[HOT] OSM Fiji linked with U-Report for TC Winston response

[Kate Learmonth]

Thank you Russel.

>From what I understand there isn't complete data at the top level (state).
Things don't seem to be correctly tagged, for example the Western Division
boundary has no administrative level etc.. As this is a national boundary I
am not sure of how to go about correcting this. There also seems to be a
general lack of detailed data that has been mapped so far.

At the moment I am trying to determine if it is a matter of simply going in
and making the changes or given that it is a political boundary do we need
government buy in etc??

I am also trying to determine if it is worth going through the process of
doing a bulk import. While it looks like we can get access
to detailed shape files (MapInfo) I don't know if they meet
the licensing requirements). So I am trying to determine if we can get
around this and fix the issue quickly so that we can use it for the
U-Report Fiji website.

Being new to OSM if anyone has any thoughts or ideas I am very open
to suggestions!

Thank you!

Kate




On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 10:39 AM, Russell Deffner <
russell.deffner at hotosm.org> wrote:

> Hi Kate,
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> U-Report looks great, there are probably others that can give you better
> assistance, but I’m wondering if some of the errors are related to the 180
> th meridian? You might find some of the information you need on one of
> these pages: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/180th_meridian or
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Fiji
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> I also don’t do much editing of political boundaries, but I’m sure if
> something needs fixed – it can be. Maybe a little more information on the
> exact nature of the ‘errors’ and someone can provide more details.
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> Thank you,
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> =Russ
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> Russell Deffner
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> Russell.Deffner at hotosm.org
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> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
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> http://hotosm.org
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> *From:* Kate Learmonth [mailto:kate.learmonth at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 10, 2016 2:30 PM
> *To:* hot at openstreetmap.org
> *Subject:* [HOT] OSM Fiji linked with U-Report for TC Winston response
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> Dear HOT list,
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> I am working with UNICEF Pacific to roll out U-Report Fiji as a pilot
> community feedback mechanism for TC Winston. This will be the first time it
> will be government-led and used in this type of emergency response. The
> Fijian Government is also interested in using U-Report for early warning,
> early response
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> Due to errors in OSM for Fiji we are having trouble importing the map into
> the U-Report Fiji site https://fiji.ureport.in (live but not active). I
> am hoping someone on the HOT list can assist.
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> Any thoughts on how to correct and improve OSM Fiji?
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> I am copying part of an email below for further detail.
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> cheers
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> Kate
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> We are working closely with the Fijian Government on the implementation of
> U-Report Fiji as the foundations of a community feedback mechanism post
> Cyclone Winston. As you may be aware the U-Report websites map the polling
> data using OSM https://ureport.in (global site).
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> Our RapidPro Vendor Nyaruka has informed us that there isn't complete data
> for Fiji; including at State level with things not being correctly tagged.
> For example, the Western boundary has no administrative level. The
> Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Geosciences division works
> closely with the Fijian Government and has mapped to 1:50,000 in MapInfo
> and could provide the shape files to correct the boundaries and hopefully
> improve data completeness (proper permissions and licenses to use the
> data in OSM still needs to be formally requested). However, as I am new
> to OSM I am not sure how to go about correcting this information on such a
> large scale (fyi http://www.spc.int).
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