<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-bcb081fe-7fff-a220-eaac-5289f454ab86" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hello </span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Portugal</span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> OSM Community,</span></span><br clear="all"></font><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">Alexandra Pop here, Map Production Specialist for <a href="https://bolt.eu/pt-pt/">Bolt</a> and I am happy <span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">to introduce our company, our mission and, most importantly, our mapping objectives in Portugal. As you were informed previously through <a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-pt/2021-March/001944.html">this post</a> by my colleague Murad </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Vardzelyan</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap"> we are improving OSM data for Lisbon, it is time to update you regarding our activities.</span></font></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-c68b98c5-7fff-2c6e-5a42-0a82cd17fe1b"><font color="#000000"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We believe that most trips in the city don’t require the use of a personal car. At Bolt, we’re building a future in which people are no longer forced to buy a car to get around. Where people have the freedom to use transportation on demand, choosing whatever vehicle is best for each occasion -  including ride-hailing, shared cars and scooters, and food and grocery delivery.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Building a sustainable future is a goal Bolt and OSM have in common. Just like we care about our customers’ needs, people who contribute to OSM care about their communities' prosperity. </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">OSM members create more than maps, they design a vital tool to improve the quality of life of the community. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Accordingly, where there is an active OSM community, there is good data coverage. In turn, it means that we can provide better services that make OSM a valuable part of data we use, along with other open and proprietary data sources. Bolt thrives for synergetic interaction with the OSM community. Being passive users of the data is not an aspiration we share, as well as tailoring an already well-functioning ecosystem of OSM to erroneous ends. Instead, we are willing to assist the community and become a part of it by resolving certain set of issues, such as improving road configuration, adding missing roads, one ways and turn restrictions, updates for points of interest, along with others. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p></font></span></div><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-c4f3a6f2-7fff-f780-2582-6819e4e79535"><font color="#000000"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Members of our Map Production Team are experienced OSM members who have profound knowledge of working principles of OSM and proficient editing skills that allow them to take delicate actions in compliance with community agreements. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nowadays, for Portugal, Bolt operates in </span><a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/algarve/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Algarve</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span><a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/aveiro/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Aveiro</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span><a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/barcelos/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Barcelos</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span><a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/braga/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Braga</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span><a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/castelo-branco/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Castelo Branco</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span><a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/coimbra/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Coimbra</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span><a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/evora/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Evora</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span><a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/faro/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Faro</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span><a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/guimaraes/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Guimarães</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span><a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/leiria/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Leiria</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span><a href="https://bolt.eu/en-ro/cities/lisbon/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Lisbon</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span><a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/madeira/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Madeira</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span><a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/porto/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Porto</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span><a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/santarem/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Santarém</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span><a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/setubal/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Setubal</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span><a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/sines/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Sines</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span><a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/viana-do-castelo/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Viana do Castelo</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span><a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/viseu/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Viseu</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You might have already noticed edits made by members of our team in these cities. Together with developing our operations in Portugal, we also aim to lay the foundation for a healthy dialogue, including constructive criticism, and further cooperation with the </span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Portugal </span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">OSM Community. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You can find more information about our current work with OSM in </span><a href="https://github.com/bolteu/osm_mapping" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">this</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> GitHub repository or on our </span><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bolt" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wiki page</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-bdeea269-7fff-29bb-42bf-91889db4bc8b"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Feel free to reach out via messaging </span><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Bolt031" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bolt031</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> or </span><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Bolt033" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bolt033</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, who is in charge of Portugal.</span></span><br></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sincerely,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bolt</span></p></font></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><table style="border-spacing:0px;padding-bottom:6pt;line-height:1;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle;color:rgb(47,49,63);font-family:sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;padding:0px"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Oana-Alexandra Pop</font></font></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:rgb(47,49,63);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Map Production Specialist</font></font></span><span style="color:rgb(47,49,63);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"> | </font></font></span><span style="color:rgb(47,49,63);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Romania</font></font></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="border-spacing:0px;padding-bottom:10pt;line-height:1;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-right:6pt"><br></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;color:rgb(116,118,130);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px"><br></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-right:6pt"><img height="14" src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/hosting-dc1bb.appspot.com/o/emailIcon.png?alt=media&token=5f2f566c-ce11-4cb4-b5bc-5146bb93e1fc" style="vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block"></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;color:rgb(116,118,130);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px"><a href="mailto:alexandra.pop@bolt.eu" target="_blank"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">alexandra.pop@bolt.eu</font></font></a></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-right:6pt"><img height="14" src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/hosting-dc1bb.appspot.com/o/webIcon.png?alt=media&token=24cd9635-0ac1-4ae4-8d3e-847b757043de" style="vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block"></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;color:rgb(116,118,130);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px"><a href="http://blog.bolt.eu" target="_blank"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">blog.bolt.eu</font></font></a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><a href="https://bolt.eu/" style="color:rgb(116,118,130);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px" target="_blank"><img height="28" src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/hosting-dc1bb.appspot.com/o/boltLogo.png?alt=media&token=171417b2-7f71-483c-9f3d-c80cfcb0cf2e" style="vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block"></a></span><br></div></div></div></div>