Hi Pete, Yes, this exactly something I've been thinking about--specifically along the lines of remote mapathons where in-person training is not an option and previous exposure to OSM is limited. The project's not launched yet (hopefully we'll be announcing it later this week--will announce here on the listserv when we do. The project is mapping logging roads across the Congo Basin), I'm counting on having some project observations/feedback by the end of April to share at the Summit.
I've already submitted a talk for our project, but would of course be willing to share thoughts before or at the conference. On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 10:13 AM, Pete Masters <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'd like to propose a talk or panel for the HOT Summit on the subject of > large scale, virtual mapathons. > > The way the HOT community responds in waves following a crisis, or a > request from an NGO, is incredible. Truly impressive. > > The Missing Maps project obviously benefits from this capacity and > commitment and many of you have contributed to Missing Maps tasks. > > Missing Maps has had considerable success in bringing new people into HOT > via the tasking manager at mapathons. We think that, at the London Missing > Mapathons alone, we have had over 500 people attending and contributing and > the vast majority of these are new to HOT. At a physical event, we are able > to train and support these new mappers in order to try and maintain high > quality data. > > This is great, but we are faced with the problem of scaling this model of > participation. In London, we can't find venues big enough to cope with > demand (last month, 80 places were booked in less than three hours) and we > do not have the capacity within MSF, the British Red Cross and the local > HOT community to significantly increase the number of mapathons we host. > > There are more and more Missing Maps events happening independently of > (although supported by) the organisations involved, which is hugely > welcome. > > But, the fact remains that there is appetite for involvement from many > more places than there are mapathons. One of the potential ways to feed > this appetite (and by extension, expand the capacity of HOT) is to organise > regular, large scale remote mapathons, with training, context, tasking and > support built in. > > I would love to explore this possibility with you guys and thought the > summit might be a good place to start the conversation. Is anyone up for > joining me in presenting this idea for discussion? > > I am not sure yet whether a panel, a talk or a workshop is the most > appropriate and I don't claim to be an expert (although I would love to > share our London experiences with you), so it would be great to collaborate > on this. > > If anyone is interested, please drop me a line. > > Cheers, > > Pete > > > -- > *Pete Masters* > Missing Maps Project Coordinator > +44 7921 781 518 > > missingmaps.org <http://www.missingmaps.org/> > > *@pedrito1414* <https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps> > *@theMissingMaps* <https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps> > *facebook.com/MissingMapsProject* > <https://www.facebook.com/MissingMapsProject> > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > >
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