Thank you all for the excellent idea! Pete - would you mind submitting your proposal through the summit Website? The CfP is closing tonight and we must have all proposals submitted in order to start arranging the schedule.
http://summit.hotosm.org/talk Thanks and please spread this reminder through your channels! On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 9:48 AM, James Conkling <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> @pedrito1414 >> @theMissingMaps >> facebook.com/MissingMapsProject >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > -- Cristiano Giovando Technical Project Manager Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team [email protected] http://hot.openstreetmap.org _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
