Hey Guys, This is awesome. I was just actually on the Turkey/Syria border last week and was shaking my head at the state of OSM over there.
I am working on internet related projects in the north and now know a number of tech savvy Syrians. As you can imagine, they are pretty over-committed right now but if HOT needs small favors or introductions I may be able to help. They are fairly private for obvious reasons but I can pass on requests, information and introductions. I'm also pretty up to date on the situation over there right now so I might be able to answer questions as well. --Trevor ___________________________ Trevor R. Ellermann @trevorellermann K0DMA GPG Key: https://ellermann.net/trevor-gpg-public-key.asc On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 4:42 AM, Joseph Reeves <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm pleased to report that HOT have been contacted by partners working > within the ongoing Syrian crises and have been asked to provide relevant > mapping resources. As such we have begun a formal HOT Syria activation. I've > put further details into a blog post: > > http://hot.openstreetmap.org/updates/2013-01-28_syria_activation > > At the moment we're looking for new potential datasets and trying to > identify people comfortable in Arabic that may be interested in > contributing. Much of the work will involve remote mapping from aerial > imagery, which does not require any particular language skills, but another > element (geo-referencing place names) will benefit from the involvement of > Arabic speakers. In the past we've spoken about mentoring programs; this > activation will hopefully provide a good opportunity to train and mentor new > OSM users. > > Please check the blog for further details. More updates will be provided > soon as the project progresses, but of course please email back here with > any questions, proposals, etc. > > All best, Joseph > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
