[HOT] HOT activation Syria

Joseph Reeves iknowjoseph at gmail.com
Mon Jan 28 16:14:25 GMT 2013


hi Trevor,

Thanks for your email. Local contacts would be fantastic, but I'm aware
that there are endless potential difficulties with this. Hopefully we can
work together on this without imposing any burden upon anyone on the
ground. As an aside, UN OCHA does have contacts within Syria, but were
unable to pass on their contact details because of the security risk.

Best, Joseph




On 28 January 2013 16:02, Trevor Ellermann <trevor at ellermann.net> wrote:

> Hey Guys,
>
> This is awesome. I was just actually on the Turkey/Syria border last
> week and was shaking my head at the state of OSM over there.
>
> I am working on internet related projects in the north and now know a
> number of tech savvy Syrians. As you can imagine, they are pretty
> over-committed right now but if HOT needs small favors or
> introductions I may be able to help. They are fairly private for
> obvious reasons but I can pass on requests, information and
> introductions. I'm also pretty up to date on the situation over there
> right now so I might be able to answer questions as well.
>
> --Trevor
>
> ___________________________
> Trevor R. Ellermann
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>
>
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 4:42 AM, Joseph Reeves <iknowjoseph at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > 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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