Re: [HOT] HOT in Research - Casual meetup

2016-04-07 Thread Robert Soden
> heatherle...@gmail.com > Twitter: HeatherLeson > Blog: textontechs.com > > On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 10:06 PM, Robert Soden > wrote: >> >> Thanks to everyone who attended this morning. Here are some notes >> from the call: >> https://docs.google.com/document/d

Re: [HOT] HOT in Research - Casual meetup

2016-03-02 Thread Robert Soden
Leson >>> Blog: textontechs.com >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 10:19 PM, Martin Dittus >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Was just thinking it would be nice to get people closer together! >>>> >>>> Unfortunately that week coincides

[HOT] World Bank/GFDRR seeking research consultant on open source software

2016-01-07 Thread Robert Soden
Hello all, There's an exciting opportunity to partner with the OpenDRI team on open source software research. See here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4373468/PositionOpenSourceSoftwareDevelopmentResearchforOpenDRI.pdf Please apply by January 22nd. Drop me a line if you have any questions.

Re: [HOT] Follow up on Academic Research Discussion from the HOT Summit

2015-11-03 Thread Robert Soden
t;> This is great, thanks to all who have contributed. >> >> I can say that, without a doubt, the Missing Maps project has already >> benefited hugely from collaboration with researchers and academics. >> >> Pete >> >> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 8:25 PM, Robert Soden

Re: [HOT] Follow up on Academic Research Discussion from the HOT Summit

2015-09-02 Thread Robert Soden
We're live: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/HOT_Academic_Partnerships https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/HOT_Research_Topics On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 5:27 AM, Robert Soden wrote: > Hi all, > > Thanks to everyone who has already given feedback! I'm going to > incorporat

Re: [HOT] Follow up on Academic Research Discussion from the HOT Summit

2015-08-07 Thread Robert Soden
Hi all, Thanks to everyone who has already given feedback! I'm going to incorporate and then put a draft up on the HOT wiki sometime in the next week. Please let me know if you have any other input. Best, Robert On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 3:03 PM, Robert Soden wrote: > Hi everyone, &

[HOT] Follow up on Academic Research Discussion from the HOT Summit

2015-07-12 Thread Robert Soden
Hi everyone, A few of us organized a group discussion at the HOT Summit back in April on partnerships with academic researchers. Everyone in the session seemed to agree that research on HOTs activities has the potential to be beneficial and should be encouraged but that there needed to be a clear

Re: [HOT] GeoFabrik Downloads

2015-04-26 Thread Robert Soden
Frederik Ramm just sent through a link to this page, which hosts GeoFabrik extracts, updated every 30 minutes: http://labs.geofabrik.de/nepal/ On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 3:24 AM, Robert Soden wrote: > There are a few important users of OSM data in Nepal with workflows built > arou

[HOT] GeoFabrik Downloads

2015-04-26 Thread Robert Soden
There are a few important users of OSM data in Nepal with workflows built around the GeoFabrik downloads here: http://download.geofabrik.de/asia/nepal.html Right now I think this data is being updated daily. If someone from GeoFabrik is on this list or knows someone there, could we ask to have th

[HOT] HOT Summit Idea - Panel on Academic Research & HOT

2015-03-22 Thread Robert Soden
Hi all, I'm thinking about submitting a panel proposal for the HOT Summit on academic partnerships with HOT. Potential topics for discussion could include research ethics, opportunities for documenting HOT's efforts, and the kinds of questions that the HOT community would see benefit from having

[HOT] GFDRR's Open Data for Resilience Initiative hiring mapping and data-viz expert

2014-12-01 Thread Robert Soden
Hi everyone, We're looking to bring on a new member of the OpenDRI team to help grow a new area of work around data visualization. It's a really cool opportunity to develop a work program with significant room for the position to grow based on the right person's interest and talents. For more inf

Re: [HOT] OpenDRI Field Guide Released

2014-03-22 Thread Robert Soden
Nico, Great idea. I know John is looking at making a few edits to this current version. The final version should be out by late April I would guess. I think we'd be more than happy to facilitate any translation efforts then. Cheers, Robert On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 10:16 AM, nicolas chavent

Re: [HOT] Licensing of Software Developed by HOT

2013-02-26 Thread Robert Soden
+1 for the idea and for having a vote (or whatever it is we need to do to make this decision collectively). On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Schuyler Erle wrote: > > On Feb 26, 2013, at 12:38 AM, Kate Chapman wrote: > >> I think that HOT should probably vote on a standard license for all >> soft

Re: [HOT] HOT 2013 Board Election Results--Congratulation from OSM/OpenDRI Nepal Community

2013-01-19 Thread Robert Soden
There's more info on the OSM Nepal on the website: http://www.osmnepal.org/ and FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mapkathmandu/ It would be excellent to see more folks from HOT get involved in this work and provide their support and expertise to the growing OSM Nepal community. The team i

Re: [HOT] Eurosha project staffing

2012-10-09 Thread Robert Soden
This sounds great. Congrats to Seb and Sev. Look forward to following the project! On Oct 9, 2012, at 4:04 PM, nicolas chavent wrote: > Hi All, > > I am writing to let you know about two decisions taken for the staffing of > the EUROSHA project. > > Séverin Mernard has been hired for the

[HOT] Brief remote training on the use of the Task Manager for the Kathmandu OSM community

2012-09-28 Thread Robert Soden
Would anyone be available in the next week or two to work remotely with 2-3 people from the Nepal OSM community on the use of the HOT task manager? They're techies and pretty motivated so I'm guessing a quick walk through of the platform over Skype or something similar would be sufficient to get t

Re: [HOT] Sample data for Inasafe testing

2012-09-27 Thread Robert Soden
Robert et al, InaSAFE was developed by AIFDR, BNPB, and the World Bank for use in Indonesia but we already have active programs in Sri Lanka and the Caribbean where our counterparts are exploring use of the tool. We're also partnering with JRC, ITHACA, and GEM on a code-sprint this November to fu

Re: [HOT] HOT tutorship program for supporting OSM communities in the developing countries

2012-08-22 Thread Robert Soden
I think this is a great idea. +1 On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Séverin MENARD wrote: > Hi, > > > Nicolas and I would like to find ways to facilitate connections between > global mappers and new communities in the developing countries. We thought > about starting a HOT tutorship program in whi

Re: [HOT] HOT Scholarships to the CrisisMappers Conference

2012-08-10 Thread Robert Soden
I can spend some time on this. No more travel planned until late September so I'll be in DC and available. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 10, 2012, at 9:39 AM, Mikel Maron wrote: > Organizing scholarships is a lot of work, particularly getting a good set of > documents for submission with the vi

Re: [HOT] Including hazards in OSM - First draft of typology and methodology

2012-05-18 Thread Robert Soden
e thinks that one is going to make a journey, yet soon > it is the journey that makes or unmakes you." -- Nicolas Bouvier > > Photos de voyages, photos de montagne: http://www.henriod.info > > Skype: [image: Skype name: marmotte_la_gueuse] > Tajik mobile phone: +992 934 62 46 62

Re: [HOT] Including hazards in OSM - First draft of typology and methodology

2012-05-17 Thread Robert Soden
100% agreed with Kate on this. OSM has great potential for collecting building and other information that could be used to build exposure databases. The work HOT has done in Indonesia is an excellent example of this. However, hazard information useful for actual risk modeling is much more compli

[HOT] OSM-ers in Nepal or Sri Lanka?

2012-04-19 Thread Robert Soden
Hey guys, I'll be in Nepal and Sri Lanka during the first few weeks of May. Would love to meet up with people working on OSM in either Kathmandu or Colombo. Let me know if there's anyone you think I should reach out to. Thanks! Robert ___ HOT mailing

Re: [HOT] Fwd: [CrisisMappers] USIP Call for Proposals: "Participatory Digital Mapping, Local Media, and Community Engagement"

2012-03-27 Thread Robert Soden
Hey guys, Just a few quick thoughts. Participation in the mapping of your city/neighborhood/country is one means to participating in a broader dialogue about the state of things, what is important, and being engaged in the the processes that the maps are intended to facilitate. Because OSM is a

Re: [HOT] I'm off on a MapAction training weekend

2011-11-15 Thread Robert Soden
Harry, Have fun! Sounds like a it'll be an interesting weekend. I've heard that Nigel W is talking to some folks at George Washington University about a MapAction training here in DC sometime next Spring. One thing you might be able to suggest in your discussions is to have an OSM component to

[HOT] GeoNode Developer position in The World Bank's GFDRR Labs team

2011-07-21 Thread Robert Soden
Hi everyone, The World Bank's GFDRR Labs team is seeking to hire a developer to work with us on GeoNode and several other exciting mapping projects. GeoNode is an open source platform that facilitates the creation, sharing, and collaborative use of geospatial data. As part of the Open Data for Res

Re: [HOT] Recommendation for Humberto_Yances

2011-06-14 Thread Robert Soden
+1 On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Ariel Nunez wrote: > I have also worked with Humberto during the Colombia floods and in > educational projects in the northern coast of Colombia. > > He is a very dedicated contributor and a great community builder with > strong ties to the local Open Source

Re: [HOT] Crowdsource Mapping for Preparedness and Emergency Response

2011-05-19 Thread Robert Soden
I've RSVP's but might have a conflict. I would definitely encouraged anyone interested to apply. I met with someone from UN SPIDER in Geneva last week and they are hoping for a good turnout from OSM. On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Martijn van Exel wrote: > Hi all, > > Sorry HOT list if th