<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">There seems to be fairly reasonable free mapbox imagery of this area available.  There is a lot of very reasonable African imagery available that has not yet been mapped.<br><br><a href="http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1087">http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1087</a> is an example.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Cheerio John<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 April 2016 at 10:17, nicolas chavent <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nicolas.chavent@gmail.com" target="_blank">nicolas.chavent@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"><div><div><span><br>Hi all, </span></div><div><br></div><div><span>Below is the English translation of an email sent first to </span><span>the hot-francophone mailing list. It focuses on the first <span><span>crowdfunding</span></span> 100% directed to <span><span>OpenStreetMap</span></span> in Western Africa. The project is run by the local <span><span>OSM</span></span> association (<span><span>OSM</span></span> <span><span>Bénin</span></span>) with the support of the collective <span><span>Projet</span></span> <span><span>Espace</span></span> <span><span>OSM</span></span> Francophone (<span><span>ProjetEOF</span></span>) to purchase 275km² high resolution imagery over Cotonou, Benin economic capital. <br></span></div><div><br></div><div><span>Enjoy the read and shall you be interested, join us! The <span><span>crowfunding</span></span> closes May1, 2016: in 7 days, we still have to raise 550 Euros (25%). This is an easy mean to make a big difference and have a huge <span><span>OpenStreetMap</span></span> and <span><span>opendata</span></span> impact in Cotonou and Benin by helping <span><span>significatively</span></span> the mapping of Cotonou by the Cotonou mappers who can then be supported remotely by the global <span><span>OSM</span></span> community and the Western African groups in the first place.  </span></div><div><br></div><div><span>Best,</span></div><div><br></div><div><span>Nicolas on the behalf of the Association <span><span>OSM</span></span> <span><span>Bénin</span></span> <span><span>et</span></span> the collective <span><span>ProjetEOF</span></span></span></div></div><div><span><br><br>= <span><span>Crowdfunding</span></span> for <span><span>OpenStreetMap</span></span> in <span><span>Bénin</span></span> : 275km² high resolution satellite imagery for Cotonou by 1-May 2016! =<br><br>Hi all, </span></div><div><br></div><div><span>This <span><span>crowdfunding</span></span> </span><span><b>"<span><span>Imagerie</span></span> Satellite pour <span><span>OSM</span></span> Benin</b></span><span>" ([1],[2]) is lead by the Association <span><span>OpenStreetMap</span></span> <span><span>Bénin</span></span> (<span><span>OSMBénin</span></span>) [3] with the support of the collective <span><span>Projet</span></span> <span><span>Espace</span></span> <span><span>OpenStreetMap</span></span> Francophone (<span><span>ProjetEOF</span></span>) [4]. It aims at purchasing around 275 km² high resolution imagery over Cotonou in a license which allows for creating into <span><span>OpenStreetMap</span></span> geographical information  about building, road network, <span><span>hydrography</span></span> and <span><span>landuse</span></span>.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span>The mappers from Benin are active creating geographical data in <span><span>OpenStreetMap</span></span> and thus improving the Free Map of this World via <span><span>mapathons</span></span> [5] field data collections [6], as well as conducting information and outreach work tied to heavy training in <span><span>GIS</span></span> (<span><span>QGIS</span></span>) and mapping with <span><span>OSM</span></span> [7]. Unfortunately they are missing on Cotonou high resolution imagery via the Bing and <span><span>MapBox</span></span> layers. This forces the Benin <span><span>OSM</span></span> community to map Cotonou - </span><span><i>Benin economic capital</i></span><span> - through field surveys only (GPS, Mobile phones and <span><span>FieldPapers</span></span>), </span><span><i>a long time and money intensive work</i></span><span>. This takes us back to the early ages of <span><span>OpenStreetMap</span></span> prior its members had access to high resolution imagery through agreements with Yahoo, Microsoft Bing or benefited from <span><span>opendata</span></span> programs.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span>Shall this <span><span>crowdfunding</span></span> works well, this would be a major breakthrough for the growth of <span><span>OpenStreetMap</span></span> in Cotonou and in Benin, as a matter of fact, with this imagery purchased, hosted and <span><span>accesible</span></span>:</span></div><div><span> - Not only the mappers from <span><span>Bénin</span></span> would be more efficient mapping Cotonou and in a position to dedicate more time to non mapping activities such information, outreach, building partnerships while continuing and expanding the activities they had been carrying out in the rest of the country since 2013 as one can read from the "<span><span>Infolettre</span></span> <span><span>OSM</span></span> <span><span>Bénin</span></span>" [8].</span></div><div><span> - But for mapping Cotonou, they could benefit from the support of the global <span><span>OpenStreetMap</span></span> community and specifically the Western African local groups with whom strong relations have been established and numerous joint mapping activities have been organized since 2013.</span></div><div><span> </span></div><div><span>The <span><span>crowfunding</span></span> closes in 7 days, we still have to raise 550 Euros (25%), an easy mean to make a big difference and have a huge <span><span>OpenStreetMap</span></span> and <span><span>opendata</span></span> impact by helping <span><span>significatively</span></span> the mapping of Cotonou by the Cotonou mappers with the support of the global <span><span>OSM</span></span> community and the Western African groups in the first place.  </span></div><div><br></div><div><span>To check the status of this <span><span>crowdfunding</span></span> project, stay tuned to the <span><span>Ulule</span></span> platform, the <span><span>OSM</span></span> lists, the Wiki site of the <span><span>OSM</span></span> project in <span><span>Bénin</span></span>, blogs and social media used by <span><span>ProjetEOF</span></span> (@<span><span>ProjetEOF</span></span>), <span><span>OSMBénin</span></span> (@<span><span>OSMBénin</span></span>) and other Western African <span><span>OSM</span></span> collectives.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span>Nicolas on the behalf of the Association <span><span>OSM</span></span> <span><span>Bénin</span></span> and the collective <span><span>Projet</span></span> <span><span>EOF</span></span>.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span>[1] : </span><span><a href="http://fr.ulule.com/imagerie-cotonou/" target="_blank">http://fr.<span><span>ulule</span></span>.com/<span><span>imagerie</span></span>-<span>c<span>otonou</span></span>/</a></span></div><div><span>[2] : </span><span><a href="https://projeteof.org/blog/crowdfunding-openstreetmap-au-benin-275km%C2%B2-dimagerie-satellite-haute-resolution-pour-cotonou-ce-1er-mai-2016/" target="_blank">https://<span><span>projeteof</span></span>.org/blog/<span><span>cro</span><span>wdfunding</span></span>-<span><span>openstreetmap</span></span>-<span><span>au</span></span>-<span><span>ben</span>in</span>-275km%C2%B2-<span><span>dimagerie</span></span>-satellite-<span><span>haute</span></span>-resolution-pour-<span><span>cotonou</span></span>-<span><span>ce</span></span>-1er-<span><span>mai</span></span>-2016/</a></span></div><div><span>[3] : </span><span><a href="http://openstreetmap.bj/" target="_blank">http://<span><span>openstreetmap</span></span>.<span><span>bj</span></span>/</a></span></div><div><span>[4] : </span><span><a href="https://projeteof.org/blog/projet-eof/" target="_blank">https://<span><span>projeteof</span></span>.org/blog/<span>projet</span>-<span><span>eof</span></span>/</a></span></div><div><span>[5] : </span><span><a href="https://twitter.com/absaliou/status/566060712049770496" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/<span><span>absaliou</span></span>/status/566060712049770496</a></span></div><div><span>[6] : </span><span><a href="https://twitter.com/agbadonou/status/719455286285570048" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/<span><span>agbadonou</span></span>/status/719455286285570048</a></span></div><div><span>[7] : </span><span><a href="https://twitter.com/agbadonou/status/677513770214801410" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/<span><span>agbadonou</span></span>/status/677513770214801410</a></span></div><div><span>[8] : </span><span><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:SOTMTG-COM-OSMBJ-contenu.pdf" target="_blank">https://wiki.<span><span>openstreetmap</span></span>.org/wiki/File:<span><span>SOTMTG</span></span>-COM-<span><span>OSMBJ</span></span>-<span><span>contenu</span></span>.<span><span>pdf</span></span></a></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Nicolas <span><span>Chavent</span></span><div><span><span>Projet</span></span> <span><span>OpenStreetMap</span></span> (<span><span>OSM</span></span>)<br><span><span>Projet</span></span> Humanitarian <span><span>OpenStreetMap</span></span> Team (HOT)<br></div><div><span><span>Projet</span></span> <span><span>Espace</span></span> <span><span>OSM</span></span> Francophone (<span><span>EOF</span></span>)<br></div><div><div>Mobile (<span><span>FRA</span></span>): <a href="tel:%2B33%20%280%296%2052%2040%2078%2020" value="+33652407820" target="_blank">+33 (0)6 52 40 78 20</a><br></div><div>Mobile (<span><span>CIV</span></span>): <a href="tel:%2B225%2078%2012%2076%2099" value="+22578127699" target="_blank">+225 78 12 76 99</a><br></div><div><a href="mailto:nicolas.chavent@hotosm.org" target="_blank"></a></div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:nicolas.chavent@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span><span>nicolas</span></span>.<span><span>chavent</span></span>@gmail.com</a><br><span><span>Skype</span></span>: c_<span><span>nicolas</span></span><br>Twitter: <span><span>nicolas</span></span>_<span><span>chavent</span></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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