[talk-ph] Welcoming new PH mappers

[Arnoud Keizer]

Hi Maning and others,

Thanks for the welcome remarks :) I joined the Phil. OSM mailinglist also
recently. The last month I conducted several OSM introduction and hands-on
workshops, together with staff of NOAH and VSO Bahaginan. We did 3
introduction workshops on OSM-critical infrastructure-impactanalysis and 5
hands-on trainings for OSM in Samar, Cebu and Bohol.

A question raised during our workshops, which was also about the mapping of
critical infrastructure, was tagging emergency buildings that are used as
an evacuation center during an emergency, could be normal school buildings,
what kind of tags do you usually use for these objects? I could not find
them in the mapping conventions for the Philippines or in the Int. feature
list.

Regarding the mailing list, I think both the international as the
Philippine based lists are really useful! I was wondering if regarding
Q&A's a message board could be more effective, that could prevent newbies
like me from asking the same questions every now or then:). I found this
http://forum.openstreetmap.org, maybe we can also use this one for mapping
in the Philippines?

Best wishes,

Arnoud Keizer
*VSO volunteer for project DREAM <http://dream.upd.edu.ph> *
Tel. *+63 9172405489*
E-mail. a.j.keizer at gmail.com
Blog. halo-halo.waarbenjij.nu

Let's use *OpenStreetMap* <http://www.openstreetmap.org/>, 'cause proper
maps can save lives!

2014-10-26 22:05 GMT+08:00 maning sambale <emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com>:

> Hi,
>
> Once in a while, I try to send a welcome note to new mappers as I
> stumble into their edits.  I think this is a good strategy to inform
> the mappers that:
> 1. their contributions (however small) were appreciated;
> 2. they can ask questions if they want to.
>
> In some cases, recipients respond and appreciate the message.  Most of
> the times, I don't get a response.
>
> I don't know if there are those in the list who do this as well.
> Might be good to coordinate efforts in order not overwhelm new users
> with unsolicited messages.
>
> Swiss OSM do this too [0].  If you want to know the new editors in the
> PH you can check this page [1].  I think some of last week's new
> contributors were from Project NOAH's workshop in Iloilo.
>
> [0]  http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/SimonPoole/diary/24124
> [1] http://resultmaps.neis-one.org/newestosmcountry.php?c=Philippines
> --
> cheers,
> maning
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