Re: [HOT] paths, tracks and unclassified in West Africa

2015-07-15 Thread Thomas Gertin
I am adding to the discussion of highway tagging in West Africa. All of the projects that mapped highways in West Africa that I have seen or been a part of followed the guidance of the Highway Tag Africa wiki page (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Tag_Africa

Re: [HOT] State of the Map Scotland: International Development Fair 30th September

2015-07-15 Thread Tyler Radford
Bob, Thanks very much for making this happen and for keeping the HOT community informed of your results to date. The link to Missing Maps partners is a good one. If we can assist with this and/or making connections please let me know. Best Tyler *Tyler Radford* Interim Executive Director email:

Re: [HOT] OSM Training workshop in Malawi

2015-07-15 Thread Steven Johnson
Hi Justin, Since you're doing training work, I'm happy to offer the use of the TeachOSM Tasking Manager (http://tasks.teachosm.org/) for your classroom/training activities. That way you can reduce the load on the HOT Tasking Manager and reserve it for genuine emergencies. Contact me offline and I c

Re: [HOT] OSM Training workshop in Malawi

2015-07-15 Thread Tyler Radford
Hi Justin, That's great, and thanks for sharing with the community. If you use Twitter, feel free to tweet @hotosm before and during the workshop so we can help get you some added publicity. Best, Tyler *Tyler Radford* Interim Executive Director email: tyler.radf...@hotosm.org U.S. mobile: +1 61

[HOT] Fwd: [info-hotosm] ODI Summer Showcase: £7,000 to support your open data project

2015-07-15 Thread Tyler Radford
Hello all, This may be useful to you or your networks. Note that project teams must be based in the UK. If you're thinking of a HOT-related idea, kindly be in contact so we can support! Best, *Tyler Radford* Interim Executive Director email: tyler.radf...@hotosm.org U.S. mobile: +1 617.285.2009

Re: [HOT] paths, tracks and unclassified in West Africa

2015-07-15 Thread Ralf Stephan
So, essentially, only locals have full knowledge and every tag by nonlocals is preliminary? On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 12:41 PM Eric Sibert wrote: > I'm jumping late in the discussion. > > I will talk about my experience in Madagascar, which is not West > Africa but more East Africa/Indian Ocean. >

[HOT] State of the Map Scotland: International Development Fair 30th September

2015-07-15 Thread Bob Kerr
Hi, This year State of the map Scotland is having an International Development Fair, where we are introducing ourselves to various groups and Charities http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_of_the_Map_Scotland_2015/Day_1 After working on this for several months I just thought I'd let HOT know

Re: [HOT] paths, tracks and unclassified in West Africa

2015-07-15 Thread Eric Sibert
I'm jumping late in the discussion. I will talk about my experience in Madagascar, which is not West Africa but more East Africa/Indian Ocean. Lets consider Namoroka National Park area: http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/-16.4473/45.4233 This a back country area with few population (5 hab.