Hi Heather, That would be fantastic - many thanks!
Joseph On 28 January 2013 15:48, Heather Leson <[email protected]> wrote: > HI Joseph, there are a few Crowdmap/Ushahidi deployers in Syria. May I do > introductions? > > Heather > On Jan 28, 2013 3:42 PM, "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 >> >>
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