<div dir="ltr">Fantastic work everyone! The response to the Nepal mapping efforts has been unprecedented and is a definite evidence of how citizen led movements like OSM can make an actual difference on the ground. The activity in the last 5 days over HOT has been frantic and exciting, especially for those who have been following the IRC channels and mailing list to coordinate with our friends on the ground in Kathmandu: <a href="http://kathmandulivinglabs.org/blog/">http://kathmandulivinglabs.org/blog/</a><div><br></div><div>At Mapbox Bengaluru, we have kept the office open all week to volunteers to train them in mapping and also provide remote assistance to groups in other parts of the country. We have documented some of our efforts here: <a href="https://www.mapbox.com/blog/mapping-nepal/">https://www.mapbox.com/blog/mapping-nepal/</a></div><div><br></div><div>The OSM maps are already being used by the American Red Cross and we are getting constant requests for printable maps that we are working on. The coming days are going to reveal more stories on where our maps are making an impact.</div><div><br></div><div>Its been wonderful to have been a part this movement that is changing lives and its really exciting to see whats in store!</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 2:30 PM, Arun Ganesh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arun.planemad@gmail.com" target="_blank">arun.planemad@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Those who want to help remotely or to organize your own mapathon, we have documented a beginner level guide to contributing that anyone can use and share: <a href="http://bit.ly/nepal-mapping" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/nepal-mapping</a><div><br></div><div>The mapathon is on and we already have 9 participants at the Mapbox office working on <a href="http://tasks.hotosm.org/" target="_blank">http://tasks.hotosm.org/</a></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 1:00 AM, Arun Ganesh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arun.planemad@gmail.com" target="_blank">arun.planemad@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">We will be jumping on HOT tracing work for disaster hit areas at the Mapbox office in Indiranagar tomorrow.<div><br></div><div>If you want to learn how to use JOSM for making large scale edits on OSM, do join in tomorrow and lets map together. Feel free to spread the word.<br><div><div><br></div><div>Details: <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/India/Events/Bangalore_HOT_Nepal_Earthquake_Mapathon_1" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/India/Events/Bangalore_HOT_Nepal_Earthquake_Mapathon_1</a><span><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div>
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