[HOT] Suggestions for any osmgeoweek project Mapbox BLR can work on.

We will have an osmgeoweek mapping later this afternoon at Mapbox BLR office. Any unloved TM project you can suggest? If not, we will continue what we started with DRC last Missing Maps event [0]. [0] http://osmgeoweek.org/project/south-kivu/ -- cheers, maning --

Re: [HOT] OSMGeoweek Mapathon Hashtags

Mike, if this is our task: https://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1195 then it already has quite a few tags in the ‘auto’ comment; I can also add something like #osm-co just before and remove just after the mapathon if you’d like. =Russ From: Mike Thompson [mailto:miketh...@gmail.com] Sent: Monda

Re: [HOT] OSMGeoweek Mapathon Hashtags

Mike, Please use #osmgeoweek for all change sets and follow instructions on the specific TM jobs, if others are specified. You can also add a custom hashtag for your event. Have a good event! Benson On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 17:58 Mike Thompson wrote: > I am working on a "cheat sheet" for our m

[HOT] GeoBadges ver 1.0 for OpenStreetMap

Hello list, Just in time for #OSMGeoweek, TeachOSM with support from Mapstory.org and American Geographical Society, has released the first OpenStreetMap Surveyor I badge.[1] The badge is aimed at the newest open mappers of any age and is awarded for successful acquisition of basic editing skills

[HOT] OSMGeoweek Mapathon Hashtags

I am working on a "cheat sheet" for our mapathon (at Colorado State University in Fort Collins) What hash tags should we put in our change set comments? >From Steven Johnson's post I see: #100Mapathons, #MissingMaps, #PeaceCorps, or #HOT, but what about tags for our specific event? Just make one

Re: [HOT] GeoWeek Remote Support

On 11/13/2015 2:17 PM, Russell Deffner wrote: Greetings HOT community, As we gear-up for the big week ahead, we thought we could do something to help all the GeoWeek event organizers; and that is to have some people on-hand to answer questions and generally give feedback/support on our IRC c

[HOT] Activation WG Meeting Postponed

Greetings everyone, We are not going to have the Activation Working Group meeting this week. Thank you for understanding and tentatively we'll get back to it next week, =Russ Russell Deffner russell.deff...@hotosm.org Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) http://hotosm.org

[HOT] Deadline Friday: Help HOT hit the first $10,000 milestone

Hi all: If you considered donating (any amount) to HOT's campaign but haven't yet had a chance:* Would you consider making your donation today? Mapbox has generously offered to match the first $10,000 raised, but only through Friday.* We can get there with your help: 1. Donate https://donate.hoto

Re: [HOT] Buildings or construction?

You're right, Nick. That is what we agreed on for Lubumbashi. I'll update the tasks. Thanks (and thanks to your trainee mapper), Pete On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 3:34 PM, Nick Allen wrote: > Hi Pete, > > I've been contacted by one of the mappers I've been training, concerned > because he had one o

[HOT] HOT portfolio on the website

Dear HOT community, we, the hotosm.org website team, would like to show on our website the tangible results of HOT's work. We want to visualize examples, showcases and success stories of the use of OSM data in humanitarian context when HOT was involved in any kind. But this information is broadly

[HOT] Buildings or construction?

Hi Pete, I've been contacted by one of the mappers I've been training, concerned because he had one of his squares invalidated. He's been working away at the Lubumbashi tasks involving the tracing of buildings. [1] From conversations I've had with you, and others involved in the mapping of t

Re: [HOT] GeoWeek Remote Support

Hi Greg, maybe I can help There are areas for MSF that come to mind at the moment, two in DRC; Lubumbashi and South Kivu, and one in Unity State, South Sudan. All have plenty to do at the current time Lubumbashi is pure building mapping and great for beginners: http://tasks.hotosm.org/pro

Re: [HOT] GeoWeek Remote Support

Hello, Continuing the subject of remote support... I'm teaching/talking/leading at a Mapathon tomorrow evening that is hosted/organised by Friends of MSF (almost 30 say they're coming). Normally I would hand pick a task as much as a week before the event. A "good" task could be one that is recent