[HOT] HOT activation Syria

[Joseph Reeves]

Dear all,

I'm pleased to report that HOT have been contacted by partners working
within the ongoing Syrian crises and have been asked to provide relevant
mapping resources. As such we have begun a formal HOT Syria activation.
I've put further details into a blog post:

http://hot.openstreetmap.org/updates/2013-01-28_syria_activation

At the moment we're looking for new potential datasets and trying to
identify people comfortable in Arabic that may be interested in
contributing. Much of the work will involve remote mapping from aerial
imagery, which does not require any particular language skills, but another
element (geo-referencing place names) will benefit from the involvement of
Arabic speakers. In the past we've spoken about mentoring programs; this
activation will hopefully provide a good opportunity to train and mentor
new OSM users.

Please check the blog for further details. More updates will be provided
soon as the project progresses, but of course please email back here with
any questions, proposals, etc.

All best, Joseph
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