[HOT] Protecting girls at risk of FGM in Tanzania by mapping their villages - International Womens' Day event

[Blake Girardot]

Hi Max, Janet,

The process for doing a mass import into OSM is pretty well defined and 
it takes at least a few weeks to make it happen. The guidelines can be 
seen here:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines

I think this project as presented is actually a very good way to get 
started as it allows participation of a lot of people and helps them 
understand that mapping can help in humanitarian causes.

Mass imports as we (HOT) typically do them still require human eyes on 
each and every entry to help keep data quality high.

So the official process for OSM imports can be a bit of a challenge, but 
it ensures that the data will be as useful, reliable and accessible to 
the most people and most organizations possible and we end up with a 
much better geo-data set when they are followed.

So my suggestion would be to continue with the workflow as Janet set up, 
and then in the near future go through the process to set up a formal 
OSM import of the remaining data that we do not get entered by hand as 
part of International Women's Day 2016 project.

Cheers,
Blake

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On 3/7/2016 12:23 PM, maximilian.wagner at posteo.de wrote:
> Hi Janet,
>
> I don't want to change the workflow which is mentioned but I was
> wondering if this can't be automated:
>
> In a new tab open the Primary Schools sheet
> Choose a school that has not been added to the map and copy the
> coordinates from the column, Coordinates to paste
> Paste these coordinates into the search bar in OpenStreetMap
> Zoom into edit and then click the arrow next to Edit and choose Edit
> with ID
>
> Wouldn't it be possible to set the location of the more than 10000
> school automatically?
> As the coordinates are already in that "excel" sheet.
>
> Greetings
> Max
>
> Am 07.03.2016 10:52 schrieb Janet Chapman:
>> I'd be very grateful if anyone could promote and help support this
>> online mapping event to coincide with international Womens day
>> tomorrow - to help protect girls at risk of FGM in Tanzania
>>
>> http://www.internationalwomensday.com/Activity/6824/Spend-an-hour-protecting-girls-from-FGM-in-Tanzania-by-mapping-the-villages-at-risk
>>
>> [1]
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Janet
>>
>> From:_ _JANET CHAPMAN ( CAMPAIGNS MANAGER AND PROJECT OFFICER)
>>
>> Address: 44 MILDENHALL ROAD LONDON E5 0RU, UK
>>
>> Mobile/SMS/WhatsApp: 0447815 053 779
>>
>> Skype : JACHAPMAN82
>>
>> Email: J.CHAPMAN at TANZDEVTRUST.ORG
>>
>> LinkedIn UK.LINKEDIN.COM/IN/JANETCHAPMAN
>>
>> Blog: HTTP://HIARAGIRLPOWER.BLOGSPOT.CO.UK/ [2]
>>
>> The Tanzania Development Trust is UK Registered Charity No 270462
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> Links:
>> ------
>> [1]
>> http://www.internationalwomensday.com/Activity/6824/Spend-an-hour-protecting-girls-from-FGM-in-Tanzania-by-mapping-the-villages-at-risk
>>
>> [2] http://hiaragirlpower.blogspot.co.uk/
>> [3] http://www.tanzdevtrust.org/
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