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<div id="magicdomid6" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9">Hello
everyone, <br>
<br>
Léonie from CartONG here, the person in charge of the overall
coordination of the TM project #10645 : </span><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9
url"><a href="https://tasks.hotosm.org/projects/10645"
rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tasks.hotosm.org/projects/10645</a></span><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9">. </span></div>
<div id="magicdomid7" class="ace-line"><br>
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<div id="magicdomid8" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9">First
of all we want to thank the persons that spotted the issues with
our projet and took the time to highlight</span><span
class="author-a-fz84z1z75z1xm09z67zz87zsz72zz86zz75zz68z"> them</span><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9">
on the </span><span
class="author-a-fz84z1z75z1xm09z67zz87zsz72zz86zz75zz68z">OSM-Talk
and HOT </span><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9">mailing
lists. Thanks to Pete and Arnalie from HOT for reaching out as
and having brought the issue to our attention. </span></div>
<div id="magicdomid9" class="ace-line"><br>
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<div id="magicdomid10" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9">We
took the time to read the threads to underdand the extent of the
issue and to come up with a plan to fix it. Here are the main
action points that we are going to take as soon as possible.
We'll keep you posted on as we progressively implement the
actions points. Of course, if you have any more pieces of advice
or constructive feedback you're more than welcome to reach out
to us on the various OSM mailing lists as well as by sending us
an email at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="missingmaps@cartong.org">missingmaps@cartong.org</a></span></div>
<div id="magicdomid11" class="ace-line"><br>
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<div id="magicdomid12" class="ace-line"><span
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The first thing we'll do is </span><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9
b"><b>fixing our TM project instructions</b></span><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9">
with a clear sentence that states that mappers should not change
already existing tagging and with a clear indication to always
refer back the OSM Highway Africa WikiPage : </span><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9
url"><a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Tag_Africa"
rel="noreferrer noopener">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Tag_Africa</a></span></div>
<div id="magicdomid13" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-fz84z1z75z1xm09z67zz87zsz72zz86zz75zz68z">These
elements were present historically in our instructions but have
gone missing over time, we'll make sure to include them on any </span><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9">new
project </span><span
class="author-a-fz84z1z75z1xm09z67zz87zsz72zz86zz75zz68z">as
well as existing projects still ongoing</span><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9">.
<br>
<br>
</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid14" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9">-
We got in touch with the main contributor to this project in
order to clarify with him what's been done and </span><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9
b"><b>plan with him the overall data cleaning that should be
done by us</b></span><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9">.
At CartONG, we have a 3-steps process when it comes to organised
editing on OSM on humanitarian and development projects : </span></div>
<div id="magicdomid15" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9">
1 - First step of mapping during mapathons and such through the
Tasking Manager with mappers with different mapping levels.</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid16" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9">
2 - Second step of validation / data quality control also
through the Tasking Manager with our trained volunteers that are
advanced mappers. </span></div>
<div id="magicdomid17" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9">
3 - Third and last step of overall validation done </span><span
class="author-a-fz84z1z75z1xm09z67zz87zsz72zz86zz75zz68z">by </span><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9">one
or two of our most advanced volunteers that control the whole
area that has been mapped in order to ensure homogeneous and
consistent mapping in terms of tagging and geometry. </span></div>
<div id="magicdomid18" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9">On
this project, once the the second step, the first validation, is
complete, the next thing we'll do is </span><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9
b"><b>that step of overall validation with the main contributor
and his colleagues that are advanced OSM mappers and familiar
with highway tagging in Africa</b></span><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9">.<br>
<br>
</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid19" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9">-
Finally, we'll </span><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9
b"><b>update our Organised Editing Activities OSM wiki page</b></span><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9">
(</span><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9
url"><a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Organised_Editing/Activities/CartONG"
rel="noreferrer noopener">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Organised_Editing/Activities/CartONG</a></span><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9">)
by adding the Niger project</span><span
class="author-a-fz84z1z75z1xm09z67zz87zsz72zz86zz75zz68z">.</span><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9">
</span><span
class="author-a-fz84z1z75z1xm09z67zz87zsz72zz86zz75zz68z">We
have been working over the past few monts </span><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9">to
be in compliance with OSM Organised Editing Guidelines</span><span
class="author-a-fz84z1z75z1xm09z67zz87zsz72zz86zz75zz68z">, this
is still a work in progress but our main projects are already
there or will be upcoming very soon</span><span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9">. </span></div>
<div id="magicdomid20" class="ace-line"><br>
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<span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9">Cheers,
<br>
<br>
</span> <span
class="author-a-z80z3z79zvz72zsz74zz87zz87zez75zz73zz78zz80zl9">The
CartONG Missing Maps team,<br>
Contact info : <a><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="missingmaps@cartong.org">missingmaps@cartong.org</a><br>
<br>
</a></span>
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