We are making an overland trip from the Netherlands to South Africa. All tracks (including all parks we visited) have been uploaded. I am in the process of adding the data we collected to the maps. Parks include:<div><ul><li>Masai Mara (Kenya)</li><li>Hell's Gate (Kenya)</li><li>Queen Elisabeth N.P. (Uganda)</li><li>Akagera (Rwanda)</li><li>Tarangire (Tanzania)</li><li>Ruaha<span style="font-size:13.63636302948px"> (Tanzania)</span></li><li>Liwonde (Malawi)</li><li>South Luanga (Zambia)</li><li>Chobe (Botswana)</li><li>Milwane (Zimbabwe)</li><li><span style="font-size:13.63636302948px">Matopos (Zimbabwe)</span><br></li><li>Hluhluwe-Imfolozi (RSA)</li><li>Mana Pools (Zimbabwe)</li><li>Marakele (RSA)</li><li>Kruger (RSA)</li><li>Pilanesberg (RSA)</li></ul>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Jan van Bekkum</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed Jan 14 2015 at 9:49:06 PM Dan S <<a href="mailto:danstowell%2Bosm@gmail.com">danstowell+osm@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Bouke,<br>
<br>
Yes please :) - even if you've already digitised a GPS trace, it's<br>
useful for us to have GPS traces in the database to help with<br>
alignment etc.<br>
<br>
Dan<br>
<br>
2015-01-14 20:25 GMT+00:00 Bouke Pieter Ottow <<a href="mailto:boukepieter@gmail.com" target="_blank">boukepieter@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
> Hi John, Blake and list,<br>
><br>
> I have somewhere on my computer still some traces of my visit to Masai Mara<br>
> (Kenya) and Nyungwe Forest (Rwanda). Would this be interesting to use?<br>
> Although I already digitized the last one mentioned.<br>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
> Bouke Pieter<br>
><br>
> On Wed Jan 14 2015 at 6:50:25 PM Blake Girardot <<a href="mailto:bgirardot@gmail.com" target="_blank">bgirardot@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi John,<br>
>><br>
>> Congrats on kicking off the Projects!<br>
>><br>
>> Do you or anyone on the list have any idea how we can get in contact<br>
>> with "adventure tourism" or "eco tourism" people (consumers or vendors)?<br>
>><br>
>> Companies that offer eco or adventure tourism rely on these areas<br>
>> staying protected so they have an incentive to help us with on the<br>
>> ground with gps traces or gps cooridinates for PoI's.<br>
>><br>
>> Not to mention they would get credit as the source for helping collect<br>
>> this data in OSM.<br>
>><br>
>> And the same thing for consumers who go on eco/adventure tourism, they<br>
>> have an incentive help keep these areas protected and would probably<br>
>> love to help contribute to these projects in some way and have on the<br>
>> ground experience.<br>
>><br>
>> How can we get our message out to these places and people?<br>
>><br>
>> Websites? Facebook groups? Travel industry trade organizations?<br>
>><br>
>> If people can identify people/places/organizations I am glad to start<br>
>> spreading the word, but my limited tries so far have not realized any<br>
>> results.<br>
>><br>
>> Or are you already working with companies or groups?<br>
>><br>
>> cheers,<br>
>> Blake<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On 1/14/2015 5:48 PM, John White wrote:<br>
>> > Hi All<br>
>> > I am please to announce that work has begun on Mapping Africa's<br>
>> > Protected Areas. The first two National Parks selected for mapping<br>
>> > are Serengeti National Park (Task 834<br>
>> > <<a href="http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/834" target="_blank">http://tasks.hotosm.org/<u></u>project/834</a>>) and Niokolo-Koba National Park<br>
>> > (Task 721 <<a href="http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/721" target="_blank">http://tasks.hotosm.org/<u></u>project/721</a>>).<br>
>> ><br>
>> > As many of you are aware, Africa's National Parks, Nature Reserves and<br>
>> > Game Reserves are an important and sustainable sources of foreign<br>
>> > currency, jobs and upliftment in many countries on the African<br>
>> > continent. Your assistance in mapping protected areas will help support<br>
>> > tourism activity and therefore the surrounding communities.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > For more information on the list of reserves to be mapped, please visit:<br>
>> > Our WikiProject<br>
>> ><br>
>> > <<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_African_National_Parks_and_Reserves" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.<u></u>org/wiki/WikiProject_African_<u></u>National_Parks_and_Reserves</a>><br>
>> > Our Facebook Page <<a href="https://www.facebook.com/mappingprotectedareas" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/<u></u>mappingprotectedareas</a>><br>
>> ><br>
>> > Regards<br>
>> > John White<br>
>> ><br>
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