[HOT] Fwd: [liberationtech] Map4Nepal at Stanford Information & Introductory Workshop Announcement. Please Forward!

Tue Apr 28 00:23:19 UTC 2015

Thanks Heather.

Would it be worthwhile for me to organise similar workshops? Given the
issues with inexperienced mappers that have been raised in another thread,
is there any advice for on-boarding new mappers? I have been directing
people to micromappers.org, but a few people would be relatively happy
downloading JOSM and working their way through an OSM HOT task.

Tim McNamara
@timClicks <http://twitter.com/timClicks> | timmcnamara.co.nz

On 28 April 2015 at 08:14, Heather Leson <heatherleson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Fyi in SF USA today
>
> Heather
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Yosem Companys" <companys at stanford.edu>
> Date: Apr 27, 2015 11:06 PM
> Subject: [liberationtech] Map4Nepal at Stanford Information & Introductory
> Workshop Announcement. Please Forward!
> To: "Liberation Technologies" <liberationtech at mailman.stanford.edu>
> Cc: "Stacey Maples" <stacemaples at stanford.edu>
>
> From: Stacey Maples <stacemaples at stanford.edu>
> Apologies for odd language of the email. I am creating/maintaining and
> information page here:
> http://stanfordgeospatialcenter.github.io/Map4Nepal_Resources/ and have
> simply cut & pasted from that to save time. I will be adding more
> information throughout the day/week.Please feel free to
> forward/blog/tweet/facebook/etc... any of this information.
> Mapping4Nepal at Stanford Introductory Workshops
>
> I'll be updating this page
> <http://stanfordgeospatialcenter.github.io/Map4Nepal_Resources/> as I
> schedule new workshops to introduce volunteers to the basics of using the Humanitarian
> OpenStreetMap Task Manager <http://tasks.hotosm.org/> and the Tomnod
> <http://www.tomnod.com/campaign/nepal_earthquake_2015/map/3f8x29y15> to
> contribute to relief mapping for Nepal.
> *The first Introduction to OpenStreetMap.org and the Task Manager will be
> held TONIGHT, Monday April 27th, from 6pm to 7pm at the Stanford Geospatial
> Center Teaching Corner in Branner Earth Science Library*
> Anyone interested in co-locating for Humanitarian Mapping is welcome to
> join me in the Stanford Geospatial Center Teaching Corner, during Branner
> Library Hours (below) this week, beginning today at noon! You do not need
> to wait until the workshop, I will be there at noon, ready to show you how
> to help!
> ------------------------------
> Stanford Geospatial Center Teaching Corner Map4Nepal at Stanford Co-location
> & Support
>
> Beginning at Noon, today (Monday, April 27th)I will be relocating from my
> office to the *Stanford Geospatial Center Teaching Corner* in order to
> help support those who are interested in contributing to mapping efforts
> for disaster relief, in Nepal. The Stanford Geospatial Center Teaching
> Corner is located in the Northwest Corner of the Mitchell Earth Science
> Building, on the 2nd floor, in the Branner Earth Sciences Library.
>
>
> Anyone with a laptop and spare time is welcome to come to the Library and
> any of the *Introductory Relief Mapping *sessions I will be holding. *You
> do not need to be a Stanford Affiliate!* If you are not a Stanford
> affiliate, we can connect you to the Stanford Guest WiFi to work on relief
> mapping, or participate in the workshops.
>
> Here is a map
> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=37.42656&mlon=-122.17287#map=19/37.42656/-122.17287>:
>
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=37.42656&mlon=-122.17287#map=19/37.42656/-122.17287
>
>
> [image: Stanford Geospatial Center Location]
> Stanford Geospatial Center Teaching Corner Hours for Map4Nepal at Stanford
>
> I am blocking off the schedule for the SGC Teaching Corner for the week.
> If you would like to co-locate and contribute to mapping, here are the
> hours the teaching corner will be available. I will be out of town over the
> weekend, but depending on need and interest, I may continue *Teaching
> Corner Hours* nest week, as well. *Please note that food is not allowed
> in the library facilities, but drinks in spill-proof containers are
> acceptable.*
>
>
> *Teaching Corner Hours:*
>
> *Monday - Thursday*: 9am - 9pm
> *Friday* 9am - 5pm
> Mapping4Nepal at Stanford Introductory Workshops
>
> I'll be updating this page as I schedule new workshops to introduce
> volunteers to the basics of using the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Task
> Manager <http://tasks.hotosm.org/> and the Tomnod
> <http://www.tomnod.com/campaign/nepal_earthquake_2015/map/3f8x29y15> to
> contribute to relief mapping for Nepal.
> The first Introduction to OpenStreetMap.org and the Task Manager will be
> held *TONIGHT, Monday April 27th, from 6pm to 7pm*Basic Information for
> Contributing *RIGHT NOW*
>
> If you want to contribute IMMEDIATELY to ongoing Humanitarian Mapping
> efforts for Nepal through Humanitarian OpenStreetMap.org, please do the
> following:
>
>
> Go through the 30 minute training on http://mapgive.state.gov to learn
> the basics of humanitarian mapping using OpenStreetMap.org
>
>
> Then go to the HOTOSM Task Manager at http://tasks.hotosm.org/ and select
> a job that you feel comfortable contributing to. Read the directions
> carefully for the job, then select one of the squares next to one that is
> marked as complete. This will allow you to pan to the completed square so
> you can see how others are digitizing the features and mimic their work.
>
>
> It doesn't matter how long you work, or how many features you digitize.
> There are currently hundreds of people mapping on HOTOSM for the Nepal
> Earthquake.Every edit counts.
>
> You can also help assess damage, as new imagery becomes available. See this
> DigitalGlobe post
> <http://www.digitalglobeblog.com/2015/04/26/digitalglobe-opens-access-to-satellite-data-to-support-disaster-response-efforts-in-nepal/> for
> information:
>
>
> http://www.digitalglobeblog.com/2015/04/26/digitalglobe-opens-access-to-satellite-data-to-support-disaster-response-efforts-in-nepal/
> Obtaining the latest OSM Data for use in Relief Efforts
>
> If you are a responder, or working with any organization that needs the
> most up-to-date geodata for the region, a consulting company called
> Geofabrik has set up a download site for OSM data that will be updated
> every 30 minutes throughout the HOTOSM activation. Find the data in various
> formats (including Garmin, Shapefile, etc...) here:
> http://labs.geofabrik.de/nepal/
>
>
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