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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Hello, everyone,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">We used public instances of OSM QC tools such as Atlas and Osmose in addition to internal validation to detect potential map data issues in several African countries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">The checks are mainly focused on potential issues that would impact the road network and tags that affect automotive navigation applications.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">We have created five new regional projects in Africa designed to fix these issues. The projects are organized around one rule violation per country for each unique challenge. We
hope this will make the challenges easier for active users in each country to find.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">We also structured the challenges to align with OSM tagging guidelines.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Here are the projects:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Central Africa:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmaproulette.org%2Fbrowse%2Fprojects%2F45566&data=04%7C01%7CCourtney.Williamson%40tomtom.com%7C78184cd896bc447f240308d942d5e3d3%7C374f80267b544a3ab87d328fa26ec10d%7C0%7C0%7C637614308674112445%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=zCN6twDaw930FSDRH26VKluxYd05Ue%2Fz%2FTlTh3pNzGE%3D&reserved=0" title="Original URL:
https://maproulette.org/browse/projects/45566
Click to follow link."><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">https://maproulette.org/browse/projects/45566</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Eastern Africa:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmaproulette.org%2Fbrowse%2Fprojects%2F45567&data=04%7C01%7CCourtney.Williamson%40tomtom.com%7C78184cd896bc447f240308d942d5e3d3%7C374f80267b544a3ab87d328fa26ec10d%7C0%7C0%7C637614308674112445%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=MrUYxV%2FR1L7uxnu05dt2iT6abu83lSNQ4V3%2Fo4Do9go%3D&reserved=0" title="Original URL:
https://maproulette.org/browse/projects/45567
Click to follow link."><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">https://maproulette.org/browse/projects/45567</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Northern Africa:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmaproulette.org%2Fbrowse%2Fprojects%2F45568&data=04%7C01%7CCourtney.Williamson%40tomtom.com%7C78184cd896bc447f240308d942d5e3d3%7C374f80267b544a3ab87d328fa26ec10d%7C0%7C0%7C637614308674112445%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=EdS8x4Ww4DGrK8dGvfkScey3MGxUgKEWvNEGdYZyjMs%3D&reserved=0" title="Original URL:
https://maproulette.org/browse/projects/45568
Click to follow link."><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">https://maproulette.org/browse/projects/45568</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Southern Africa:
<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmaproulette.org%2Fbrowse%2Fprojects%2F45569&data=04%7C01%7CCourtney.Williamson%40tomtom.com%7C78184cd896bc447f240308d942d5e3d3%7C374f80267b544a3ab87d328fa26ec10d%7C0%7C0%7C637614308674122400%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=IcjPNMnndbtIGabRAYvWvrrnbNjIgy4y8BcoUUNdZdk%3D&reserved=0" title="Original URL:
https://maproulette.org/browse/projects/45569
Click to follow link."><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">https://maproulette.org/browse/projects/45569</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Western Africa:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmaproulette.org%2Fbrowse%2Fprojects%2F45570&data=04%7C01%7CCourtney.Williamson%40tomtom.com%7C78184cd896bc447f240308d942d5e3d3%7C374f80267b544a3ab87d328fa26ec10d%7C0%7C0%7C637614308674122400%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=792W6dJSmZ9ze6pLAjPCr2MSrkooblZW4rsR7FouatI%3D&reserved=0" title="Original URL:
https://maproulette.org/browse/projects/45570
Click to follow link."><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">https://maproulette.org/browse/projects/45570</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Let me know if you have any questions,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Courtney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Bonjour à tous,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Nous avons utilisé des instances publiques des outils OSM QC tels que Atlas et Osmose en plus de la validation interne pour détecter les problèmes potentiels de données cartographiques
dans plusieurs pays africains.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Les vérifications sont principalement axées sur les problèmes potentiels qui auraient un impact sur le réseau routier et les balises qui affectent les applications de navigation
automobile.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Nous avons créé cinq nouveaux projets régionaux en Afrique conçus pour résoudre ces problèmes. Les projets sont organisés autour d'une violation de règle par pays pour chaque défi
unique. Nous espérons que cela rendra les défis plus faciles à trouver pour les utilisateurs actifs dans chaque pays.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Nous avons également structuré les défis pour les aligner sur les directives de balisage OSM.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Voici les projets :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Afrique centrale : https://maproulette.org/browse/projects/45566<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Afrique de l'Est : https://maproulette.org/browse/projects/45567<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Afrique du Nord : https://maproulette.org/browse/projects/45568<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Afrique australe : https://maproulette.org/browse/projects/45569<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Afrique de l'Ouest : https://maproulette.org/browse/projects/45570<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Faites moi savoir si vous avez des questions,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Courtney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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