Dear Friends, Mappers of every experience level make a real difference in the lives of people around the world everyday through mapping.
After several months of mapping and a few hundred changesets in OSM you have gained enough feedback and experience to be in the intermediate and maybe even the advanced mapper groups. For many different reasons not a lot of people ever do enough mapping to reach those higher levels of experience and expertise. Because there are a lot fewer folks with your level of experience, projects requiring that level of experience can be very difficult to get completed and validated. The mapping in Iran and Iraq in response to the earthquake there a few days ago is just that kind of mapping that needs experienced people. We are still in the that initial phase, the first 7 days, when we are in response and rescue mode, your experience is needed. Please visit the Tasking Manager, https://tasks.hotosm.org/ and support the folks on the ground dealing with this crisis. You also will find your level of experience is very needed in South Asia, Mexico and Puerto Rico as they continue to recover from the crises that devastated those areas. Intermediate and Advanced mappers, please use the pull down menu in the Tasking Manager to find projects that need your experience. Obviously sometimes you will need to apply your skills to projects that are great for beginners too, but please check on a regular basis for projects that are restricted to your experience level. Newer mappers: Please keep mapping and let us know how we can support you in your path to becoming an experienced mapper. One of the great things about mapping is that with every easy building you trace in a new mappers project, you are helping put someone on the map and building up your own skills and experience at the same time. Respectfully, Blake -- ---------------------------------------------------- Blake Girardot Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team https://www.hotosm.org/users/blake_girardot _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot