[HOT] New mapping projects that could use some experienced mappers

[Blake Girardot]

Hi all,

The previous two projects in this area have been completed and the third 
one is now posted:

Damascus Area - Qudsiya #1694 - http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1694

This project uses imagery from February of this year, but it is only 
available as a WMS layer so JOSM is required to map this project. As you 
can imagine, that makes this project even more of a challenge to get 
mapped as the number of mappers who can contribute is lower. (JOSM is 
not that difficult, youtube has lots of tutorials :)

Anything you can do to help us getting it completed is very much 
appreciated.

As you may know there is a fragile and imperfect ceasefire in the Syrian 
war at the moment so anything we can do to help people trying to 
alleviate the suffering of an estimated 6.5 million internally displaced 
persons (almost 1/3 of the total Syrian population)[1] is even more 
urgently needed at this time.

Regards,
Blake

[1] UNHCR and Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP)
http://www.3rpsyriacrisis.org




On 3/8/2016 5:25 PM, Blake Girardot wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I just posted a new project to map a small, but very dense urban area
> (we have a few more in the same region coming up).
>
> This kind of mapping is a real challenge in the city center areas and it
> is slightly complicated due to the very tall nature of most of the
> buildings. It gets easier as you get farther out from the city center.
>
> If you have a fair amount of mapping experience, it would really help if
> you could give it some of your time, it is really difficult to get these
> projects mapped due to the precision mapping needed.
>
> And for anyone interested, I created a short (6 min.) video explaining
> how to map in this project and dense urban areas in general that just
> about anyone, new and experienced mappers, might benefit from watching:
>
> https://youtu.be/JAPiGntG6fs
>
> The project is:
>
> http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1640
>
> Regards,
> Blake