[HOT] HOT activation Syria

[Trevor Ellermann]

I might be able to help. This list is a little to public for obvious
reasons so I'm taking the conversation elsewhere.

--T

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On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 8:14 AM, Joseph Reeves <iknowjoseph at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>
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>> Trevor R. Ellermann
>> @trevorellermann
>> K0DMA
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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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