Hello mappers, I wanted to send a note and let everyone know there will a significant effort this Friday April 18th to map Davao City and General Santos. Students from the George Washington University Geography department will be working with USAID to replicate the great mapping work they did last fall in Kathmandu<http://gwtoday.gwu.edu/students-help-map-nepal%E2%80%99s-kathmandu>. As it turns out, the students who were taught OSM for this project were then able to used their new skills and helped map during the Haiyan response. For this project we noticed there wasn't much mapping happening in these PH cities, and for grading purposes its better to start with a clean area. Tasks have been created in the Tasking Manager with (GWU Mapathon) following the title. Changesets "#GWU #USAID" will be used and the class will focus on creating buildings, roads, and other infrastructure.
We are very interested in linking this work with local universities or volunteers on the ground who could populate attributes. In Kathmandu we worked with Kathmandu Living Labs <http://www.kathmandulivinglabs.org/>who was able to add precise details about all the schools and hospitals in the city. Please let us know if you have ideas on volunteers who may be willing to do some field work. Thank you, *Chad Blevins* GeoCenter U.S. Global Development Lab USAID 703-220-8513
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