<div dir="ltr">Oops sorry I misinterpreted your email Stefan - hope I didn't cause offence :)! <div><br></div><div>We haven't set a task yet - suggestions welcome. If there is an active beginner task on the HOT Tasking manager, we may do this. Or maybe some parts of Northern Malawi where I work on risk from natural hazards like earthquakes (through the Teach OSM tasking manager). </div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,</div><div><br></div><div>Faith </div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 at 19:55, Andreas <<a href="mailto:a_voit@gmx.at">a_voit@gmx.at</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi Faith,<br>
<br>
Stefan asked for the topic of the mapathon and not what it is. There<br>
were few mapathons in Austria in the past.<br>
<br>
I only attended one which was organized by the Red Cross organisation<br>
and we had to map some place at Ethiopia for a water ressource project.<br>
<br>
Kind regards<br>
Andreas as Geologist<br>
<br>
Am 28.01.19 um 10:02 schrieb Faith Taylor:<br>
> Hi Stefan,<br>
> <br>
> Thanks for your interest. A mapathon is a mapping party ('mapping<br>
> marathon'). These are quite popular in<br>
> London: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAcsCmvG2hs" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAcsCmvG2hs</a> <br>
> <br>
> A group gets together to work on mapping an area through the HOT Tasking<br>
> Manager, and usually pizza is served :) <br>
> <br>
> If these don't already, it would be great if these were a regular event<br>
> in Austria. They are a good way to meet other people interested in GIS<br>
> and OSM.<br>
> <br>
> Best wishes,<br>
> <br>
> Faith <br>
> <br>
> On Fri, 25 Jan 2019 at 17:28, Stefan Tauner <<a href="mailto:stefan.tauner@gmx.at" target="_blank">stefan.tauner@gmx.at</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:stefan.tauner@gmx.at" target="_blank">stefan.tauner@gmx.at</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> On Wed, 23 Jan 2019 16:34:32 +0000<br>
> Faith Taylor <<a href="mailto:faith.taylor@port.ac.uk" target="_blank">faith.taylor@port.ac.uk</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:faith.taylor@port.ac.uk" target="_blank">faith.taylor@port.ac.uk</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> > Hello OSM Austria,<br>
> ><br>
> > Myself and four colleagues are planning a mapathon at the European<br>
> > Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna the week of the<br>
> 8th-12th April<br>
> > (exact date TBC).<br>
> ><br>
> > It would be wonderful if some of the OSM Austria team are able to<br>
> help us<br>
> > in this activity.<br>
> ><br>
> > Over 10,000 earth scientists attend the conference (although the<br>
> number at<br>
> > the mapathon will be less - maybe 100 - 200!). Some of them like<br>
> us will be<br>
> > experienced mappers, others will be quite new to this. We are very<br>
> excited<br>
> > that this is the first time a mapathon has taken place at the<br>
> conference.<br>
> <br>
> Hi Faith,<br>
> <br>
> I probably won't attend or help out but I was still wondering if the<br>
> mapathon has some kind of topic already or if it is more like a general<br>
> OSM (introdcution) workshop. Knowing the general direction of the event<br>
> might spark more interesting ;)<br>
> <br>
> -- <br>
> Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> -- <br>
> Dr Faith Taylor<br>
> <br>
> Lecturer in Geographic Information Science <br>
> University of Portsmouth<br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Dr Faith Taylor<div><br><div>Lecturer in Geographic Information Science </div><div>University of Portsmouth</div></div><div><br></div><div><a href="mailto:faith.taylor@port.ac.uk" target="_blank">faith.taylor@port.ac.uk</a></div><div>+44 (0)23 9284 2477</div><div><a href="https://twitter.com/faithatron?lang=en" target="_blank">@faithatron </a></div><div><br></div><div>Recent papers: </div><div>Dodman, D., Adelekan, I., Brown, D., Leck, H., Manda, M., Mberu, M., Pelling, M., Rusca, M., Satterthwaite, D., Taylor, FE (2018) 'A Spectrum of Methods for a Spectrum of Risk: Generating Evidence to Understand and Reduce Urban Risk in Sub-Saharan Africa' <i>Area</i>, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12510" style="color:rgb(0,82,116);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif,icomoon;font-size:14px" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12510</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Taylor, FE, Malamud, BD, Witt, A., Guzzetti, F. (2018) 'Landslide Ellipticity, Shape and Length to Width Ratio' <i>Earth Surface Processes and Landforms</i>. Free read-only version available here: <a href="http://em.rdcu.be/wf/click?upn=lMZy1lernSJ7apc5DgYM8bRf3hn7zaNsWCyl4n9oyIY-3D_jKM7w0C95uGRDpHNQQ-2BK7JFVtU-2FdjCHKtvHK6mBow-2FXb2wfJN4wdhxrPy1baJlvAu5-2F1VaKmsFjDOQcq8Phf1nUkrs2eqN3OAbNJ0T2cR05R22vKMgW1DMQwyNUs013vGj0gQdLfwhky8l8oY6WwDhiJClMw9JP-2BbW1MKfsQQyzskcWO8juBlrLdqcGiCC-2FW-2BS6ZvjvjO9iix6X-2FCAmfNzCHKaoPzrtfPNR5DdZF8595fsxkdJpCCOF6hPwobu5HJED0uZZaCXUoAVWx2wX2Fg-3D-3D" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:Calibri,Geneva,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:12px" target="_blank">https://rdcu.be/9BHa</a> </div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>