<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Dear OSM
community, </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">I am from
Zimbabwe and I’m working with the Local Authority in Kariba Town (a small town
in the West of the country). The Local Authority would like to launch an app
reliant on OSM data. The app is for reporting local issues and users will
geolocate issues before submitting a form. Zimbabwe does not have a great street
address system and most streets in Kariba are not officially named. Most houses
do not have street numbers or street names/addresses. However, all houses have
got what is known as a “Stand Number” which is given to the property owner when
they purchase their property. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">The local
authority has good GIS capabilities and has been creating GIS layers for points
of interest and building footprints with useful attributes such as the stand
number. I am helping them to investigate the possibility of uploading a
shapefile of all property boundaries with stand number attributes to OSM. This
will greatly improve the geocoding possibilities for Kariba residents. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">I am following
the steps laid out in the Import Guidelines - <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines</a>.
I would like to inform the imports mailing list of our intentions and I look
forward to your comments and advice about this proposed import. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks so much, </span></p><div>Jason</div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>