[Talk-GB] Terraced Houses Mapping - JOSM and iD

Rupert Allan mail at rupertallan.com
Fri Apr 9 23:42:37 UTC 2021


Thanks Frederick.

MapUganda are an CIC/non-profit tech NGO in Uganda, using and training OSM
for humanitarian response, social inclusion and development purposes.

It is a very important question to ask. Sorry I was not clearer.

Best,

Rupert



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On Fri, 9 Apr 2021, 23:38 Frederik Ramm, <frederik at remote.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On 4/9/21 20:34, Rupert Allan wrote:
> > The intention of this project, once launched, is very much that local
> > mappers are mapping South Wales - their own community priorities, on
> > their own terms. For everybody's information, these 'mapathon-friendly'
> > small-area tasks were meant for use as a demonstration/pilot
>
> Can I ask in what context this "demonstration/pilot" is planned to be
> used? Is MapUganda a commercial entity intending to follow companies
> like GlobalLogic in selling low-cost human mapping labour to companies
> all over the world, or what is the roadmap for this kind of activity?
>
> This is an important question because if this was a harmless one-off we
> could all just say, ok, that didn't work, they had good intentions but
> botched it, no harm done, lesson learned, move on - but if you are
> planning to do this frequently in the future because there's a profit
> motive there, then "no harm done, move on" won't cut it; in that case
> we'd have to request that you thoroughly reform your entire approach
> with better communications, better training, and better work quality
> before you even think of presenting this to anyone as a viable pilot for
> anything.
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>
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