Re: [HOT] Help HOT give 10 communities the resources to map!

Hey all, please dampen down the conspiracy theories, personal bitterness and politics. There are ways to ask questions with out being damning, and to share perspectives without lowering ourselves to populist rhetoric and smearing. Let’s try better. The etiquette page on the wiki is a good read

Re: [HOT] Help HOT give 10 communities the resources to map!

One of the problems with giving aid is only about a tenth of the money given is used in the way one would hope. Probably the most pressing problem in Africa at the moment is corruption and in many ways aid doesn't help this particular problem. Mapping in OSM is way to assist without fear that

Re: [HOT] Help HOT give 10 communities the resources to map!

Let us figure out what is happening here: HOT US Inc starts a micro-grant program supposedly to support 10 local OSM communities worldwide by raising money. Some of them being already HOT-Sponsored through grants, others being totally autonomous from HOT US Inc. Looks great. Micro-grants are not

[HOT] Fwd: Beth Kanter & Aliza Sherman: Creating Impact without Burnout

Dear Friends, I know many people in our community who struggle with burnout, myself include, this sounds like a good webinar, Nonprofit Hub typically does good work. Regards, Blake -- Forwarded message -- From: Nonprofit Hub Date: Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 2:12

Re: [HOT] How to map buildings in very dense suburbs areas? Any hints/materials.... ?

Hi Eduardo, it is tough mapping! Blake Girardot made this video for a project that focused on dense urban neighbourhoods of Damascus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAPiGntG6fs=youtu.be I hope it helps Pete On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 5:05 PM, Eduardo Gonzalez wrote: >

[HOT] How to map buildings in very dense suburbs areas? Any hints/materials.... ?

Hello, Does any one have any advice or link to information on how to map buildings in areas like in task http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/2108#task/149 with very dense concentration of buildings? Check on the South-West corner area delimited by that bigger road, the river and the high building.