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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">The Microsoft Open Maps team has created and posted some </span></span><span class="spellingerror"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">MapRoulette</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt"> challenges
in ACT, TAS, and VIC territories (</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://maproulette.org/browse/projects/45510">MapRoulette</a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">). </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">These are also published on our Github page here (</span></span><a href="https://github.com/microsoft/Open-Maps/issues/69">Data improvement MapRoulette
challenges (Various markets) · Issue #69 · microsoft/Open-Maps (github.com)</a><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">Our team will work on these challenges periodically and we invite the local mapping community will join us, and we can help improve the map of Australia together. The challenges were generated
using the 'Atlas' tool to find data problems in OSM. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">You can read more information on ‘Atlas checks’
<a href="https://medium.com/critigenopensource/improving-openstreetmap-data-quality-with-atlas-checks-774a5831a34a">
here</a>.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="spellingerror"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">Maproulette</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt"> is a fun tool for troubleshooting point-by-point data in OSM. For more information on </span></span><span class="spellingerror"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">maproulette</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">,
visit learn.maproulette.org. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">As we create challenges for other territories we’ll update on the talklist here and Maptime oceania slack channel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">Please feel free to reach out with comments via </span></span><span class="spellingerror"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">MapRoulette</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">,
changeset comments, or send an email to </span></span><span class="spellingerror"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">openmaps</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt"> (at) microsoft.com.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">Thanks,</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">Oisin</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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