<div dir="ltr">Hi Greg, maybe I can help....<div><br></div><div>There are areas for MSF that come to mind at the moment, two in DRC; Lubumbashi and South Kivu, and one in Unity State, South Sudan. All have plenty to do at the current time....</div><div><br></div><div>Lubumbashi is pure building mapping and great for beginners: <a href="http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1254">http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1254</a> There is a description on this, but no tracing guide.</div><div>Unity State is also just buildings, but in rural areas: <a href="http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1053">http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1053</a> This has a nice tracing guide linked from the instructions tab.</div><div><br></div><div>South Kivu is slightly more complex as it is mapping road networks and residential areas. There are several tasks on the go for this:</div><div><a href="http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1309">http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1309</a><br></div><div><a href="http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1302">http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1302</a><br></div><div><a href="http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1301">http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1301</a><br></div><div>These are good as they have a video that sets context linked in the description tab and tracing guides linked in the instructions tab.</div><div><br></div><div>Let me know if you have any questions and, in general, if there's anything you think could be improved....</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers for supporting the Friends of MSF group on this!</div><div><br></div><div>Pete</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 1:47 PM, Gregory <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nomoregrapes@googlemail.com" target="_blank">nomoregrapes@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello,</div><div>Continuing the subject of remote support...</div><div><br></div>I'm teaching/talking/leading at a Mapathon tomorrow evening that is hosted/organised by Friends of MSF (almost 30 say they're coming).<div><br></div><div>Normally I would hand pick a task as much as a week before the event. A "good" task could be one that is recent but still has some stuff to map (as in unassigned squares, also visible but unmapped features when looking), has a good description with directions on what to map, and either the group has a connection with the country or there's a sentence to make the task compelling(media helps us humans connect mentally with the need). As this is is an MSF-focused group, I'd like to know if their own priorities but even if another organisation chips in then it's nice to say "XXX has really asked us to do this task".</div><div><br></div><div>With it being OSMGeoWeek, I'm concerned(overly so I know) that I'll pick a task and by the time we start it will be finished.</div><div>I wondered if there's any tasks being proposed for beginners, and then any co-ordination for "X is working in task 1, Y and Z will both work on task 2"?</div><div><br></div><div>What I could do, is find 5 tasks I think are "good" so I have others to choose from at the start. Or we might even finish a task as a team!</div><div><br></div><div>I should perhaps add another purpose for selecting. I'm the main/only experienced mapper. It's easier to have 30 people working on a similar terrain when they ask me/each-other questions. Is this a motorway or a track? I have some answer to give, along with the general advice "look at surrounding squares".</div><div><br></div><div>Gregory.</div><div>Durham & Newcastle, UK.</div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 15 November 2015 at 19:00, Russell Deffner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:russell.deffner@hotosm.org" target="_blank">russell.deffner@hotosm.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Hi Pete,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Thank you for signing up! This was another thing that took a bit longer and didn’t get as much ‘traction’/help as we’d hoped, so in general – my thought was that everyone would for sure sit on IRC (and additionally other places) as well to have a ‘central’ place for anyone to jump on and ask for assistance. But at this point, however you think we can best put this to use, please do suggest. We informed some of the organizers, but I don’t know how best to reach everyone except maybe this list, so any organizers, please also let us know how best we can assist!<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">P.S. I took this shift, so I’m on IRC and Mumble now if anyone needs anything.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">=Russ<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Pete Masters [mailto:<a href="mailto:pedrito1414@googlemail.com" target="_blank">pedrito1414@googlemail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 15, 2015 11:51 AM<br><b>To:</b> Russell Deffner<br><b>Cc:</b> hot<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [HOT] GeoWeek Remote Support<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Have added my name for tomorrow. Is someone contacting mapathon organisers to let them know?<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Can we offer this support to remote mappers if they are doing some at home? If so, how best to reach them?<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Pete<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 10:17 PM, Russell Deffner <<a href="mailto:russell.deffner@hotosm.org" target="_blank">russell.deffner@hotosm.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Greetings HOT community,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">As we gear-up for the big week ahead, we thought we could do something to help all the GeoWeek event organizers; and that is to have some people on-hand to answer questions and generally give feedback/support on our IRC channel (and/or Skype, Mumble, etc.)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">So if you can take a shift (or more), please add yourself to this spreadsheet: <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nyO-Iww2rsk62A2GV3ZBIKT4fxr67-TGopIdDyOG65I" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nyO-Iww2rsk62A2GV3ZBIKT4fxr67-TGopIdDyOG65I</a> – it’s also fine to have more than one person per shift, so don’t be shy to add yourself in addition to anyone already listed.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">=Russ<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Russell Deffner<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Russell.Deffner@hotosm.org" target="_blank">Russell.Deffner@hotosm.org</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://hotosm.org/" target="_blank">http://hotosm.org</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>_______________________________________________<br>HOT mailing list<br><a href="mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">HOT@openstreetmap.org</a><br><a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot</a><u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">-- <u></u><u></u></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Pete Masters</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br>Missing Maps Project Coordinator<br><a href="tel:%2B44%207921%20781%20518" value="+447921781518" target="_blank">+44 7921 781 518</a><br></span><br><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.missingmaps.org/" target="_blank">missingmaps.org</a></span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br></span><a href="https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">@pedrito1414</span></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br></span><a href="https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">@theMissingMaps</span></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MissingMapsProject" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">facebook.com/MissingMapsProject</span></a><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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