[HOT] OSM Nicaragua's Transit Map Project Update

Felix Delattre felix.delattre at hotosm.org
Tue Feb 2 18:44:16 UTC 2016


Wuuhuuu... we made it! Managua has it's bus map.

Today we distributed the first printed maps to the people:
https://www.facebook.com/mapanica/posts/603892446431219
Do you want to read more about it:
http://confidencial.com.ni/the-true-geographers-take-the-buses/
And here you can download the paper map: http://rutas.mapanica.net/mapa

Thank you HOT for making this possible!

Best,
Felix


On 27/01/16 14:55, Felix Delattre wrote:
> Hello,
>
> we just finished the print design for the first proper transportation
> map of Managua: http://support.mapanica.net/
>
> There are only four days left until our crowd-funding initiative is
> over (31 of January) and we are only $1500 short from reaching our goal.
>
> Please consider supporting us now and get rewarded with your paper map
> or cool T-shirt with Managua's public transport map build out of
> OpenStreetMap data and collected by people that want to make a change
> in their community by the use of Free Technologies.
>
> We also appreciate any help spreading this message to your friends and
> over social media.
>
> Thank you!
> Regards,
> Felix
>
>
> On 14/01/16 14:39, Felix Delattre wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> thank you all so much for your support!
>>
>> Currently, we are working hard to finish the print design and print
>> hopefully soon. We want to give a map that simplifies live and
>> reduces pollution back to the people in our city.
>>
>> We are about to get to half of our goal. Now we would like to make
>> the second half.
>>
>> If you speak Spanish and you want to know more about our activires, I
>> invite you to read about our last year's community on mapping with
>> children on the carribean coast:
>> http://unicef.org.ni/publicacion/169/geotecnologias-una-herramienta-para-innovar/
>>
>> Best,
>> Felix
>>
>>
>> On 14/01/16 00:24, Jaakko Helleranta wrote:
>>> As noted to Samuel (directly) I can send his donation (and handle
>>> the transaction with him) as I assume/think that Haiti is not on the
>>> list due to Paypal limitations.
>>>
>>> As for others:
>>> *I'd like to challenge those that can to donate to this project.*
>>>
>>> Here's the challenge:
>>> While I've already contributed $100 myself I will donate up to
>>> another $200 in $50 chunks for each contributor who donates $100 or
>>> more.
>>>
>>> Please let me know if this challenge inspires you to donate and let
>>> me know if so, and I'll pitch in $50 more for your donation (for up
>>> to 4 donations for touch base with me first).
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> -Jaakko
>>>
>>> --
>>> Nicaragua main mobile/WhatsApp: +505-8131-0729, alt. m. 8845-3391
>>> Global (Google) Voice / SMS: +1-202-730-9778 * Skype: jhelleranta
>>> Twitter/IRC/Mumble: @jaakkoh * My profile: http://about.me/jaakkoh
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 4:26 PM, ALCE, Samuel Paul
>>> <alcesamuelpaul at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>     I would like to contribute but I wonder what country should I
>>>     choose if I am in Haiti?
>>>     Haiti is not on the list in the contribution page!
>>>
>>>     ALCE Samuel Paul, 
>>>
>>>     Port-au-Prince, Haiti 
>>>
>>>     Field Data Coordinator @ DAI / USAID
>>>     Géo-Information Specialist (GIS)
>>>     Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team member
>>>     OpenStreetMap contributor in Haiti 
>>>      
>>>     OSM username: ALCE Samuel Paul 
>>>
>>>     Cell: (509) 4894-2175 / 4638-4875 / 4289-7651                  
>>>                                                                    
>>>                                  
>>>     Skype: samuelalce  
>>>     Whatsapp: (509) 4289-7651
>>>
>>>     On Jan 7, 2016 16:57, "Blake Girardot HOT/OSM"
>>>     <blake.girardot at hotosm.org <mailto:blake.girardot at hotosm.org>>
>>>     wrote:
>>>
>>>         Hi all,
>>>
>>>         You might remember Felix's email from a few weeks ago about the
>>>         project he and local mappers in Managua self-organized to
>>>         map the
>>>         city's 380 km of bus routes.
>>>
>>>         It is really an amazing story and accomplishment and will
>>>         make a big
>>>         difference in the lives of well over 1 million people who
>>>         depend on
>>>         the public transit system in Managua and never had a map of
>>>         routes or
>>>         stops before now.
>>>
>>>         He wrote up a blog post for HOT about it:
>>>
>>>         https://hotosm.org/updates/2016-01-07_a_crowd_sourced_public_transportation_map_for_managua
>>>
>>>         And as you may or may not remember, now that they have the
>>>         routes and
>>>         stops fully mapped, they need to design a printed transit
>>>         map and
>>>         produce an initial run of 20,000 copies so the people of the
>>>         city can
>>>         really benefit.
>>>
>>>         76% of the population of Nicaragua lives on less than USD
>>>         $2.00 per
>>>         day, the only chance most of them will have to make use of
>>>         this new
>>>         transit system map is if it is printed and distributed in
>>>         the city and
>>>         on the buses.
>>>
>>>         Felix and HOT are running a donation site to fund the design and
>>>         production of the printed maps with a goal of raising $7,500
>>>         for the
>>>         initial 20,000 print run.
>>>
>>>         This is a great chance to directly affect the lives of over
>>>         a million
>>>         people in a way that no one has been able to accomplish in
>>>         years of
>>>         trying (see the blog post). OSM Nicaragua did it on their
>>>         own, please
>>>         help them finish the job and get this map printed and into
>>>         the hands
>>>         of citizens who need it:
>>>
>>>         http://support.mapanica.net/
>>>
>>>         And please tweet the HOT blog post or retweet OSM
>>>         Nicaragua's tweet:
>>>
>>>         https://twitter.com/osm_ni/status/679963088884502532
>>>
>>>         Regards,
>>>         Blake
>>>         ----------------------------------------------------
>>>         Blake Girardot
>>>         Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
>>>         Vice President, HOT Board of Directors
>>>         skype: jblakegirardot
>>>         HOT Core Team Contact: info at hotosm.org <mailto:info at hotosm.org>
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