I might be able to help. This list is a little to public for obvious reasons so I'm taking the conversation elsewhere.
--T ___________________________ Trevor R. Ellermann @trevorellermann K0DMA GPG Key: https://ellermann.net/trevor-gpg-public-key.asc On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 8:14 AM, Joseph Reeves <[email protected]> wrote: > hi Trevor, > > Thanks for your email. Local contacts would be fantastic, but I'm aware that > there are endless potential difficulties with this. Hopefully we can work > together on this without imposing any burden upon anyone on the ground. As > an aside, UN OCHA does have contacts within Syria, but were unable to pass > on their contact details because of the security risk. > > Best, Joseph > > > > > On 28 January 2013 16:02, Trevor Ellermann <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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
