<p dir="ltr">Hi Nama, great project</p>
<p dir="ltr">The NepalMonitor team might be a great team to connect. They have been very active in the Ushahidi community for over a year. While they don't use OSM as a base layer yet, they do have civil society connections.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.nepalmonitor.org/">https://www.nepalmonitor.org/</a><br></p>
<p dir="ltr">Heather </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 19, 2013 6:13 AM, "Nama Budhathoki" <<a href="mailto:namabudhathoki@gmail.com">namabudhathoki@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi,<br><br>I am writing this from Nepal. First of all, I would like to congratulate the newly elected HOT team members and the HOT community as a whole. Second, I am taking this opportunity to introduce some humanitarian OSM works we have started here in Nepal.<br>
<br>As many of you are aware, Nepal is at high risk from earthquakes. Please have a look at this report: <a href="http://nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=16720#.UPn-fOh8OpI" target="_blank">http://nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=16720#.UPn-fOh8OpI</a>. Unfortunately, we do not have online maps for preparedness or rescue works in case we are hit by an earthquake.<br>
<br>With The World Bank's support under its Open Data for Resilience Initiative (OpenDRI), we are aggressively expanding OSM Nepal community to collect major POIs and urban structural data including building footprints. We have started this from Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal. We reach out to schools, colleges, and community groups to talk about and train them in OSM. Since other sources of GIS data are difficult to find, expensive to buy, and often outdated here in Nepal, people get excited when we talk about OSM.<br>
<br>One major hindrance has been existing images, which makes it too difficult to digitize building footprints. We are working to get better resolution images and hoping to have those soon for Kathmandu Valley. Once we have that, we will seek your help with tasks that can be done remotely including digitizing building footprints. If you are interested to come to the ground or are coming to Nepal for any other purpose, lets know so that we can organize a mapping meetup and exchange our learning. For those who are thinking to go for vacation, Nepal has great hiking/trekking sites. Here, you can take mapping and hiking together!<br>
<br>Congratulations once again. We look forward to work together and help each other.<br><br>Nama<br>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Nama R. Budhathoki<br>
<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 5:46 AM, Dane Springmeyer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dane@dbsgeo.com" target="_blank">dane@dbsgeo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hello All,<br>
<br>
The HOT board election voting period has ended and I'm pleased to present the results:<br>
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35 Schuyler Erle<br>
30 Mikel Maron<br>
28 Harry Wood<br>
27 Nicolas Chavent<br>
25 John Crowley<br>
24 Pierre Béland<br>
21 Joseph Reeves<br>
18 Heather Leson<br>
18 Severin Menard<br>
9 Jean-Guilhem Cailton<br>
9 Todd Huffman<br>
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I would like to welcome newly elected members Pierre Béland and Joseph Reeves to the board.<br>
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So the board now consists of:<br>
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Schuyler Erle<br>
Mikel Maron<br>
Harry Wood<br>
Nicolas Chavent<br>
John Crowley<br>
Pierre Béland<br>
Joseph Reeves<br>
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Thanks to everyone that voted and ran for election!<br>
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I regret that I could not continue serving, but I'm heartened to see a great crew of leaders here.<br>
<br>
Dane<br>
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