Re: [HOT] Missing Maps launch tomorrow, and LearnOSM
Charlotte, Although I'm very noisy on this list, I'm actually a very small cog in a great big machine. I know of this article http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/nov/06/-sp-missing-maps-baraka-democratic-republic-congo-drc, and I know that Facebook twitter are being used extensively. I'll be at this event in London UK. For both facebook twitter search on hotosm /or Missing Maps project. Hope this helps Regards Nick On 07/11/14 06:16, Charlotte Wolter wrote: Nick, Are we sending out a press release, so someone other than the readers of the HOT list actually will know that it's happening? Charlotte :41 AM 11/6/2014, you wrote: Hi, Missing Maps (http://www.missingmaps.org/ ) has its official launch tomorrow, 7th November. I've deliberatly not put a time in this message, as its a pretty worldwide launch and it's going to depend on your and their time zone. As well as the people who attend the mapathons, there will also be many joining in 'remotely'. Of course, some of the people will have already done some mapping with HOT in the past, but my experience of helping at mapathons tells me that less than 5% will know what they are doing, and the rest will be fairly new, but may have done some research looked at help guides etc. At a conservative guess / estimate there will be 300 mappers, the vast majority of them new, helping with various projects tomorrow. I think this is a very conservative estimate, and would hope to see considerably more - perhaps double my first figure, and I wouldn't be surprised if there were even more! Most of these mappers will look for guidance to LearnOSM (http://learnosm.org/en/). Because of the way LearnOSMÂ is set up I don't think we can get stats. for hits on the site (I'm quite happy to be contradicted on this). If you've done any exploring on the LearnOSM site you'll have noticed that's it's not just for 'new mappers' and it has some very comprehensive guides on some complex subjects. It's good! But it needs constant attention - the editing tools and processes are constantly evolving, and what was a current guide last month, may now need a slight update. LearnOSM is also multilingual, or at least it should be. There are many sections that need more translations. There are guides on how to simply produce these translations (https://github.com/hotosm/learnosm/blob/gh-pages/CONTRIBUTING.md). Now (last week would have been better!) would be a good time to have a read through LearnOSM, and if you see something that needs sorting out, either sort it, or send a message asking for someone else to do it. If you've managed to master mapping, then getting something amended or updated on https://github.com/hotosm/learnosm https://github.com/hotosm/learnosm is only a minor stumbling block, and could have a big impact on 700 people who will potentially read it over the next few days. *New Mappers* - we need to know what is missing, or needs rephrasing. Let us know, please. Regards -- Nick Volunteer 'Tallguy' for https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Tallguy http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Tallguy Treasurer, website Bonus Ball admin for http://www.6thswanleyscouts.org.uk/ http://www.6thswanleyscouts.org.uk/ (treasu...@6thswanleyscouts.org.uk mailto:treasu...@6thswanleyscouts.org.uk) ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot Charlotte Wolter 927 18th Street Suite A Santa Monica, California 90403 +1-310-597-4040 techl...@techlady.com Skype: thetechlady -- Nick Volunteer 'Tallguy' for https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Tallguy Treasurer, website Bonus Ball admin for http://www.6thswanleyscouts.org.uk/ (treasu...@6thswanleyscouts.org.uk mailto:treasu...@6thswanleyscouts.org.uk) ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
Re: [HOT] Missing Maps launch tomorrow, and LearnOSM
Thanks for ABC link, Brad. A few others... http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/nov/06/-sp-missing-maps-baraka-democratic-republic-congo-drc http://blogs.redcross.org.uk/emergencies/2014/11/missing-maps-save-lives-click-mouse/ http://www.msf.org.uk/article/missing-maps-launch-unprecedented-collaboration-gets-underway https://www.mapbox.com/blog/mapping-missing-maps/ If you keep an eye on twitter: @theMissingMaps #MissingMaps, I think there'll be more coming... Cheers Pete Pete Masters Missing Maps Project Coordinator MSF UK +44 7921 781 518 @pedrito1414 @theMissingMaps facebook.com/MissingMapsProject Although I check emails more frequently, I work two days a week on the Missing Maps Project – if you want to catch me, see this calendar. From: Brad Hards br...@frogmouth.net To: hot@openstreetmap.org Date: 07/11/2014 09:20 Subject:Re: [HOT] Missing Maps launch tomorrow, and LearnOSM It made news in Australia (ABC is the national broadcaster): http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/missing-maps-citizen-cartography-with-msf/5873868 Brad ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) 3rd Floor, 67 -74 Saffron Hill, London EC1N 8QX Tel: +44 (0)20 7404 6600 | Fax: +44 (0)20 7404 4466 Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid in more than 60 countries. Discuss, debate and get the latest news from MSF: Online | Facebook | Google+ | Instagram | Pinterest | Storify | Twitter | Youtube | Subscribe to emails Donate to MSF UK MSF (UK) is a company limited by guarantee | English Charity Reg No.1026588 | English Registration No. 2853011 ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
Re: [HOT] Missing Maps launch tomorrow, and LearnOSM
HI folks, First off, congratulations on the Missing Maps Launch. You really are so very inspiring. As mentioned, a few of us are at the Crisismappers Conference and will raise a glass to you. Heather Heather Leson heatherle...@gmail.com Twitter: HeatherLeson Blog: textontechs.com On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 4:29 AM, Pete Masters pete.mast...@london.msf.org wrote: Thanks for ABC link, Brad. A few others... http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/nov/06/-sp-missing-maps-baraka-democratic-republic-congo-drc http://blogs.redcross.org.uk/emergencies/2014/11/missing-maps-save-lives-click-mouse/ http://www.msf.org.uk/article/missing-maps-launch-unprecedented-collaboration-gets-underway https://www.mapbox.com/blog/mapping-missing-maps/ If you keep an eye on twitter: @theMissingMaps #MissingMaps, I think there'll be more coming... Cheers Pete *Pete Masters* Missing Maps Project Coordinator MSF UK +44 7921 781 518 *@pedrito1414* https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps *@theMissingMaps* https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps *facebook.com/MissingMapsProject* https://www.facebook.com/MissingMapsProject Although I check emails more frequently, I work two days a week on the Missing Maps Project – if you want to catch me, *see this calendar* https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ui161p5fak6u6h3oq23824cgj0%40group.calendar.google.comctz=Europe/London . From:Brad Hards br...@frogmouth.net To:hot@openstreetmap.org Date:07/11/2014 09:20 Subject:Re: [HOT] Missing Maps launch tomorrow, and LearnOSM -- It made news in Australia (ABC is the national broadcaster): http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/missing-maps-citizen-cartography-with-msf/5873868 Brad ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) 3rd Floor, 67 -74 Saffron Hill, London EC1N 8QX Tel: +44 (0)20 7404 6600 | Fax: +44 (0)20 7404 4466 Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid in more than 60 countries. Discuss, debate and get the latest news from MSF: *Online* http://www.msf.org.uk/?utm_campaign=msfemailsutm_source=emailfooterutm_medium=emailutm_content=home | *Facebook* http://www.facebook.com/msf.english | *Google+* https://plus.google.com/+DoctorsWithoutBorders-M%C3%A9decinsSansFronti%C3%A8res/posts | *Instagram* http://instagram.com/doctorswithoutborders/ | *Pinterest* http://www.pinterest.com/msfenglish/ | *Storify* http://storify.com/MSF_uk | *Twitter* http://twitter.com/msf_uk | *Youtube* http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCId9tO5LYlJKgNQKEzgjYOg?sub_confirmation=1 | *Subscribe to emails* http://www.msf.org.uk/email-signup?utm_campaign=msfemailsutm_source=emailfooterutm_medium=emailutm_content=emailsignup *Donate to MSF UK* http://www.msf.org.uk/make-a-donation?utm_campaign=msfemailsutm_source=emailfooterutm_medium=emailutm_content=donate MSF (UK) is a company limited by guarantee | English Charity Reg No.1026588 | English Registration No. 2853011 ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
[HOT] Newbie support for Missing Maps
Hello all, just wanted to add something on the Missing Maps launch.. There will be a lot of new mappers contributing today. I wondered if anyone on the list is planning to join us remotely this evening (1800 GMT onwards) and fancied offering to help newbie remote mappers if they get stuck. We could advertise a #MissingMapsHelp hashtag? Let me know if you're up for it... If no-one is, I won't advertise the hashtag Cheers all!! Pete Pete Masters Missing Maps Project Coordinator MSF UK +44 7921 781 518 @pedrito1414 @theMissingMaps facebook.com/MissingMapsProject Although I check emails more frequently, I work two days a week on the Missing Maps Project – if you want to catch me, see this calendar. Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) 3rd Floor, 67 -74 Saffron Hill, London EC1N 8QX Tel: +44 (0)20 7404 6600 | Fax: +44 (0)20 7404 4466 Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid in more than 60 countries. Discuss, debate and get the latest news from MSF: Online | Facebook | Google+ | Instagram | Pinterest | Storify | Twitter | Youtube | Subscribe to emails Donate to MSF UK MSF (UK) is a company limited by guarantee | English Charity Reg No.1026588 | English Registration No. 2853011 ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
Re: [HOT] Newbie support for Missing Maps
Hi, I'll be around to help this evening and will monitor that hash tag. Best wishes, Blake On 11/7/2014 8:22 AM, Pete Masters wrote: Hello all, just wanted to add something on the Missing Maps launch.. There will be a lot of new mappers contributing today. I wondered if anyone on the list is planning to join us remotely this evening (1800 GMT onwards) and fancied offering to help newbie remote mappers if they get stuck. We could advertise a #MissingMapsHelp hashtag? Let me know if you're up for it... If no-one is, I won't advertise the hashtag Cheers all!! Pete *Pete Masters* Missing Maps Project Coordinator MSF UK +44 7921 781 518 _@pedrito1414_ https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps _@theMissingMaps_ https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps _facebook.com/MissingMapsProject_ https://www.facebook.com/MissingMapsProject Although I check emails more frequently, I work two days a week on the Missing Maps Project – if you want to catch me, _see this calendar_ https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ui161p5fak6u6h3oq23824cgj0%40group.calendar.google.comctz=Europe/London. Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) 3rd Floor, 67 -74 Saffron Hill, London EC1N 8QX Tel: +44 (0)20 7404 6600 | Fax: +44 (0)20 7404 4466 Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid in more than 60 countries. Discuss, debate and get the latest news from MSF:_ __Online_ http://www.msf.org.uk/?utm_campaign=msfemailsutm_source=emailfooterutm_medium=emailutm_content=home| _Facebook_ http://www.facebook.com/msf.english| _Google+_ https://plus.google.com/+DoctorsWithoutBorders-M%C3%A9decinsSansFronti%C3%A8res/posts| _Instagram_ http://instagram.com/doctorswithoutborders/| _Pinterest_ http://www.pinterest.com/msfenglish/| _Storify_ http://storify.com/MSF_uk| _Twitter_ http://twitter.com/msf_uk| _Youtube_ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCId9tO5LYlJKgNQKEzgjYOg?sub_confirmation=1| _Subscribe to emails_ http://www.msf.org.uk/email-signup?utm_campaign=msfemailsutm_source=emailfooterutm_medium=emailutm_content=emailsignup _ __Donate to MSF UK_ http://www.msf.org.uk/make-a-donation?utm_campaign=msfemailsutm_source=emailfooterutm_medium=emailutm_content=donate MSF (UK) is a company limited by guarantee | English Charity Reg No.1026588 | English Registration No. 2853011 ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
Re: [HOT] Newbie support for Missing Maps
Hi all, Just to add: this will be a great time to be VALIDATING! If you can spare any time tonight or this weekend, then validating even one or two squares will be really useful to help make sure these newcomers are on the right track. Best Dan 2014-11-07 14:07 GMT+00:00 Blake Girardot bgirar...@gmail.com: Hi, I'll be around to help this evening and will monitor that hash tag. Best wishes, Blake On 11/7/2014 8:22 AM, Pete Masters wrote: Hello all, just wanted to add something on the Missing Maps launch.. There will be a lot of new mappers contributing today. I wondered if anyone on the list is planning to join us remotely this evening (1800 GMT onwards) and fancied offering to help newbie remote mappers if they get stuck. We could advertise a #MissingMapsHelp hashtag? Let me know if you're up for it... If no-one is, I won't advertise the hashtag Cheers all!! Pete *Pete Masters* Missing Maps Project Coordinator MSF UK +44 7921 781 518 _@pedrito1414_ https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps _@theMissingMaps_ https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps _facebook.com/MissingMapsProject_ https://www.facebook.com/MissingMapsProject Although I check emails more frequently, I work two days a week on the Missing Maps Project – if you want to catch me, _see this calendar_ https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ui161p5fak6u6h3oq23824cgj0%40group.calendar.google.comctz=Europe/London. Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) 3rd Floor, 67 -74 Saffron Hill, London EC1N 8QX Tel: +44 (0)20 7404 6600 | Fax: +44 (0)20 7404 4466 Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid in more than 60 countries. Discuss, debate and get the latest news from MSF:_ __Online_ http://www.msf.org.uk/?utm_campaign=msfemailsutm_source=emailfooterutm_medium=emailutm_content=home| _Facebook_ http://www.facebook.com/msf.english| _Google+_ https://plus.google.com/+DoctorsWithoutBorders-M%C3%A9decinsSansFronti%C3%A8res/posts| _Instagram_ http://instagram.com/doctorswithoutborders/| _Pinterest_ http://www.pinterest.com/msfenglish/| _Storify_ http://storify.com/MSF_uk| _Twitter_ http://twitter.com/msf_uk| _Youtube_ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCId9tO5LYlJKgNQKEzgjYOg?sub_confirmation=1| _Subscribe to emails_ http://www.msf.org.uk/email-signup?utm_campaign=msfemailsutm_source=emailfooterutm_medium=emailutm_content=emailsignup _ __Donate to MSF UK_ http://www.msf.org.uk/make-a-donation?utm_campaign=msfemailsutm_source=emailfooterutm_medium=emailutm_content=donate MSF (UK) is a company limited by guarantee | English Charity Reg No.1026588 | English Registration No. 2853011 ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
Re: [HOT] Are there any detailed reports or research on the utilization of HOT maps on the ground?
Thanks Chris, In the last few years, wee have showed to the UN agencies and humanitarian organizations our professionalism and capacity to react / adapt rapidly. We are quite happy to collaborate to various projects like vaccination. The Lubumbashi project with MSF-UK last spring is an example among many. But what is essential to progress, this is the necessity to develop an ecosystem where people in the field, humanitarians feed also the map with essential gelocated information about various infrastructures. We also need infos from governments. Now that everybody in the field have a smarphone or a tablet, we should find ways to progress to a better map with all the actors collaborating. Wheelmap.org is a nice example of a simple tool that shows hows we could have a map application specific to a domain to both visualize and edit data. I understand that humanitarian organizations have operational challenges in the field. See https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wheelmap.android.online Pierre De : Chris Daley chebiza...@gmail.com À : HOT@OSM (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team) hot@openstreetmap.org Envoyé le : Vendredi 7 novembre 2014 12h02 Objet : Re: [HOT] Are there any detailed reports or research on the utilization of HOT maps on the ground? Hi all,As a humanitarian aid practitioner with numerous field missions I feel I can speak from at least that perspective on the utility of HOT's work in general. I first used OSM when I was planning a mass vaccination program in Malawi in 2010. Accurate maps are essential when planning emergency immunisation programs as you want to get the highest possible coverage rates. The only maps we had were hand drawn, old or in limbo because the Malawi government was trying to sell us the data they had. In the end, I found the data I needed on OSM and it meant we could add dozens of villages to our coverage that otherwise would simply have been forgotten.If only HOT had existed then as it does now!This is only one of many aspects of humanitarian aid delivery that requires up to date and accurate map data that is freely accessible. Emergency food distribution, managing refugee camps, WASH etc. The needs far outstrip the means all too often. So far, OSM is the only platform and HOT the organization doing this on the scale required.There is a lot about digital humanitarianism that is at best misguided internet solutionism and at worst risible, narcissistic or dangerous to the people it is intended to help. The work that HOT volunteers perform is most definitely not. I highly doubt there would be anyone with genuine humanitarian experience who would disagree and I am curious as to why someone would think this way. That some of the biggest names in Aid have gotten behind the Missing Maps project speaks volumes about how important this work is to them.Keep those mappers mapping, we need them more than ever!Chris On 10/31/2014 1:25 PM, Gideon Hartmann wrote: Hey mappers, whenever I tell friends about the HOT projects, I get a lot of sceptic responses. Most people don't see the importance of our maps and there are even voices saying it is much more something to keep mappers occupied than actual help. If I go deeper into online research on the impact of HOT, I can find some opinions here and there, but these are mostly very vague and based on few people's opinions. Is there more than The maps helped a lot! or The maps could help in case xxx... anywhere? Are there any quantitative data sets or any scientifically executed interviews? Keep mapping! ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot -- Chris Daley Pacific Northwest e: chebiza...@gmail.com m: +1601 980 1249 s: chebizarro tw: chebizarro tz: PDTEvery normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. - H. L. Mencken ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
Re: [HOT] International Conference of CrisisMappers (ICCM) and HOT Casual meetup
Hi All, Just a reminder if you are joining us tonight in New York it would be great if you could drop me a note. We increased the reservation, but I just want to make sure we are okay on numbers. We'll be meeting at 7:30pm at SideBAR which is at120 E 15th St Thanks, -Kate On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Kristen Egermeier kegerme...@hotosm.org wrote: Hi Team, Just a notice that the location and time has changed to 7:30 at SideBar: SideBAR 120 E 15th St New York, NY 10003 Have a great gathering! Best, Kristen On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 8:46 AM, Heather Leson heatherle...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Kristen. Hope to see a few of you there. We made a reservation for about 10, so it would be good to know who might be joining us. On Nov 3, 2014 3:54 PM, Kristen Egermeier kegerme...@hotosm.org wrote: Good Afternoon, Here is the reservation for Friday for the casual meetup: Little Town - Union Square on Friday, November 7, 2014 at 6:30 PM for 10 Restaurant Info: Little Town - Union Square https://secure.opentable.com/little-town-union-square?kc=1nw=1 118 East 15th Street New York, NY 10003 (212) 677-630 0 Thank you, Kristen Egemeier ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot -- Kate Chapman Executive Director email: kate.chap...@hotosm.org U.S. mobile: +1 703 673 8834 Indonesian mobile: +62 82123068370 *Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team * *Using OpenStreetMap for Humanitarian Response Economic Development* web http://hot.openstreetmap.org | twitter http://twitter.com/hotosm | facebook http://facebook.com/hotosm | donate http://hot.openstreetmap.org/donate ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
Re: [HOT] International Conference of CrisisMappers (ICCM) and HOT Casual meetup
♪ On Nov 7, 2014 2:52 PM, Kate Chapman kate.chap...@hotosm.org wrote: Hi All, Just a reminder if you are joining us tonight in New York it would be great if you could drop me a note. We increased the reservation, but I just want to make sure we are okay on numbers. We'll be meeting at 7:30pm at SideBAR which is at120 E 15th St Thanks, -Kate On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Kristen Egermeier kegerme...@hotosm.org wrote: Hi Team, Just a notice that the location and time has changed to 7:30 at SideBar: SideBAR 120 E 15th St New York, NY 10003 Have a great gathering! Best, Kristen On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 8:46 AM, Heather Leson heatherle...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Kristen. Hope to see a few of you there. We made a reservation for about 10, so it would be good to know who might be joining us. On Nov 3, 2014 3:54 PM, Kristen Egermeier kegerme...@hotosm.org wrote: Good Afternoon, Here is the reservation for Friday for the casual meetup: Little Town - Union Square on Friday, November 7, 2014 at 6:30 PM for 10 Restaurant Info: Little Town - Union Square https://secure.opentable.com/little-town-union-square?kc=1nw=1 118 East 15th Street New York, NY 10003 (212) 677-630 0 Thank you, Kristen Egemeier ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot -- Kate Chapman Executive Director email: kate.chap...@hotosm.org U.S. mobile: +1 703 673 8834 Indonesian mobile: +62 82123068370 *Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team * *Using OpenStreetMap for Humanitarian Response Economic Development* web http://hot.openstreetmap.org | twitter http://twitter.com/hotosm | facebook http://facebook.com/hotosm | donate http://hot.openstreetmap.org/donate ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
[HOT] UNMIL Liberia place nodes import finished
Hi all: For your information, the UNMIL Liberia place nodes import (TM job 652) has been already completed. A big thank you to all the contributors, and specially to Ralf Stefan and Blake Girardot, who helped importing/merging the majority of those 14,000 nodes into the OSM database. Cheers, Rafael. -- Twitter: http://twitter.com/ravilacoya Por favor, non me envíe documentos con extensións .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx, aínda podendoo facer, non os abro. Atendendo á lexislación vixente, empregue formatos estándares e abertos. http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument#Tipos_de_ficheros ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
Re: [HOT] UNMIL Liberia place nodes import finished
Rafael Avila Coya wrote For your information, the UNMIL Liberia place nodes import (TM job 652) has been already completed. Great Thanks Rafael, and thanks to all those who participated. I have seen Liberia progressing over the last two weeks. We are sending every week an update file of Place Names to UN Agencies to make it available to the various humanitarian organizations and in particular to help trace contacts of confirmed ebola cases. Pierre ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
Re: [HOT] Are there any detailed reports or research on the utilization of HOT maps on the ground?
I would like to add one article that I got recently: How mapping can increase disaster resilience: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/news/v.php?id=40247 Best, *Yantisa Akhadi (Iyan)* *Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team* Tel: +62 81 5787 03388 Email: yantisa.akh...@hotosm.org hot.openstreetmap.org | openstreetmap.or.id On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 12:56 AM, Pierre Béland pierz...@yahoo.fr wrote: Thanks Chris, In the last few years, wee have showed to the UN agencies and humanitarian organizations our professionalism and capacity to react / adapt rapidly. We are quite happy to collaborate to various projects like vaccination. The Lubumbashi project with MSF-UK last spring is an example among many. But what is essential to progress, this is the necessity to develop an ecosystem where people in the field, humanitarians feed also the map with essential gelocated information about various infrastructures. We also need infos from governments. Now that everybody in the field have a smarphone or a tablet, we should find ways to progress to a better map with all the actors collaborating. Wheelmap.org is a nice example of a simple tool that shows hows we could have a map application specific to a domain to both visualize and edit data. I understand that humanitarian organizations have operational challenges in the field. See https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wheelmap.android.online Pierre -- *De :* Chris Daley chebiza...@gmail.com *À :* HOT@OSM (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team) hot@openstreetmap.org *Envoyé le :* Vendredi 7 novembre 2014 12h02 *Objet :* Re: [HOT] Are there any detailed reports or research on the utilization of HOT maps on the ground? Hi all, As a humanitarian aid practitioner with numerous field missions I feel I can speak from at least that perspective on the utility of HOT's work in general. I first used OSM when I was planning a mass vaccination program in Malawi in 2010. Accurate maps are essential when planning emergency immunisation programs as you want to get the highest possible coverage rates. The only maps we had were hand drawn, old or in limbo because the Malawi government was trying to sell us the data they had. In the end, I found the data I needed on OSM and it meant we could add dozens of villages to our coverage that otherwise would simply have been forgotten. If only HOT had existed then as it does now! This is only one of many aspects of humanitarian aid delivery that requires up to date and accurate map data that is freely accessible. Emergency food distribution, managing refugee camps, WASH etc. The needs far outstrip the means all too often. So far, OSM is the only platform and HOT the organization doing this on the scale required. There is a lot about digital humanitarianism that is at best misguided internet solutionism and at worst risible, narcissistic or dangerous to the people it is intended to help. The work that HOT volunteers perform is most definitely not. I highly doubt there would be anyone with genuine humanitarian experience who would disagree and I am curious as to why someone would think this way. That some of the biggest names in Aid have gotten behind the Missing Maps project speaks volumes about how important this work is to them. Keep those mappers mapping, we need them more than ever! Chris On 10/31/2014 1:25 PM, Gideon Hartmann wrote: Hey mappers, whenever I tell friends about the HOT projects, I get a lot of sceptic responses. Most people don't see the importance of our maps and there are even voices saying it is much more something to keep mappers occupied than actual help. If I go deeper into online research on the impact of HOT, I can find some opinions here and there, but these are mostly very vague and based on few people's opinions. Is there more than The maps helped a lot! or The maps could help in case xxx... anywhere? Are there any quantitative data sets or any scientifically executed interviews? Keep mapping! ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot -- Chris Daley Pacific Northwest e: chebiza...@gmail.com m: +1601 980 1249 s: chebizarro tw: chebizarro tz: PDT Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. - H. L. Mencken ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
