[Talk-ht] MappingHaitiCamp this Saturday (October 15) at ESIH

Jaakko Helleranta.com jaakko at helleranta.com
Wed Oct 12 00:08:55 BST 2011


Dear You/All interested in mapping, maps of Haiti (how to find/use them),
geo-information, GIS systems, etc.

In the spirit of open communities, open source and making the only the best
map of Haiti <http://j.mp/osm-ht> even better a
*MappingHaiti<http://mappinghaiti.posterous.com>
Camp* -- a combination-event of OpenStreetMap (the free map of the
World) Mapping
Party <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mapping_parties> and
BarCamp<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp> --
will be hosted
*this Saturday, October 15, from 10am to 3pm at Ecole Supérieur
d'Infotronique d'Haiti (ESIH) *
*Address*: 29, deuxième ruelle Nazon, Port-au-Prince
*Map*: http://j.mp/osm-esih + *Coordinates*: 18.54069, -72.31952

This is the first MappingHaitiCamp (to be arranged every month after this)
so what it will turn out to be is to be seen.
The main ingredients of a Mapping Party + BarCamp = MappingHaitiCamp are:

* *Mapping Party*:
   - Understanding what OpenStreetMap is and how it enables anyone and
everyone to map their neighborhood, city, country .. and the world.
   - Actually mapping your world (we will start with the neighborhood we are
at ;) with on-the-ground survey and editing of the collected data. .. You
can also edit the map of your favorite area if you wish (home, school, work,
work projects, etc). As you can see from the above map link the
OpenStreetMap map of the ESIH surroundings (and most of Haiti) is already
quite good. But no worries, there is a _lot_ to still work on, to add to the
map, to fix, etc. OpenStreetMap is a wonderfully flexible map platform that
encourages adding any real-world physical objects into it from roads to
footpaths to walls to individual streetlights and trees to schools,
restaurants, hotels, (all) buildings including huts and shelters to rivers
and streams to practically anything else!

* *BarCamp atmosphere* means that all participants are equal makers of the
event. In the beginning of the event anyone can and everyone is encouraged
to suggest what they would like to see happen that day. This broadens the
theme from mapping "only" to the any mapping-related and geo-information
systems (GIS) issue. What kinds of map services would you like to see in
Haiti? How can we set them up? How can collaboration between various
organizations working in with mapping related issues be improved? How to
make paper maps out of digital maps and how to find and use maps in general?


It is fundamentally important that You as a participant understand that You
are just as important piece in creating this event (and the future events as
anyone else).

I have initiated this event, Patrick Attié of ESIH has been kind to offer
space, internet connection and computers in the class rooms for the event,
local mappers from Communitaire OpenStreetMap d'Haiti (COSMHA) are coming to
help newcomers learn mapping faster (than they would by themselves). But it
is only through the active participation of all of You that we can make this
and future mapping events not just good but great.
For example: I am not fluent in French and don't unfortunately speak Creole.
If you want to (properly) translate any parts of this invitation (or write
your own invitation text) in French or Creole, please do so!

What do you need?
A: Bring (if you have):
- pen and paper
- laptop
- digital camera (helps in documenting on-the-ground surveying, mobile phone
camera is often good enough)
- GPS or a smartphone with a GPS (iPhone, Android, many of the Nokia/Symbian
models)
- a compass (that can help people who are not good in reading maps to learn
reading maps)

If you want to dive into OSM / mapping before Saturday you can do so by
either diving into the OSM Wiki at http://wiki.osm.org or perhaps a more
compact point-of-entry would be the recently published "LearnOSM: Beginner's
Guide to OSM", which is available freely at
http://www.learnosm.org/beginners-guide/ (in HTML as well as a hefty 37
page, 43MB PDF document).

Light snack in the form of water & bread w/ peanut butter & jam will be
server during the event.

Please pass on this invitation to anyone you think could be interested to
join or knows people who could be interested to join us.
Please also RSVP if you are coming to the event either at the Facebook event
page <http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=173137986104264>, adding a
comment to this invitation at http://mappinghaiti.posterous.com or by
replying me (/sending email to jaakko at helleranta.com).

I hope to see you on Saturday and/or in the mapping events to come!
-Jaakko
http://osm.org/user/jaakkoh

Ps. All interested in mapping haiti, please add yourself to the Mapping
Haiti Facebook group http://j.mp/mappinghaiti-facebook to help with
communicating and connecting.

== EN KREOLE (par Google Translate) ==

Chè Ou Tout enterese nan kat, kat nan Ayiti (ki jan yo jwenn / sèvi ak yo),
Geo enfòmasyon-, sistèm GIS, elatriye

Nan Lespri Bondye a nan kominote louvri, sous louvri epi fè sèlman kat la ki
pi bon an Ayiti menm pi bon yon MappingHaitiCamp - yon konbinezon-evènman
nan OpenStreetMap (kat jeyografik la gratis nan mond lan) Pati transfòmasyon
ak barkan - yo pral anime
sa a Samdi, 15 oktòb soti nan 10am 3pm nan Ecole Supérieure d'Ayiti
d'Infotronique (ESIH)
Adrès: 29, Dezyèm Ruelle Nazon, Pòtoprens
Map: http://j.mp/osm-esih + Kowòdone: 18,54069, -72,31952

Sa a se MappingHaitiCamp an premye (ou dwe ranje chak mwa apre sa a) pou ki
sa ki pral vire deyò an se yo dwe wè.
Engredyan yo prensipal yon Pati Mapping + barkan = MappingHaitiCamp yo se:

* Mapping Pati:
   - Konprann ki sa ki OpenStreetMap se ak li montre kouman li pèmèt nenpòt
moun ak tout moun nan kat jeyografik katye yo, vil, peyi .. ak mond lan.
   - Aktyèlman kat mond ou a (n ap kòmanse ak katye a nou nan;) ak sou--tè a
sondaj ak koreksyon nan done yo ranmase. .. Ou kapab tou modifye kat la nan
zòn ou pi renmen si ou vle (lakay, lekòl, travay, pwojè travay, elatriye).
Kòm ou ka wè nan lyen ki anwo a kat jeyografik kat jeyografik la
OpenStreetMap nan anviwònman yo ESIH (ak pi fò nan Ayiti) se deja afè bon.
Men, pa gen enkyetid, gen yon _lot_ toujou travay sou, pou ajoute pou kat
jeyografik la, repare, elatriye OpenStreetMap se yon platfòm kat jeyografik
bèl fleksib ki ankouraje ajoute nenpòt objè reyèl-mond fizik nan li soti nan
wout santi'y nan miray a moun ekleraj ak pye bwa yo nan lekòl, restoran,
otèl, (tout) ki gen ladan bilding kabin ak abri rivyè ak sous dlo pratikman
nenpòt lòt bagay!

* Atmosfè barkan vle di ke tout patisipan yo se mizisyen egal nan evènman
an. ¶ Nan konmansman, nan evènman an nenpòt moun ki ka ak tout moun se
ankouraje yo sijere sa yo ta renmen wè ki rive jou sa a. Sa a elaji tèm nan
soti nan kat "sèlman" nan sistèm yo (GIS) nenpòt ki kat-ki gen rapò ak
enfòmasyon Geo-pwoblèm nan. Ki kalite kat jeyografik sèvis ou ta renmen wè
nan Ayiti? Ki jan nou ka mete yo a? Kouman nou ka kominike kolaborasyon ant
divès òganizasyon k ap travay nan ak pwoblèm ki gen rapò kat amelyore? Ki
jan yo fè kat papye soti nan kat dijital ak kouman yo jwenn ak itilize kat
an jeneral?

Li se fondamantalman enpòtan ke Ou tankou yon patisipan konprann ke Ou se
jis kòm enpòtan moso nan kreye evenman sa a (ak evènman yo nan lavni kòm
nenpòt lòt moun).

Mwen gen inisye evènman sa a, Patrick Attié nan ESIH te kalite yo ofri
espas, koneksyon entènèt ak òdinatè nan chanm yo nan klas pou evènman an,
kartograf lokal soti nan Communitaire Ayiti d'OpenStreetMap (COSMHA) ap vini
ede fèk vini aprann pi vit kat (pase yo ta nan tèt yo). Men, li se sèlman
atravè patisipasyon nan aktif nan tout Ou ke nou ka fè sa-a ak evènman kat
pwochen pa jis bon, men gwo.
Pou egzanp: Mwen menm, mwen pa pale an franse epi li pa malerezman pale
kreyòl. Si ou vle (byen) tradui nenpòt ki pati ki gen nan sa a envitasyon
(oswa ekri tèks pwòp envitasyon w la) nan franse oswa kreyòl, tanpri, fè sa
vre!

Sa ou bezwen?
Yon: Pote (si w gen):
- Papye ak plim
- Laptop
- Kamera dijital (ede nan ki dokimante sou--tè a fè sondaj sou, kamera
telefòn mobil souvan se bon ase)
- GPS oswa yon smartfon ak yon GPS (android ifon,, anpil nan modèl yo Nokia
/ senbyan)
- Yon konpa (ki ka ede moun ki pa bon nan lekti kat an aprann lekti kat)

Si ou vle plonje nan OSM / kat anvan Samdi ou ka fè sa swa pa plonje nan
Wiki a OSM nan http://wiki.osm.org oswa petèt yon pi plis kontra enfòmèl ant
pwen-an-antre ta dwe dènyèman pibliye "LearnOSM a: Gid pou debutan nan OSM
", ki disponib libreman nan http://www.learnosm.org/beginners-guide/ (nan
HTML menm jan tou yon gro paj 37, 43MB PDF dokiman).

Limyè goute nan fòm lan nan bè dlo ak pen w / manba konfiti & pral sèvè
pandan evènman an.

Tanpri, pase sou sa a envitasyon yo ba nenpòt moun ou panse ki ka enterese
rantre nan oswa konnen moun ki ta ka enterese rantre nan nou.
Tanpri, tou RSVP si ou ap vini nan evenman an swa nan paj la evènman
Facebook, ajoute yon kòmantè moun sa a envitasyon nan
http://mappinghaiti.posterous.com oswa pa Replying m '(/ voye yon imel bay
jaakko at helleranta.com).

Mwen espere wè ou nan Samdi ak / oswa nan evènman yo kat vini!
-Jaakko
http://osm.org/user/jaakkoh

--
jaakko at helleranta.com * Skype: jhelleranta * Mobile: +509-37-269154  *
http://go.hel.cc/MyProfile
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