On 3/26/19 8:31 PM, john whelan wrote:
Apparently I'm the mapper who is the 4th in Mali and currently I do
not map for HOT.
HOT does not have a monopoly in Mali.
Yes - rural Mali in Openstreetmap owes a lot to you. I'm the one who is
first on that list (I'm more a urban mapping sort or person), I'm not
HOT and neither is the second (someone on an Apple project - he did nice
work on the riverbanks). The three of us represent two thirds of all map
changes in Mali in the last two months.
Anyway, we are foreigners.
The locals on the other hand, a very large portion or which (among the
top 20 people alone, I estimate 7 people, reaching around 19% of all
changes, mostly buildings <muffled sobs>) are socially connected to
Nathalie Sidibé, who sits on the HOT board. The #Hotosm tagged and
tasking-manager coordinated changes are only the visible part.
Francophonie-connected people have led some significant efforts in the
past, but HOT's comparatively large budget goes a long way in those
parts - in terms of social reach.
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