<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">If you’re interested in forming local mapper groups based on actual contributions to OSM you are free to use the Meet Your Mapper tool I built a little while ago.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You can draw a bounding box and retrieve a list of mappers who contributed there. It generates some basic stats such as number of nodes / ways / relations and tries to classify mappers in a few categories. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Some more information here: <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/mvexel/diary/44833" class="">https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/mvexel/diary/44833</a> and the tool lives at <a href="https://mym.rtijn.org/" class="">https://mym.rtijn.org/</a> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Martijn</div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 19, 2019, at 11:29 AM, Jonathan Brown <<a href="mailto:jonabrow@gmail.com" class="">jonabrow@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Ideally, a local mapper/group would be one that contributed data to an open digital map that can be verified and used to solve a problem (e.g., food security, fresh water, climate change, etc.). The local mapping group should be able to contribute data via satellite imagery, open data, and/or a physical location. The challenge is how to cultivate and maintain local mapper groups based on volunteer work.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Jonathan Brown<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; border: none; padding: 0in;" class=""><b class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><a href="mailto:jwhelan0112@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">John Whelan</a><br class=""><b class="">Sent:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Friday, March 15, 2019 10:01 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><a href="mailto:jonabrow@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Jonathan Brown</a><br class=""><b class="">Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><a href="mailto:talk-ca@openstreetmap.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">talk-ca@openstreetmap.org</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Re: [Talk-ca] Local groups as part of import plan</div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">The problem is defining and contacting a local group. Once defined then they can make the decision.<br class=""><br class="">I've seen as few as two people make a local group decision on an import before now although normally it is done over coffee.<br class=""><br class="">Also we get into who is a local mapper.<br class=""><br class="">Many people have an interest in seeing the data imported but I'm under the impression only those with a OpenStreetMap userid who have contributed count.<br class=""><br class="">Would anyone care to define a local mapper or group?<br class=""><br class="">Thanks John<br class=""><br class="">Jonathan Brown wrote on 2019-03-15 9:46 AM:<br class=""><br class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Could we get Stats Can to support a few local groups who want to use a common framework for a collaborative research project that addresses a sustainable development goal outcome (e.g., the OSM fresh security challenge<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Food_security" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Food_security</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.usda.gov/topics/food-and-nutrition/food-security" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.usda.gov/topics/food-and-nutrition/food-security</a>) ?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Jonathan<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; 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