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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Hello, everyone,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">We used public instances of OSM QC tools such as Atlas and Osmose in addition to internal validation to detect potential map data issues in several African countries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">The checks are mainly focused on potential issues that would impact the road network and tags that affect automotive navigation applications.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">We have created five new regional projects in Africa designed to fix these issues. The projects are organized around one rule violation per country for each unique challenge. We
hope this will make the challenges easier for active users in each country to find. We also structured the challenges to align with OSM tagging guidelines.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Here are the projects:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Central Africa:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmaproulette.org%2Fbrowse%2Fprojects%2F45566&data=04%7C01%7CCourtney.Williamson%40tomtom.com%7C78184cd896bc447f240308d942d5e3d3%7C374f80267b544a3ab87d328fa26ec10d%7C0%7C0%7C637614308674112445%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=zCN6twDaw930FSDRH26VKluxYd05Ue%2Fz%2FTlTh3pNzGE%3D&reserved=0" title="Original URL:
https://maproulette.org/browse/projects/45566
Click to follow link."><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">https://maproulette.org/browse/projects/45566</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Eastern Africa:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmaproulette.org%2Fbrowse%2Fprojects%2F45567&data=04%7C01%7CCourtney.Williamson%40tomtom.com%7C78184cd896bc447f240308d942d5e3d3%7C374f80267b544a3ab87d328fa26ec10d%7C0%7C0%7C637614308674112445%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=MrUYxV%2FR1L7uxnu05dt2iT6abu83lSNQ4V3%2Fo4Do9go%3D&reserved=0" title="Original URL:
https://maproulette.org/browse/projects/45567
Click to follow link."><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">https://maproulette.org/browse/projects/45567</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Northern Africa:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmaproulette.org%2Fbrowse%2Fprojects%2F45568&data=04%7C01%7CCourtney.Williamson%40tomtom.com%7C78184cd896bc447f240308d942d5e3d3%7C374f80267b544a3ab87d328fa26ec10d%7C0%7C0%7C637614308674112445%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=EdS8x4Ww4DGrK8dGvfkScey3MGxUgKEWvNEGdYZyjMs%3D&reserved=0" title="Original URL:
https://maproulette.org/browse/projects/45568
Click to follow link."><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">https://maproulette.org/browse/projects/45568</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Southern Africa:
<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmaproulette.org%2Fbrowse%2Fprojects%2F45569&data=04%7C01%7CCourtney.Williamson%40tomtom.com%7C78184cd896bc447f240308d942d5e3d3%7C374f80267b544a3ab87d328fa26ec10d%7C0%7C0%7C637614308674122400%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=IcjPNMnndbtIGabRAYvWvrrnbNjIgy4y8BcoUUNdZdk%3D&reserved=0" title="Original URL:
https://maproulette.org/browse/projects/45569
Click to follow link."><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">https://maproulette.org/browse/projects/45569</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Western Africa:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmaproulette.org%2Fbrowse%2Fprojects%2F45570&data=04%7C01%7CCourtney.Williamson%40tomtom.com%7C78184cd896bc447f240308d942d5e3d3%7C374f80267b544a3ab87d328fa26ec10d%7C0%7C0%7C637614308674122400%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=792W6dJSmZ9ze6pLAjPCr2MSrkooblZW4rsR7FouatI%3D&reserved=0" title="Original URL:
https://maproulette.org/browse/projects/45570
Click to follow link."><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">https://maproulette.org/browse/projects/45570</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Let me know if you have any questions,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Courtney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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