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Hi All,<br>
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Dave requested to forward this message about participation in
a mapathon to the mailinglist.<br>
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gr.<br>
Johan<br>
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From: Dave Corley <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:davecorley@gmail.com">davecorley@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2014 16:22:32 +0100<br>
Subject: 25th July #MapLesotho International Mapathon<br>
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off, apologies for cross posting, trying to spread the
word to as large an audience as possible. </span><br>
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grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.31999969482422px">tl;dr,
a group of Irish OpenStreetMap members are organising a
mapathon on 25th July to map large sections of Lesotho
and we are looking for individuals or groups to
participate from around the world. Presently we have 3
groups participating from Lesotho, Ireland, &
Germany. </span></div>
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grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.31999969482422px">We
will be using the HOT tasking manager to coordinate 2
large tasks</span></div>
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Rural - identify and map the outline of settlements, the
major routes to and from these settlements and any major
features (rivers, lakes etc)</span></div>
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Urban - Trace building outlines and complete road
networks</span></div>
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grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.31999969482422px">A
bit of background....</span><br>
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<div><font color="#141823" face="Helvetica, Arial, lucida
grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:14px;line-height:19.31999969482422px">In
conjunction with Action Ireland Trust [1], a number
of Irish OSM members from Fingal County Council [2]
traveled to Lesotho for a number of weeks in 2013
and then again early in 2014 to assist and train
district planners in utilising OSM data. This was
done in agreement with the Ministry for Local
Government and Chieftainship and the Chief Physical
Planner of Lesotho. The trip culminated in an
historic memorandum of understanding between Lesotho
and Fingal County Council [3]</span></font></div>
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grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:14px;line-height:19.31999969482422px"><br>
</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#141823" face="Helvetica, Arial, lucida
grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:14px;line-height:19.31999969482422px">Another
group are planning to travel in early 2015 with the
following objectives as part of their visit:</span></font></div>
<div><span
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grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif">- Create an
OSM community in Lesotho by engaging with local
communities and providing training and guidance on
surveying and updating OSM</span><br>
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grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span
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Create a basemap of the country for use by all</span></font></div>
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grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:14px;line-height:19.31999969482422px">-
Create an evidence base for decision makers</span></font></div>
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grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:14px;line-height:19.31999969482422px">-
Create an awakeness of Urban Design</span></font></div>
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grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.31999969482422px">Further
details can be found on the wiki page [4]</span><br>
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<p style="margin:6px 0px">Thanks, <br>
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[1] - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://actionirelandtrust.ie/" target="_blank">http://actionirelandtrust.ie/</a></div>
<div>[2] - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.fingalcoco.ie/" target="_blank">http://www.fingalcoco.ie/</a></div>
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grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.31999969482422px"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.corr.ie/blog/4567078398/Fingal-County-Council-sign-historic-agreement-with-Lesotho-Government/7628289"
target="_blank">http://www.corr.ie/blog/4567078398/Fingal-County-Council-sign-historic-agreement-with-Lesotho-Government/7628289</a> </span></div>
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- <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Lesotho_Mapathon"
target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Lesotho_Mapathon</a></span><br>
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