMapping > > Just install whatever small plugin or something run in the browser > window it asks for and join up. It has voice, video, screen sharing, > chat. It is a good 'virtual hangout' app and it is open and free, > Felix Delattre introduced me to it. > > I will be there, I look forward to seeing you and if it is not > possible, just let us know what we might do to support your event. I > look forward to seeing anyone :) on this Fridaymapternoon. > > Regards, > Blake > > On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 7:08 PM, Danishka Navin <danis...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi Robert, > > > > Thanks for the update. > > I would like to host an virtual event. > > I would like to thanks all the contributors those who put their valuable > > time and energy. > > > > Best Regards, > > Danishka > > > > On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 12:33 AM, Robert Banick <rban...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Hi all, > >> > >> ~24 hours ago HOT activated in support of the Disaster Management Centre > >> of Sri Lanka. We were requested to generate building information for the > >> Kelani River Basin so household level damages could be accurately > assessed. > >> > >> The area of interest provided was huge so we broke it into three tasks. > In > >> the past 24 hours we've completed 50% of one task. This is actually a > major > >> accomplishment, as this task focuses on the Colombo urban area and > includes > >> many dense, difficult to map areas. > >> > >> In addition to our "normal" amazing contributors from all over the world > >> we had an exceptional response from South Asian OSM communities today. > OSM > >> Bangladesh, OSM Nepal and OSM India all organized and contributed to > mapping > >> the flood affected area in a really touching show of solidarity. Mapbox > >> India also dedicated staff to digitizing and identifying the most useful > >> imagery for the affected area. Thanks everyone! > >> > >> As night falls in Asia and the day drags on in the West we look forward > to > >> mapathons from SardiniaOpenData in Italy, Milehigh Maptime! / > OSM-Colorado > >> in Denver, USA and elsewhere focused on tasks 1913 and 1914 (soon to be > >> published). If you're interested in organizing another mapathon in > support > >> of Sri Lanka please speak to Mikel Maron (mikel.ma...@hotosm.org) and > he can > >> help you get set you up! > >> > >> > >> Our contact at the Disater Management Centre went on relief work today > and > >> reported to us that many houses were inundated up to the 2nd floor. All > >> single story houses nearby the Kelani were completely inundated. This > is a > >> major urban area and that means a lot of people are homeless, wet and > >> scared. Meanwhile inland, huge landslides are burying homes and people. > It’s > >> a national scale disaster and we’re focused on one of the biggest, most > >> affected areas. > >> > >> Keep on mapping everyone. Our work goes directly into the hands of the > >> disaster managers who need it most at this moment. > >> > >> - Robert > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> HOT mailing list > >> HOT@openstreetmap.org > >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Danishka Navin > > http://danishkanavin.blogspot.com > > http://twitter.com/danishkanavin > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > HOT mailing list > > HOT@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > >
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