[HOT] AWG Meeting Summary | 6th September 2016

[Mhairi O'Hara]

Hello HOTties,

So we didn't run the meetbot during yesterdays meeting, because I thought
it was only Russell and myself that were attending, but luckily Blake,
Mikel and Cristiano showed up and some great ideas were discussed:

   - Have new students signup to the Activation curriculum course via a
   Google Form
   - Each new student will be buddied up with an Activation mentor to guide
   them and show them the ropes
   - Migrate the Activation course content from Moodle to GitBooks which is
   more user friendly and easier to maintain
   - Arrange an Activation sprint during the Summit/SOTM to move the
   content and get input from the community
   - Move Activation WG meetings to the 1st Wednesday of each month at 1400
   UTC (next meeting will be on the 5th October 2016)


Unfortunately I won't be attending the events at the end of the month in
Brussels, so I leave it up to the other four to coordinate the best time
and see it through. Please use the following Google Doc to get yourselves
started:

https://docs.google.com/a/hotosm.org/document/d/1Frg8CYCPB12YUjeljK8E0sHv81UM7EPDkBrlXIYPIyg/edit?usp=sharing

Kind regards,

Mhairi

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Re: [HOT] Posting Mapathon on Missing Maps Event Calendar

[Mike Thompson]

Dan,

Thanks!  I followed Ben's advice and made a pull request on the Github
repository.  Hopefully that works.

Mike

On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 7:09 PM, Dan Joseph  wrote:

> Hi Mike,
> We're looking into who has access to those form submissions. In the
> meantime, and if it's not too late, I can happily add your event(s) to the
> website if you send me the details. Sorry about the delays and confusion.
> All the best,
> Dan
>
> On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 3:55 PM, Benoit Fournier 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>> You may try https://github.com/MissingMaps/events
>>
>> Maybe the form is not in use anymore and should be removed.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Ben
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 7:32 PM, Mike Thompson 
>> wrote:
>> > How does one get a mapathon posted to the event calendar here:
>> > http://www.missingmaps.org/events/
>> >
>> > I filled out this form:
>> > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdvsMHLor8mrDrHa-B
>> Qs2XzFb96vIrx3u--LHXWd1g7RncPg/viewform
>> >
>> > several weeks ago with information about the event, but it still isn't
>> > listed.
>> >
>> > Mike
>> >
>> >
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Re: [HOT] Hurricane Newton- Hitting today in Mexico (Baja California Sur and Sonora)

[Andrew Buck]

The linked task covers an enormous area, not only are the task squares
themselves very big but the bounds of the entire task are quite large as
well.  It is not going to be possible to do meaningful map coverage over
such a large area in the time in which the data would be relevant to
first responders.

Therefore we will need to focus the efforts to a smaller region to have
a more concentrated mapping effort.  According to the most recent
WunderGround blog the eye of the storm passed over the city of Cabo San
Lucas, this seems like a reasonable place to start the efforts unless
someone has a better suggestion.

Secondly, does anyone have contacts with ground personnel who might be
responding?  I know we have some contact with the Mexican government
after the previous hurricane response there, have they asked us for
anything specific?

Fortunately the damage does not seem too severe from initial reports but
it may be worth doing some mapping in the more affected areas if people
are interested.

-AndrewBuck


On 09/06/2016 07:58 PM, Miriam Mapanauta wrote:
> Hi Hot team
> 
> Hurricane Newton is hitting  Baja California Sur and the state of Sonora.
> Besides the harm that a hurricane can cause there are big risks of flooding
> in different areas.
> 
> A colleague in the OpenStreetMap community in Mexico, Alberto Chung (cc)
> reacted in advance and prepared the following Task to start mapping the
> area. Please find the task below.
> 
> http://52.41.11.193/osmtm/project/3#task/110
> 
> Thanks in advance for your support!
> 
> Miriam
> @mapanauta
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Miriam Mapanauta 
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi HOT team
>>
>> This is a heads up,  Hurricane Newton is hitting south of Baja California
>> Sur (around Los Cabos) and the cost of the State of Sonora.
>>
>> Other volunteers from Mexico and myself are preparing the Wiki and we are
>> trying to determine the areas that will need support.
>>
>> Stay tuned!
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your support,
>>
>> Miriam
>> @mapanauta
>>
> 
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Re: [HOT] Posting Mapathon on Missing Maps Event Calendar

[Dan Joseph]

Hi Mike,
We're looking into who has access to those form submissions. In the
meantime, and if it's not too late, I can happily add your event(s) to the
website if you send me the details. Sorry about the delays and confusion.
All the best,
Dan

On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 3:55 PM, Benoit Fournier 
wrote:

> Hi Mike,
>
> You may try https://github.com/MissingMaps/events
>
> Maybe the form is not in use anymore and should be removed.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ben
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 7:32 PM, Mike Thompson  wrote:
> > How does one get a mapathon posted to the event calendar here:
> > http://www.missingmaps.org/events/
> >
> > I filled out this form:
> > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdvsMHLor8mrDrHa-
> BQs2XzFb96vIrx3u--LHXWd1g7RncPg/viewform
> >
> > several weeks ago with information about the event, but it still isn't
> > listed.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >
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[HOT] Hurricane Newton- Hitting today in Mexico (Baja California Sur and Sonora)

[Miriam Mapanauta]

Hi Hot team

Hurricane Newton is hitting  Baja California Sur and the state of Sonora.
Besides the harm that a hurricane can cause there are big risks of flooding
in different areas.

A colleague in the OpenStreetMap community in Mexico, Alberto Chung (cc)
reacted in advance and prepared the following Task to start mapping the
area. Please find the task below.

http://52.41.11.193/osmtm/project/3#task/110

Thanks in advance for your support!

Miriam
@mapanauta



On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Miriam Mapanauta 
wrote:

> Hi HOT team
>
> This is a heads up,  Hurricane Newton is hitting south of Baja California
> Sur (around Los Cabos) and the cost of the State of Sonora.
>
> Other volunteers from Mexico and myself are preparing the Wiki and we are
> trying to determine the areas that will need support.
>
> Stay tuned!
>
> Thanks in advance for your support,
>
> Miriam
> @mapanauta
>



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Re: [HOT] HOT Working Groups (was Myanmar task on MapSwipe)

[Laura O'Grady]

Hi all,

Here's the direct link to the application form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3AdsVEHI2sP7o2U4zRlL8i9oSMZ7CUvk9TnHoct33yDLyBw/viewform?c=0=1

I've done a quick read through. It doesn't seem very onerous, especially if 
there's a reasonably thought out idea that fits the funding call.

Best wishes,

Laura

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> On Sep 6, 2016, at 3:54 PM, Russell Deffner  
> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Melanie - I'll follow-up directly with you next.
> 
> In the meantime, I'll hijack this thread to let everyone know - yes, we have 
> a handful of working groups and new people are more than welcome to jump 
> right in; the groups I participate in all have a 'standing list' of stuff 
> we'd like to do but just not enough time/people. The groups can be found 
> here: https://hotosm.org/working-groups - each group picks their own forum, 
> frequency of meetings, etc. and only Community and Security are 'inactive' 
> but it's our hope to have a 'chair' for all groups by end-of-year (at least 
> that was my choice for accomplishable goal in 2016). There is also this 
> calendar: 
> https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=hotosm.org_848e89aaiab04ag94d23rqn558%40group.calendar.google.com
>   - time default is Iceland/UTC
> 
> Any questions about working groups or 'how to join' I'd be happy to answer,
> =Russ
> 
> Russell Deffner
> russell.deff...@hotosm.org
> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
> http://hotosm.org
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Melanie Eckle [mailto:melanieec...@gmx.de] 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2016 12:41 PM
> To: la...@lauraogrady.ca; russell.deff...@hotosm.org
> Cc: hot@openstreetmap.org; pedrito1...@googlemail.com
> Subject: Re: [HOT] Myanmar task on MapSwipe
> 
> Hey Laura and Russell,
> 
> thank you for your messages. We would be very interested to share
> ideas and discuss the QGIS grant. As part of the disastermappers
> heidelberg/ GIScience Research Group Heidelberg we were involved in the
> conceptualization and development of the MapSwipe App and would be
> excited to take this further.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Melanie Eckle
> 
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Re: [HOT] Posting Mapathon on Missing Maps Event Calendar

[Benoit Fournier]

Hi Mike,

You may try https://github.com/MissingMaps/events

Maybe the form is not in use anymore and should be removed.

Best regards,

Ben


On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 7:32 PM, Mike Thompson  wrote:
> How does one get a mapathon posted to the event calendar here:
> http://www.missingmaps.org/events/
>
> I filled out this form:
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdvsMHLor8mrDrHa-BQs2XzFb96vIrx3u--LHXWd1g7RncPg/viewform
>
> several weeks ago with information about the event, but it still isn't
> listed.
>
> Mike
>
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Re: [HOT] HOT Working Groups (was Myanmar task on MapSwipe)

[Russell Deffner]

Thanks Melanie - I'll follow-up directly with you next.

In the meantime, I'll hijack this thread to let everyone know - yes, we have a 
handful of working groups and new people are more than welcome to jump right 
in; the groups I participate in all have a 'standing list' of stuff we'd like 
to do but just not enough time/people. The groups can be found here: 
https://hotosm.org/working-groups - each group picks their own forum, frequency 
of meetings, etc. and only Community and Security are 'inactive' but it's our 
hope to have a 'chair' for all groups by end-of-year (at least that was my 
choice for accomplishable goal in 2016). There is also this calendar: 
https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=hotosm.org_848e89aaiab04ag94d23rqn558%40group.calendar.google.com
  - time default is Iceland/UTC

Any questions about working groups or 'how to join' I'd be happy to answer,
=Russ

Russell Deffner
russell.deff...@hotosm.org
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
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From: Melanie Eckle [mailto:melanieec...@gmx.de] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2016 12:41 PM
To: la...@lauraogrady.ca; russell.deff...@hotosm.org
Cc: hot@openstreetmap.org; pedrito1...@googlemail.com
Subject: Re: [HOT] Myanmar task on MapSwipe

Hey Laura and Russell,

thank you for your messages. We would be very interested to share
ideas and discuss the QGIS grant. As part of the disastermappers
heidelberg/ GIScience Research Group Heidelberg we were involved in the
conceptualization and development of the MapSwipe App and would be
excited to take this further.

Kind regards,

Melanie Eckle


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Re: [HOT] Intro to JOSM, JOSM for iD users YouTube vids

[Enock Seth Nyamador]

Nice on Blake.

Will take a look.

Best,

- Enock

On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 6:56 PM, Blake Girardot  wrote:

> Dear Friends,
>
> If you like mapping, you owe it to yourself to try out the JOSM
> desktop application for OSM mapping.
>
> It has some advantages over the OSM iD web browser based editor, but
> it is a little more complicated to use.
>
> I made a series of very informal, one take, no script, no editing,
> videos that hopefully serve as a gentle introduction to JOSM.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL54o5PaKgnbKU-vXe11cSmmsxIYnL5oDU
>
> Please forgive the informal, unpolished nature of the videos, if I had
> to make sure they were of the same high quality that Andrew makes I
> would never get them done :) Feedback welcome of course and feel free
> to leave comments on the videos as well if you want to ask questions
> or leave tips for others.
>
> You can download and install JOSM from here:
>
> https://josm.openstreetmap.de/
>
> I usually just use the windows installer when I am installing on a
> windows machine and do not suggest the jnlp method of installing JOSM.
> For the most part, if you have Java already installed, JOSM installs
> very easily and you can just accept the defaults and go ahead and
> update the plugin list on first launch. One of the videos in the
> playlist above shows how to set the preferences for JOSM that you
> need.
>
> If you need to install Java, the process should start the first time
> you try and run JOSM. Go through the Java install process slowly and
> make sure Java does not try and install the "Ask Toolbar" or change
> your browser settings.
>
> Anyway, if you like humanitarian mapping, it is totally worth it to
> start using JOSM. I am happy to help anyone learn to use JOSM via an
> interactive web session if you want some "virtual hands on" training,
> just email me directly.
>
> Cheers,
> Blake
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[HOT] Intro to JOSM, JOSM for iD users YouTube vids

[Blake Girardot]

Dear Friends,

If you like mapping, you owe it to yourself to try out the JOSM
desktop application for OSM mapping.

It has some advantages over the OSM iD web browser based editor, but
it is a little more complicated to use.

I made a series of very informal, one take, no script, no editing,
videos that hopefully serve as a gentle introduction to JOSM.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL54o5PaKgnbKU-vXe11cSmmsxIYnL5oDU

Please forgive the informal, unpolished nature of the videos, if I had
to make sure they were of the same high quality that Andrew makes I
would never get them done :) Feedback welcome of course and feel free
to leave comments on the videos as well if you want to ask questions
or leave tips for others.

You can download and install JOSM from here:

https://josm.openstreetmap.de/

I usually just use the windows installer when I am installing on a
windows machine and do not suggest the jnlp method of installing JOSM.
For the most part, if you have Java already installed, JOSM installs
very easily and you can just accept the defaults and go ahead and
update the plugin list on first launch. One of the videos in the
playlist above shows how to set the preferences for JOSM that you
need.

If you need to install Java, the process should start the first time
you try and run JOSM. Go through the Java install process slowly and
make sure Java does not try and install the "Ask Toolbar" or change
your browser settings.

Anyway, if you like humanitarian mapping, it is totally worth it to
start using JOSM. I am happy to help anyone learn to use JOSM via an
interactive web session if you want some "virtual hands on" training,
just email me directly.

Cheers,
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Re: [HOT] Myanmar task on MapSwipe

[Melanie Eckle]

Hey Laura and Russell,

thank you for your messages. We would be very interested to share
ideas and discuss the QGIS grant. As part of the disastermappers
heidelberg/ GIScience Research Group Heidelberg we were involved in the
conceptualization and development of the MapSwipe App and would be
excited to take this further.

Kind regards,

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[HOT] Heads up!!! Hurricane Newton- Hitting today in Mexico (Baja California Sur and Sonora)

[Miriam Mapanauta]

Hi HOT team

This is a heads up,  Hurricane Newton is hitting south of Baja California
Sur (around Los Cabos) and the cost of the State of Sonora.

Other volunteers from Mexico and myself are preparing the Wiki and we are
trying to determine the areas that will need support.

Stay tuned!

Thanks in advance for your support,

Miriam
@mapanauta
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[HOT] Posting Mapathon on Missing Maps Event Calendar

[Mike Thompson]

How does one get a mapathon posted to the event calendar here:
http://www.missingmaps.org/events/

I filled out this form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdvsMHLor8mrDrHa-BQs2XzFb96vIrx3u--LHXWd1g7RncPg/viewform

several weeks ago with information about the event, but it still isn't
listed.

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Re: [HOT] Myanmar task on MapSwipe

[Russell Deffner]

Hi Laura and all,

 

That is a pretty tight window for the QGIS grant, however I went ahead and 
added it to the Fundraising Working Group’s ‘pipeline’/spreadsheet. We meet 
every-other week, next one is Wednesday the 14th; however, we have some 
projects that are also time sensitive and we may do a ‘less formal’ FWG meeting 
this week.

 

If you’re interested in this stuff, we definitely welcome more people (i.e. 
more people == more opportunities we can apply for). Let me, Tyler or Cheryl 
know and we can get you into the mailing list, etc.

 

Sincerely,

=Russ

 

Russell Deffner

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From: Laura O'Grady [mailto:la...@lauraogrady.ca] 
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2016 3:27 PM
To: Pete Masters
Cc: hot@openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [HOT] Myanmar task on MapSwipe

 

Hi Pete,

 

Thanks for sharing this data in QGIS format with the list. I look forward to 
taking a closer look.

 

Speaking of QGIS they currently have a grant application call (due date 
Thursday September 15th, 2016):

 

http://blog.qgis.org/2016/08/04/qgis-grants-call-for-applications/

 

I noticed one of the potential projects they might fund is:

 

·Implementing a new feature in QGIS

If there are any developers out there who have ideas about a plug-in that might 
be used in conjunction with the Tasking Manager and/or MapSwipe that HOT would 
find useful I'd be happy to read over and provide feedback on a grant proposal 
for this funding call. I have experience writing/reviewing grants with some 
technological aspect but not specifically with this organization.

 

Best wishes,

 

Laura 

 

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la...@lauraogrady.ca

 

 


On Sep 5, 2016, at 3:36 PM, Pete Masters  wrote:

Hi all, how are you?

 

Thought some of you might be interested in this: myanmar-results-100.zip 

 

 

It's the full results from MapSwipe contributors for the MSF-requested Myanmar 
project. There's a qgis project file, shapes for admin boundaries and a results 
geojson.

 

This will be the first MapSwipe task that informs a tasking manager project, so 
we need to work out how best to do that over the coming days!

 

The project in MapSwipe was completed in around 60 hours by just more than 1000 
people, which we are super pleased with. Looking forward to see how it affects 
the TM process!

 

Would love to hear your questions and conmments / suggestions...

 

Cheers,

 

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