[HOT] Mapping Logging Roads in the Congo Basin

Tue Mar 31 11:58:51 UTC 2015

Hi Rafael, Claire, Severin,

IRC is a good idea. It will also be working better for me than Skype.
And tomorrow 20:00 UTC is fine.

By the way, if you are interested, feel free to join!

Best greetings,

Jorieke

2015-03-31 11:07 GMT+00:00 Claire Halleux <claire.halleux at hotosm.org>:

> Hi Rafael, Jorieke and Sev,
>
> Actually skype texting works well (the problem stands on the voice side)
> but IRC and Mumble do offer a good working combination.
> However I won't be available tonight, so what about tomorrow evening 20:00
> UTC?
>
> Claire
>
> Claire Halleux
> Volunteer and Member of the Board
> +243 99 256 9980 (Kinshasa, DRC)
> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
>
> http://www.hotosm.org/
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2014_DRC_Ebola_Response
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Severin Menard <severin.menard at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Would be happy to join the discussion (Mumble or IRC).
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Severin
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 1:21 AM, Rafael Avila Coya <ravilacoya at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
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>>> Hi, Claire and Jorieke:
>>>
>>> As skype can be problematic for Claire, maybe we can talk in hot irc?
>>>
>>> Maybe 20:00 UTC today March 31st ( http://is.gd/wriforestry )? Or next
>>> day?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Rafael.
>>>
>>> On 29/03/15 23:15, Claire Halleux wrote:
>>> > Hi Rafael and Jorieke,
>>> >
>>> > Yes indeed and I came back to DRC a few days ago. Skype is still a
>>> > bit complicated on my side but I'm sure we can find a way to plan a
>>> > talk on the subject. After you last mail I had also checked the DRC
>>> > task and realized it had already been completed! I validated a
>>> > first tile but my connection was too slow to be really efficient so
>>> > I did not continue, but it seems that the work has been well done!
>>> > Thanks a lot for supporting this project that had been in the air
>>> > for quite some time,
>>> >
>>> > Claire
>>> >
>>> > Claire Halleux Volunteer and Member of the Board +243 99 256 9980
>>> > (Kinshasa, DRC) Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
>>> >
>>> > http://www.hotosm.org/
>>> > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2014_DRC_Ebola_Response
>>> >
>>> > On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 9:37 PM, Jorieke Vyncke
>>> > <jorieke.vyncke at gmail.com <mailto:jorieke.vyncke at gmail.com>>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Hey Rafael,
>>> >
>>> > Maybe, we should just do a skype on this. Will be easier to talk!
>>> >
>>> > Best, Jorieke
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > 2015-03-26 14:17 GMT, Rafael Avila Coya <ravilacoya at gmail.com
>>> > <mailto:ravilacoya at gmail.com>>:
>>> >> Hi, Jorieke:
>>> >>
>>> >> I started the import discussion sending emails to the DRC, CAR
>>> >> and Cameroon lists, but unfortunately I didn't received any
>>> >> answer.
>>> >>
>>> >> I did received an interesting email from yours about this last
>>> > 10th Feb,
>>> >> telling about the CAR WRI import [1] and about the Cameroon
>>> >> community and state of the map for that country.
>>> >>
>>> >> For the CAR WRI: I used that import data to help extensively in
>>> > mapping
>>> >> roads all over the country while importing UNICEF data, although
>>> >> I didn't actually work in any task. I was very focused on the
>>> >> UNICEF
>>> > data
>>> >> and would have to contact Séverin prior to work with that WRI
>>> > import, so
>>> >> I left it until the 3 TM UNICEF projects were finished.
>>> >>
>>> >> In any case, this WRI data import is focused only in forest
>>> > tracks, not
>>> >> roads in general. Therefore, it covers only the South West of
>>> > Centrafrique.
>>> >>
>>> >> In any case, I will be happy to volunteer on that old WRI import
>>> >> if needed, but bear in mind that there is a new and very
>>> >> interesting job for road mapping/checking for CAR opened recently
>>> >> by Séverin [2],
>>> > based
>>> >> on public domain data from Groads (there is another one for Mali
>>> > too [3]).
>>> >>
>>> >> As for the Congo's communities: I would love to contact them,
>>> >> and collaborate/contribute in any way I can. I didn't know about
>>> >> the
>>> > Rep. of
>>> >> Congo community, but I did receive an email from Claire on 26th
>>> > Feb from
>>> >> Iraq, telling she would be back to DRC in a month or so and
>>> >> suggesting to talk about this when she is back.
>>> >>
>>> >> For Cameroon the data is quite big (around 8,500 ways), so I was
>>> >> thinking on splitting the import in 3, in order not to overload
>>> > the data
>>> >> server. If you are willing, you may check the data [4] and we
>>> >> can
>>> > decide
>>> >> how to better set the jobs.
>>> >>
>>> >> Please, tell me in what ways I can be of any help.
>>> >>
>>> >> Cheers,
>>> >>
>>> >> Rafael.
>>> >>
>>> >> [1] http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/219 [2]
>>> >> http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/783 [3]
>>> >> http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/813 [4]
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/ys58zv40yfr0um3/CMR_Forestry_roadsFINAL.osm?dl=0
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >> On 25/03/15 22:47, Jorieke Vyncke wrote:
>>> >>> Hi James,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Thanks a lot for the initiative!
>>> >>>
>>> >>> For the two Congo's it might be usefull to still try to reach
>>> >>> out a little more to the local communities. Because I know in
>>> >>> both
>>> > countries,
>>> >>> we have OSM enthusiasts.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> By the way, are we talking about the same data?
>>> >>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Central_Africa_Import Then
>>> >>> you should also have a look on the Task we created for CAR:
>>> >>> http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/219 It is partially done.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Happy mapping!
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Jorieke
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> 2015-03-25 16:08 GMT+00:00 James Conkling
>>> > <james.lane.conkling at gmail.com
>>> > <mailto:james.lane.conkling at gmail.com>
>>> >>> <mailto:james.lane.conkling at gmail.com
>>> > <mailto:james.lane.conkling at gmail.com>>>:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Hi all,
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I’m pleased to announce the launch of a long-term initiative
>>> >>> to upload logging road data from across the Congo Basin.  We
>>> > currently
>>> >>> have three TM projects running:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> *
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Democratic Republic of the Congo:
>>> >>> http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/920
>>> >>>
>>> >>> *
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Central African Republic: http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/956
>>> >>>
>>> >>> *
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Congo Brazzaville: http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/957
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Over the coming weeks, we will be launching new TM projects
>>> >>> for
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> *
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Gabon
>>> >>>
>>> >>> *
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Equatorial Guinea
>>> >>>
>>> >>> *
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Cameroon
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> This is a joint initiative between the World Resource
>>> > Institute and
>>> >>> Moabi--with considerable help from the HOT and OSM
>>> > communities.  We
>>> >>> are validating and uploading to OSM thousands of kilometers of
>>> >>> tracks.  At a later point, we hope to compare these roads to
>>> >>> high-res satellite imagery mosaics from the year 2000 to 2014
>>> >>> so that we can gain a better understanding of when roads were
>>> >>> first cleared and if they have since been abandoned.
>>> >>> Currently,
>>> > however,
>>> >>> we are working to conflate all data with what already exists
>>> > in OSM.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> If you are interested, please join us with the upload on any
>>> > of the
>>> >>> above TM projects, which include links to the project wikis.
>>> > If you
>>> >>> do contribute, please create a separate specific import
>>> > account for
>>> >>> the upload (if you don’t have one yet), and follow the
>>> >>> detailed instructions in the workflow wiki.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> If you have any questions, please reply to this thread or
>>> > reach out
>>> >>> to me directly.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Find the initial call for comments announcement on the HOT
>>> > listserv
>>> >>> here:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >
>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/hot/2015-February/007307.html,
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >> and the announcement on the imports listserv here:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >
>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/imports/2015-February/003663.html
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >>
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