[OSM-talk-be] Fwd: 25th July #MapLesotho International Mapathon

[Johan Huysmans]

Hi All,

Dave requested to forward this message about participation in a mapathon 
to the mailinglist.

gr.
Johan


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From: Dave Corley <davecorley at gmail.com <mailto:davecorley at gmail.com>>
To: talk-be at openstreetmap.org <mailto:talk-be at openstreetmap.org>
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Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2014 16:22:32 +0100
Subject: 25th July #MapLesotho International Mapathon
First off, apologies for cross posting, trying to spread the word to as 
large an audience as possible.

tl;dr, a group of Irish OpenStreetMap members are organising a mapathon 
on 25th July to map large sections of Lesotho and we are looking for 
individuals or groups to participate from around the world. Presently we 
have 3 groups participating from Lesotho, Ireland, & Germany.

We will be using the HOT tasking manager to coordinate 2 large tasks
- Rural - identify and map the outline of settlements, the major routes 
to and from these settlements and any major features (rivers, lakes etc)
- Urban - Trace building outlines and complete road networks

A bit of background....

In conjunction with Action Ireland Trust [1], a number of Irish OSM 
members from Fingal County Council [2] traveled to Lesotho for a number 
of weeks in 2013 and then again early in 2014 to assist and train 
district planners in utilising OSM data. This was done in agreement with 
the Ministry for Local Government and Chieftainship and the Chief 
Physical Planner of Lesotho. The trip culminated in an historic 
memorandum of understanding between Lesotho and Fingal County Council [3]

Another group are planning to travel in early 2015 with the following 
objectives as part of their visit:
- Create an OSM community in Lesotho by engaging with local communities 
and providing training and guidance on surveying and updating OSM
- Create a basemap of the country for use by all
- Create an evidence base for decision makers
- Create an awakeness of Urban Design

Further details can be found on the wiki page [4]

Thanks,

Dave (DaCor)

[1] - http://actionirelandtrust.ie/
[2] - http://www.fingalcoco.ie/
[3] - 
http://www.corr.ie/blog/4567078398/Fingal-County-Council-sign-historic-agreement-with-Lesotho-Government/7628289 

[4] - http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Lesotho_Mapathon





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