Great job Dr. Nama Raj! Keep it up. On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 7:01 AM, Nama Budhathoki <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Friends, > > The devastating earthquake suddenly hit us on April 25. Trust you, your > family and your loved ones are all safe. > > We, with the help of several other people, have been working almost 18 > hours a day right after the earthquake with a hope to save lives. > OpenStreetMap has served almost a default map in this crisis. Over 4500 > people from all over the world have mapped Nepal since April 25. > Coordinating and engaging those many people has been both a challenge and > satisfying experience. Once more, it has shown how fast open community can > self-organize, work and make a difference! > > This work has been extensively covered in news including New York Times. > Links below. > > a. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32603870 > b. > http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/02/world/asia/3-ways-nepalis-are-using-crowdsourcing-to-aid-in-quake-relief.html?_r=0 > c. > http://nepalitimes.com/article/nation/data-mapping-the-aftermath-of-earthquake,2218 > > > Stay safe, > > Cheers, > > Nama R. Budhathoki > > > > > > -- > Mailing List Guidelines: > http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines > Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "FOSS Nepal" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Bhim Dhoj Shrestha ExeCom Member, CAN Federation and Head Central Department of Library and Information Science Tribhuvan University Kathmandu, Nepal Mobile: 9851059075 -- Mailing List Guidelines: http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FOSS Nepal" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
