Re: [HOT] Community Brainstorm for Utilization of Hewlett Grant

[Kate Chapman]

Hi All,

The first community brainstorm is taking place in about a hour and 40
minutes on #hot on irc.oftc.net.

I realized there might have been a bit of URL fatigue in my last email.
Here is a shortened link to the spreadsheet where we are collecting ideas:
http://tinyurl.com/HOTHewlett-Brainstorm

Best,

-Kate

On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Kate Chapman 
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> We've received our grant award letter and returned it to Hewlett. Now it
> is time to get into specifics of what we will do over the next year with
> the support provided towards our Ebola response. As stated before the aim
> of the grant is to improve our technology and activation capacity.
>
> The HOT Board, activation leads, voting members and myself have begun
> putting together ideas in a spreadsheet (1). The idea is to get together
> an idea of what is needed so then priorities can be later ranked and
> determined what can be done under the umbrella of the $200,000 grant.
>
> Below is the timeframe of the steps in the consultation.
>
> 1. Gather initial requirements with activation leads/board (finished)
> 2. Consult with voting members (finished)
> 3. Consult with community (with live meetings to discuss) (20th October -
> November 1st)
> 4. Rank importance of features with help from tech team and activation
> team (21st October - 7th November (ongoing as feedback is submitted))
> 5. Create requirements documents for specific items based on importance (7
> - 15 November)
> 6. Begin putting out HOT Tech Challenges and Contractor requests (15th
> November until grant money has been allocated)
>
> The community consultations will occur on IRC at the following times. If
> it is not possible for you to make any of these times please let me know
> and I'm certainly available to chat at a mutually convenient. time.
>
> -23rd October 2014(2): 3am UTC
> -25th October 2014(3): 6am UTC
> -26th October 2014(4): 3pm UTC
> -29th October 2014(5): 10pm UTC
> -30th October 2014(6):  3pm UTC
>
> If you have any questions please contact me.
>
> Best,
>
> -Kate
>
> (1)
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Vy9Im1jrw9Y1a97OWu29C_L_0BOEDNCPbLpLEVPHWgM/edit?usp=sharing
> (2)
> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Hewlett+Consultation+1+%28%23HOT+on+irc.oftc.net%29&iso=20141022T20&p1=202
> (3)
> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=HOT+Hewlett+Grant+Community+Consultation+2&iso=20141024T23&p1=202
> (4)
> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=HOT+Hewlett+Grant+Community+Consultation+3&iso=20141026T08&p1=202
> (5)
> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=HOT+Hewlett+Grant+Community+Consultation+4&iso=20141029T15&p1=202
> (6)
> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=HOT+Hewlett+Grant+Community+Consultation+5&iso=20141030T08&p1=202
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Re: [HOT] Video that Best Represents Our Work?

[Blake Girardot]

Hi Ray,

Thank you for the kind words.

My only comment is that learning JOSM will be much easier than you think.

The nice thing about JOSM is that you do not need to learn very much at 
all to get started using it effectively.


http://learnosm.org/en/beginner/start-josm/ is a great learning site for 
JOSM.


It will make all your mapping easier and quicker so for sure any effort 
spent learning it will pay off a lot later.


Then as you go forward, if you need more functionality you can explore 
JOSM more, it is very configurable and extensible.


One thing is to get the "buildings_tools" plugin installed right away. 
This is the demonstration video for the plug in and it shows quickly how 
to install it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEQo4Jm-aPY


As always, just ask if you have any questions.

Best wishes,
Blake


On 10/22/2014 5:19 PM, Ray Kiddy wrote:

On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 08:12:44 -0400
Blake Girardot  wrote:


I intend to re-do this how-to I made in answer to a question on this
list a little while back:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=042TbopS7HM

It was done without much preparation and to answer some specific
questions so it needs some adjustments (and I make a mistake in
mapping if you look closely), but I think it is close to what you are
talking about for a quick description of mapping buildings.

It also uses iD as that is what the person who asked the question
used and it is what most new mappers will be using.

There should be one like it for JOSM as well which I will do.

I will also do a second one about roads in each editor.

Regards,
Blake



This video is really great. I went to a presentation in Oakland CA
last week where I was introduced to HOT and my first thought when doing
something at home was "... there has to be a video that explains some
of this ..." and here it is.

Any hints on how to fix this thing with iD? One clicks on Line or Shape
and there is a __huge__ tooltip which completely gets in the way of
using the pointer. It goes away eventually but, wow. Bothersome to say
the least.

Well, I grabbed a copy of the source for iD on github. We will see.

Or, perhaps I have too much experience with other mapping tools and am
already hitting the "OMG I have to learn JOSM" point in my mapping
career. I imagine most people hit that wall and most get past it.

I am going to try to use iD for a while and see if I can find more
videos like Blake's. And as I figure things out, I might record some
myself. Onwards and upwards and all that.

cheers - ray







On 10/21/2014 7:58 AM, john whelan wrote:

So the fantasy would be a simple screen cast video using something
like HOT task 690 http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/690 since it uses
the high resolution satellite imagery, Kevin Bullock's presentation
http://vimeo.com/91880883 covers why this type is best to work
from, the interesting bit starts 5 mins in to the presentation,
locally there have been some clean up issues with lower resolution
satellite imagery and mentioning the use of the JOSM building plug
in as mentioned by Tom Taylor
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JkiL8wlvJqdVMgGxKXPzF22YzQ-S08Q31zZQna9CTMk/edit

To come back to the original topic I think you need an overview,
starting perhaps with a couple of interviews from two or three AID
agencies about why the OSM maps are important to them and how they
are used.  Then flip to the sources of data which are made free to
use such as DigitalGlobe, UN place names, and finally a few mappers
putting it altogether.  Given that the maps are useful perhaps
Unicef or someone might have some resources for this?  Or the BBC?

Cheerio John

On 21 October 2014 01:42, Kate Chapmanmailto:kate.chap...@hotosm.org>>  wrote:

 Hi John,

 There are a few videos out there, but I don't know of too many
 recent ones. You are right a simple screencast showing how to
map a building for example would be really helpful. I made some
videos in 2010 about mapping from imagery in Haiti and people
really enjoyed them.

 Having updated ones would be great.

 Best,

 -Kate

 On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 5:59 PM, john whelan
mailto:jwhelan0...@gmail.com>>  wrote:

 Talking of videos are there any training videos about what
HOT expects?

 The reason I ask is that although we break down to give
tasks can we break it down even more.  ie teach someone to do a
simple task of map a building using high resolution satellite
imagery, sounds dumb but map one in JOSM, q it to square it, tag it
 building=yes, select,c move the mouse to another
v, adjust the four corners, q again etc.

 The concept is we can teach people to map buildings on
You-tube, its simple and has value.

 Another would teach people how to recognise a road and to
tag it or highway=path.

 We may need expertise to map things like water bodies,
rivers, streams and forests but buildings and footpaths in Africa
are probably 80% of what needs to be mapped and you don't need a
   

Re: [HOT] Video that Best Represents Our Work?

[Ray Kiddy]

On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 08:12:44 -0400
Blake Girardot  wrote:

> I intend to re-do this how-to I made in answer to a question on this 
> list a little while back:
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=042TbopS7HM
> 
> It was done without much preparation and to answer some specific 
> questions so it needs some adjustments (and I make a mistake in
> mapping if you look closely), but I think it is close to what you are
> talking about for a quick description of mapping buildings.
> 
> It also uses iD as that is what the person who asked the question
> used and it is what most new mappers will be using.
> 
> There should be one like it for JOSM as well which I will do.
> 
> I will also do a second one about roads in each editor.
> 
> Regards,
> Blake


This video is really great. I went to a presentation in Oakland CA
last week where I was introduced to HOT and my first thought when doing
something at home was "... there has to be a video that explains some
of this ..." and here it is.

Any hints on how to fix this thing with iD? One clicks on Line or Shape
and there is a __huge__ tooltip which completely gets in the way of
using the pointer. It goes away eventually but, wow. Bothersome to say
the least.

Well, I grabbed a copy of the source for iD on github. We will see.

Or, perhaps I have too much experience with other mapping tools and am
already hitting the "OMG I have to learn JOSM" point in my mapping
career. I imagine most people hit that wall and most get past it.

I am going to try to use iD for a while and see if I can find more
videos like Blake's. And as I figure things out, I might record some
myself. Onwards and upwards and all that.

cheers - ray


> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/21/2014 7:58 AM, john whelan wrote:
> > So the fantasy would be a simple screen cast video using something
> > like HOT task 690 http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/690 since it uses
> > the high resolution satellite imagery, Kevin Bullock's presentation
> > http://vimeo.com/91880883 covers why this type is best to work
> > from, the interesting bit starts 5 mins in to the presentation,
> > locally there have been some clean up issues with lower resolution
> > satellite imagery and mentioning the use of the JOSM building plug
> > in as mentioned by Tom Taylor
> > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JkiL8wlvJqdVMgGxKXPzF22YzQ-S08Q31zZQna9CTMk/edit
> >
> > To come back to the original topic I think you need an overview,
> > starting perhaps with a couple of interviews from two or three AID
> > agencies about why the OSM maps are important to them and how they
> > are used.  Then flip to the sources of data which are made free to
> > use such as DigitalGlobe, UN place names, and finally a few mappers
> > putting it altogether.  Given that the maps are useful perhaps
> > Unicef or someone might have some resources for this?  Or the BBC?
> >
> > Cheerio John
> >
> > On 21 October 2014 01:42, Kate Chapman  > > wrote:
> >
> > Hi John,
> >
> > There are a few videos out there, but I don't know of too many
> > recent ones. You are right a simple screencast showing how to
> > map a building for example would be really helpful. I made some
> > videos in 2010 about mapping from imagery in Haiti and people
> > really enjoyed them.
> >
> > Having updated ones would be great.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > -Kate
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 5:59 PM, john whelan
> > mailto:jwhelan0...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Talking of videos are there any training videos about what
> > HOT expects?
> >
> > The reason I ask is that although we break down to give
> > tasks can we break it down even more.  ie teach someone to do a
> > simple task of map a building using high resolution satellite
> > imagery, sounds dumb but map one in JOSM, q it to square it, tag it
> > building=yes, select, c move the mouse to another
> > v, adjust the four corners, q again etc.
> >
> > The concept is we can teach people to map buildings on
> > You-tube, its simple and has value.
> >
> > Another would teach people how to recognise a road and to
> > tag it or highway=path.
> >
> > We may need expertise to map things like water bodies,
> > rivers, streams and forests but buildings and footpaths in Africa
> > are probably 80% of what needs to be mapped and you don't need a
> > degree in GIS to do this.  Let's delegate what we can.
> >
> > Cheerio John
> >
> > On 20 October 2014 15:55, Kate Chapman
> > mailto:kate.chap...@hotosm.org>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Is there a video you think best represents our work?
> > Most videos seem to focus on one project or are a talk at a
> > conference. Do we have anything that is less specific?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -Kate
> >
> > --
> > Kate Chapman
> > Executive Director
> > email: kate.chap...@hotosm.org 
> >   

Re: [HOT] Eu Aid Volunteers and OSM

[nicolas chavent]

Thanks Jorieke for sharing this on the list : it's interesting indeed and
surely rewarding of all the efforts put into this project on your side, the
ones of the many volunteers !

On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 9:02 PM, Jorieke Vyncke 
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> As former Eu Aid Volunteer
>  for
> the Eurosha project
> (where more then 20 european and african volunteers were deployed in four
> different countries in Africa to mainly promote and train local people on
> OpenStreetMap) I'm happy to see the Eurpean commision keeps on supporting
> the humanitarian use of OpenStreetMap through the Eu Aid Volunteer program!
>
> I came across a nice article about mapping in the Philippines I wanted to
> share with you. Here it is:
> http://ec.europa.eu/echo/en/field-blogs/stories/eu-aid-volunteer-uses-digital-mapping-help-prepare-disasters-phlippines
>
> Best,
>
> Jorieke
>
>
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[HOT] Eu Aid Volunteers and OSM

[Jorieke Vyncke]

Hi all,

As former Eu Aid Volunteer
 for
the Eurosha project (where
more then 20 european and african volunteers were deployed in four
different countries in Africa to mainly promote and train local people on
OpenStreetMap) I'm happy to see the Eurpean commision keeps on supporting
the humanitarian use of OpenStreetMap through the Eu Aid Volunteer program!

I came across a nice article about mapping in the Philippines I wanted to
share with you. Here it is:
http://ec.europa.eu/echo/en/field-blogs/stories/eu-aid-volunteer-uses-digital-mapping-help-prepare-disasters-phlippines

Best,

Jorieke
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Re: [HOT] seeking your help on OSM data extraction tutorial

[Simone Cortesi]

On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 6:00 PM, Laura Camellini  wrote:
> I'm going to insert that translation in my application for the gnome's foss
> outreach program today..
> I mean.. I'd be glad to translate it anyway if you need it soon yantisa..
> I can add an english translation to the git for example.
> When are you going to need the translation?

thanks!
let me know if you need any assistance, it would be nice to have it
available as multi-language.

I'm thinking about adding a coverage map for each extract and giving
it his own URL.

will you send a pull request?

Thanks,
Simone.

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[HOT] A new, very good, article about HOT from Fast Company

[Andrew Buck]

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Hey everyone,

Just wanted to share this link to a particularly well written article
about the HOT ebola response so far.

http://www.fastcolabs.com/3037350/elasticity/inside-the-crowdsourced-map-project-that-is-helping-contain-the-ebola-epidemic

Pierre and I did interviews with Jay Cassano, the author of the piece,
last week and it was published today.

Thanks to everyone who has volunteered on the mapping so far.  Without
your mapping contributions, articles like this don't get written, and
HOT does not grow.

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Re: [HOT] seeking your help on OSM data extraction tutorial

[Laura Camellini]

I'm going to insert that translation in my application for the gnome's foss
outreach program today..
I mean.. I'd be glad to translate it anyway if you need it soon yantisa..
I can add an english translation to the git for example.
When are you going to need the translation?

Ciao,
LauraC

2014-10-22 8:45 GMT+02:00 Yantisa Akhadi :

> Hi Simone,
>
> Thank you for sharing. The interface looks clean and pretty
> straightforward, although I may need someone to translate it in English
>
> Best,
>
> *Yantisa Akhadi (Iyan)*
> *Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team*
> Tel: +62 81 5787 03388  Email: yantisa.akh...@hotosm.org
> hot.openstreetmap.org | openstreetmap.or.id
>
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Simone Cortesi 
> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 6:56 AM, Yantisa Akhadi
>>  wrote:
>> > I would love to join in this effort. We have some tutorial on HOT
>> Exports
>> > and we are looking forward on integrating Overpass Turbo on our training
>> > materials. Currently we also in the process of building local
>> replication
>> > servers for disaster management agency.
>>
>> Within the italian community, Fabrizio has been working on this
>> http://osm-toolserver-italia.wmflabs.org/estratti/ (either click on
>> "comuni" or "regioni").
>>
>> It is an extraction system for osm, whose code can be found on our
>> github repository:
>> https://github.com/osmItalia/estratti-locali-openstreetmap
>>
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>>
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Re: [HOT] HOTOSM #699: About identification of plantations (HOTOSM #699: About identification of plantations in Africa (as for cassava, manioc)

[S Volk]

Hi Blake,sorry, while struggling to find the emails you mentioned I forgot to 
answer you (I guess I was not receiving because I had selected digests).
As I answered before to Charlotte:
Yes, that area in 
http://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?editor=id&#map=19/8.83837/-12.04526
actually is of manioc (cassava). Both green(new plants or grass coverture in 
the holes, it's not ) and brown(picked or dry remains) rounded shapes of 
1-1,5m, as I've wrote in the post.I would map it together since it's one same 
field, only that plantations are managed seasonally from side to side in the 
same uncovered field.Beside it there are planted palm orchard (it's in more 
regular rows, so it's different from irregular palm woods).I've tagged it by 
this way (there is still more to do in the 
area):http://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?editor=id&#map=18/8.83778/-12.04529- - 
-It's manioc/cassava land for sure:
-The more green rounded shapes show some shadow (to the same side of palms, so 
they are not remain holes in the ground), it should be plants in growing or 
adults.-The brown/dark rounded shapes should be only with soil or rotten 
remains of the plants (since only the roots are taken and the remains left in 
the same place; stem and leaves are toxic, some varieties very toxic).They may 
use it one year planted in one side, the other year change to the other side to 
avoid soil be exhausted.
But take a look at this for 
example:http://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?editor=id&#map=19/8.83944/-12.05939
You can see 3 green areas of manioc with three little different shapes (in 
Brazil, time between planting and picking manioc roots usually takes 1 to 1.5 
year, but may take 6 months to 3 years):1) above, one rounded with small 
shadows, max.1m indicating new individuals in growth;2) below, one rounded with 
a little bigger shadows, a little more spaced (some individuals may have been 
already taken), around 1.5m indicating grown individuals;3) in the middle, the 
other rounded, very shallow, with almost no shadow, probably recent remains or 
new grass, indicating probably seasonal renewal of soil.The growing plants are 
distant from the adults to make it easier to manage both.
And palms there are 3 to 4 times larger, top with 5 to 8m diameter, long 
shadows.
Nigth time here. Not extending discussion for too long, but for me it's also 
one more example of manioc/cassava land.Better if someone else could 
confirm.It's the 2nd major production and 1st in tons, it's 
everywhere:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_Sierra_Leone
Rice is the 1st, but I don't know how to find it (perhaps only by color), so it 
may be in wetlands but not visible.
Here in Brazil both are widespread too.
Regards,Sergio



> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 14:05:23 -0400
> From: bgirar...@gmail.com
> To: svo...@hotmail.com
> CC: heb...@web.de
> Subject: Re: [HOT] HOTOSM #699: About identification of plantations (HOTOSM 
> #699: About identification of plantations in Africa (as for cassava, manioc)
> 
> Hi Sergio,
> 
> We do not get copies of emails we send to the list, that is a "feature" 
> that I do not like either :(
> 
> Your follow up email to the list did get through to the list and the 
> example was great.
> 
> Did you happen to see email to the list with the subject: "[HOT] 
> cultivated areas in ETC sections?"
> 
> That looks a lot like cassava, what do you think?
> 
> Cheers,
> Blake
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/21/2014 1:58 PM, S Volk wrote:
> > Hi Blake and Henning, thanks.
> > I dont know if I send it well to hot@openstreetmap.org, because I can't
> > find the post there.
> > So I send this post below to you if it this would be useful.
> > Regards from Brazil,
> > Sergio.
> >
> > - - -
> > Some more about Africa plantations:
> >
> > Sometimes images shows cassava plantations like rounded light green
> > patterns, planted in not very regular rows (new plants).
> > Sometimes shows only brown rounded holes, but in the exact place where
> > there were plants that were already picked.
> > It only changes from sides to sides of same uncovered lands seasonally.
> > Anyway mostly it will be planted again soon, so its allotments usually
> > are permanent.
> > So it keeps being the same farmland landcover.
> >
> > Since it's planted in small strips or areas (once it's a kind of manual
> > plantation by few individuals, usually not large areas managed by
> > machines), they are sometimes isolated, sometimes following river
> > margins or wetland.
> >
> > Intending not to complicate too much, I think it will be more useful to
> > map it continuously when brown and green areas are together, since being
> > the same seasonal plantation area (not in many disconnected strips, I
> > did it before, but I think it's unnecessary perfectionism). Only when
> > it's not disconnected by remarkable different features as portions of
> > forest or rivers or non-used grassland, it may be mapped continuously).
> >
> > Paths can be found going though it by many ways. Plantation borders
>