<div dir="ltr"><div><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hello mappers,</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I wanted to send a note and let everyone know there will a significant effort this Friday April 18th to map Davao City and General Santos. Students from the George Washington University Geography department will be working with USAID to replicate the great mapping work they did last fall in </span><a href="http://gwtoday.gwu.edu/students-help-map-nepal%E2%80%99s-kathmandu" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kathmandu</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. As it turns out, the students who were taught OSM for this project were then able to used their new skills and helped map during the Haiyan response. For this project we noticed there wasn’t much mapping happening in these PH cities, and for grading purposes its better to start with a clean area. Tasks have been created in the Tasking Manager with (GWU Mapathon) following the title. Changesets “#GWU #USAID” will be used and the class will focus on creating buildings, roads, and other infrastructure. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are very interested in linking this work with local universities or volunteers on the ground who could populate attributes. In Kathmandu we worked with </span><a href="http://www.kathmandulivinglabs.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kathmandu Living Labs </span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">who was able to add precise details about all the schools and hospitals in the city. Please let us know if you have ideas on volunteers who may be willing to do some field work. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<br></p></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><b><font size="4" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Chad Blevins</font></b><div><div><font color="#666666" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">GeoCenter<br></font></div><div><font color="#666666" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">U.S. Global Development Lab </font></div>
<div><font color="#666666" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">USAID</font></div><div><font color="#666666" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">703-220-8513</font></div></div></div></div>
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