[Talk-ug] Talk-ug Digest, Vol 39, Issue 2

Ngumenawe Samson ngumenawesamson at gmail.com
Thu Jul 2 08:15:09 UTC 2020


That's a huge collaboration of UBOS and HOT which I feel will create an
impact towards the Uganda Census.
It is really good to see that the products of Artificial Intelligence and
Machine Learning are used to support mapping activities in Uganda.




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> From: Deogratias Kiggudde <kiggudde.deogratias at hotosm.org>
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> Subject: [Talk-ug] Microsoft building imports for UBOS Pilot Census
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> Hello List,
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> Uganda Bureau of Statistics as part of the census preparations is planning
> to execute a pilot household exercise in the 4 districts that
> include Kapelebyong, Butambala, Amuria, and Kitagwenda in the coming year.
> Early this year, HOT received a request from UBOS for support in acquiring
> buildings footprints and road datasets in the 4 districts that would assist
> them better plan and prepare for the exercise.
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> In Septemeber Last year, Microsoft through its AI for Humanitarian Program
> released a building footprint dataset for Uganda and made it available for
> use in OpenStreetMap.
> HOT is currently preparing to import part of the building's dataset for the
> 4 districts as part of the support to be rendered to the UBOS pilot
> household exercise. This will not be a blind import as the HOT team
> recognizes that some mapping of buildings had been previously done in
> certain districts.
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> Below is a link to the OSM Wiki document detailing the process that HOT
> plans to deploy for the buildings import. A  GitHub link to the Microsoft
> building's dataset is also laid out below.
> We, therefore, request your feedback and comments about the import process.
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> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Uganda/Microsoft_building_imports_for_UBOS_pilot_census_preparation?venotify=created
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> https://github.com/microsoft/Uganda-Tanzania-Building-Footprints
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> Best
> Deogratius
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