[HOT] OSM Nicaragua's Transit Map Project Update
Katja Ulbert
mail at katja-ulbert.de
Wed Feb 3 09:46:02 UTC 2016
Congrats Mapanica and Felix!
On 02/02/16 19:44, Felix Delattre wrote:
> 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> 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
>>>>
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