[talk-ph] Mapping event this Friday, April 18th

[maning sambale]

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http://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-changesets?comment=gwu#14/6.1249/125.1631
http://osmstats.altogetherlost.com/index.php?item=countries&country=Philippines

On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 9:44 AM, maning sambale
<emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Chad for announcing this initiative.
>
> For those interested at GWU Geography Department's initiative, check
> out this cool presentation:
> http://stateofthemap.us/session/osm-in-the-classroom/
>
> Lots of ideas local universities here can adopt.
>
> @Chad, we have active mappers in Davao and also works with a
> university.  Maybe they can respond to your requests.
> For General Santos, will ask local contacts (not Manny Pacquiao) and
> will revert to you once I get a response.
>
> On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 9:27 AM, Chad Blevins <cblevins at usaid.gov> wrote:
>> Hello mappers,
>>
>>
>> I wanted to send a note and let everyone know there will a significant
>> effort this Friday April 18th to map Davao City and General Santos.
>> Students from the George Washington University Geography department will be
>> working with USAID to replicate the great mapping work they did last fall in
>> Kathmandu.  As it turns out, the students who were taught OSM for this
>> project were then able to used their new skills and helped map during the
>> Haiyan response.  For this project we noticed there wasn’t much mapping
>> happening in these PH cities, and for grading purposes its better to start
>> with a clean area.  Tasks have been created in the Tasking Manager with (GWU
>> Mapathon) following the title.  Changesets “#GWU #USAID” will be used and
>> the class will focus on creating buildings, roads, and other infrastructure.
>>
>>
>> We are very interested in linking this work with local universities or
>> volunteers on the ground who could populate attributes.  In Kathmandu we
>> worked with Kathmandu Living Labs who was able to add precise details about
>> all the schools and hospitals in the city.  Please let us know if you have
>> ideas on volunteers who may be willing to do some field work.
>>
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>>
>>
>> Chad Blevins
>> GeoCenter
>> U.S. Global Development Lab
>> USAID
>> 703-220-8513
>>
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> cheers,
> maning
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