Re: [HOT] Feedback about the Tasking Manager

[Daniel O'Connor]

>
> 2) Questions about a project
> I wish there was a comment section for every project where anyone can ask
> general questions. For example if I realize that same things are being
> mapped differently, I coud ask how it should be done and everybody would
> see the answer. Right now I can just send a personal note to the project
> manager or ask the question in the square-comment-box. Both ways are not
> helpful to other mappers as they cannot see it.
> For the Aweil project this possibility exists as a separate website (
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/JanBohmMSF/diary/40072) and has been
> very helpful for me and other mappers.
>


I raised this as a feature request (
https://github.com/hotosm/osm-tasking-manager2/issues/979) for further
discussion, with some really basic mockups.
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[HOT] Community Working Group - meeting tomorrow

[Rebecca Firth]

Hi All,

A reminder that the Community Working Group will meet *Friday 10:00 EST /
15:00 GMT.* We'll meet on Mumble, and would love for you to join!

If you aren't able to join but would like the group to discuss a topic or
idea, please email me and I will include it in our discussion.

Thanks,

Rebecca

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[HOT] Second Community Webinar: what happened in 2016 + what's coming in 2017?

[Rebecca Firth]

Hi All,

After the success of our first Community Webinar with YouthMappers, the
second in the series is coming on *March 16th*. Join Tyler and myself to
reflect on HOT's journey in 2016 and strategic plan for 2017.

We'd love to answer any questions you may have and get your ideas on how we
can develop the HOT Community this year. If there are any questions you'd
like us to focus on, please send them through to me ahead of the session.

You can register here
,
looking forward to the discussion!
Thanks,

Rebecca

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[HOT] Humanitarian Mapping Education - Deadline March 17th

[Mueller, Thomas]

Hello everyone
Sorry for cross posting again.  We have received a good number of responses so 
far, however I wanted to remind those who have not responded yet.  The deadline 
is next Friday March 17th.

Introduction
We are requesting your participation in our educational study on the use of 
Humanitarian Mapping within a course or as a stand-alone course. The purpose of 
this survey is to identify the extent to which humanitarian mapping is formally 
taught in US institutions of higher education. We are interested in learning 
how prevalent Humanitarian Mapping is as a part of post-secondary education, 
and to what extent and in what contexts is it taught, and for what educational 
objectives.

Your Participation in this Study
In this study, you will be asked to complete an online survey with questions 
that are tailored to the particular activity you have participated in. You may 
stop answering questions at any time. Your participation is completely 
voluntary. The researchers and the Institutional Review Board at Texas Tech 
University have reviewed the questions and approved this study. You may skip 
any question you do not wish to answer. We appreciate any responses you do 
choose voluntarily to provide. The survey should take no longer than 30 minutes 
of your time, depending on how detailed you choose to answer the open ended 
questions.

You should be able to use the link more than once if you have more than one 
class.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/25SPK5W



You have until March 17th at 1pm eastern.

Thank you for your time
Tom Mueller



Thomas R. Mueller, Ph.D., GISP
Advisor: Geography Major with GIS and Emergency Management Concentration
Co - Director: Pennsylvania View
Department of Earth Sciences, California University of Pennsylvania
"A man never gets to this station in life without being helped, aided, shoved, 
pushed and prodded to do better." - Johnny Unitas

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Re: [HOT] Starting a new mapping project

[Manuel Claeys Bouuaert]

Hi Claire

Thanks for your input. We will keep you in the loop!

We will take te date of the imagery into account, thanks for pointing that
out! Right now the question is whether we can find data that is good
enough. I don't know the different ways to do this, so I'd be happy to
learn about them and take action myself if possible.

Regards!
Manuel

2017-03-09 10:07 GMT+01:00 Claire Halleux :

> Hi Manuel, Blake,
>
> Good to hear that this project will be taking place!
>
> Please let us (OSM DRC) know the tags you are aiming to use, in particular
> for mapping potential mining sites, as well as the project hashtag; and
> make sure to have a validating team to clean the newly added data during or
> immediately after the mapathon.
>
> Regarding imagery, beyond quality, it is crucial that you check if the age
> of the available satellite imagery matches your needs. It is often a few
> years old, which is not always proper to detect recent changes in landuse
> and population settlements.
>
> All the best,
>
> Claire
>
>
> Claire Halleux
> +243 81 611 6998 (Kinshasa, DRC)
> OpenStreetMap RDC
>
> http://www.openstreetmap.cd
> https://www.facebook.com/OpenStreetMap.RDC
>
> On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 11:01 AM, Manuel Claeys Bouuaert <
> manuel.claey...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Blake
>>
>> Thanks for your fast response! I've just sending you a shapefile of the
>> Okapi national park in Northeast DRC through we-transfer- here
>>  is the download link again.
>>
>> The participating organisations would be the Wildlife Conservation
>> Society (WCS), and NGO focused on protecting species worldwide, and the
>> International Peace Information Service (IPIS), and NGO delivering data and
>> analysis on peace topics, sustainable development and the fulfilment of
>> human rights.
>>
>> The aim would be to map road, residential areas and if possible (illegal)
>> artisanal mining activities in the park. There are many stresses in the
>> national parks of DRC, including deforestation, illegal hunting (poaching)
>> and armed-actor controlled artisanal mining.
>>
>> Both organisations are dedicated to work to reduce these tensions and
>> work towards durable peace. WCS does this with the focus on safe and well
>> organised park service, bringing stability tho the animals and people
>> living in the park. IPIS has a lot of experience with mapping artisanal
>> mining sites, and diffusing such information to inform actors in the peace
>> process.
>>
>> Disclosure: I currently work at IPIS Research.
>>
>> Looking forward to hear back from you!
>>
>> 2017-03-06 15:19 GMT+01:00 Blake Girardot HOT/OSM <
>> blake.girar...@hotosm.org>:
>>
>>> Hi Manuel,
>>>
>>> This is not a problem. The main criteria is that a humanitarian
>>> organization needs the data for field work.
>>>
>>> Please send me directly something that outlines the area you are
>>> interested in having mapped, shapefile, geojson or .osm file will
>>> work.
>>>
>>> As well as some details on the organizations that need the data and
>>> how it will help their project.
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> Blake
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Manuel Claeys Bouuaert
>>>  wrote:
>>> > Hi
>>> >
>>> > I've organised a few Missing maps events now, and for our next one, we
>>> are
>>> > thinking of a new possible task in a nature reserver in DRC Congo.
>>> Together
>>> > with a local partner, we'd like to map roads and residential areas in
>>> the
>>> > park, and, if possible, also (illegal) mining activities.
>>> >
>>> > My questions are:
>>> >
>>> > Is it possible for us to start/propose a new task ourselves? Any
>>> > documentation on starting/proposing a task?
>>> > We'd need to check if the best imagery available is good enough for
>>> the task
>>> > we're thinking of. Is there a way I could check this?
>>> >
>>> > Thanks for you help
>>> >
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>>>
>>>
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>>> 
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>>> skype: jblakegirardot
>>> HOT Core Team Contact: i...@hotosm.org
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Re: [HOT] Starting a new mapping project

[Claire Halleux]

Hi Manuel, Blake,

Good to hear that this project will be taking place!

Please let us (OSM DRC) know the tags you are aiming to use, in particular
for mapping potential mining sites, as well as the project hashtag; and
make sure to have a validating team to clean the newly added data during or
immediately after the mapathon.

Regarding imagery, beyond quality, it is crucial that you check if the age
of the available satellite imagery matches your needs. It is often a few
years old, which is not always proper to detect recent changes in landuse
and population settlements.

All the best,

Claire


Claire Halleux
+243 81 611 6998 (Kinshasa, DRC)
OpenStreetMap RDC

http://www.openstreetmap.cd
https://www.facebook.com/OpenStreetMap.RDC

On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 11:01 AM, Manuel Claeys Bouuaert <
manuel.claey...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Blake
>
> Thanks for your fast response! I've just sending you a shapefile of the
> Okapi national park in Northeast DRC through we-transfer- here
>  is the download link again.
>
> The participating organisations would be the Wildlife Conservation Society
> (WCS), and NGO focused on protecting species worldwide, and the
> International Peace Information Service (IPIS), and NGO delivering data and
> analysis on peace topics, sustainable development and the fulfilment of
> human rights.
>
> The aim would be to map road, residential areas and if possible (illegal)
> artisanal mining activities in the park. There are many stresses in the
> national parks of DRC, including deforestation, illegal hunting (poaching)
> and armed-actor controlled artisanal mining.
>
> Both organisations are dedicated to work to reduce these tensions and work
> towards durable peace. WCS does this with the focus on safe and well
> organised park service, bringing stability tho the animals and people
> living in the park. IPIS has a lot of experience with mapping artisanal
> mining sites, and diffusing such information to inform actors in the peace
> process.
>
> Disclosure: I currently work at IPIS Research.
>
> Looking forward to hear back from you!
>
> 2017-03-06 15:19 GMT+01:00 Blake Girardot HOT/OSM <
> blake.girar...@hotosm.org>:
>
>> Hi Manuel,
>>
>> This is not a problem. The main criteria is that a humanitarian
>> organization needs the data for field work.
>>
>> Please send me directly something that outlines the area you are
>> interested in having mapped, shapefile, geojson or .osm file will
>> work.
>>
>> As well as some details on the organizations that need the data and
>> how it will help their project.
>>
>> cheers,
>> Blake
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Manuel Claeys Bouuaert
>>  wrote:
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > I've organised a few Missing maps events now, and for our next one, we
>> are
>> > thinking of a new possible task in a nature reserver in DRC Congo.
>> Together
>> > with a local partner, we'd like to map roads and residential areas in
>> the
>> > park, and, if possible, also (illegal) mining activities.
>> >
>> > My questions are:
>> >
>> > Is it possible for us to start/propose a new task ourselves? Any
>> > documentation on starting/proposing a task?
>> > We'd need to check if the best imagery available is good enough for the
>> task
>> > we're thinking of. Is there a way I could check this?
>> >
>> > Thanks for you help
>> >
>> > ___
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> 
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>> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, TM3 Project Manager
>> skype: jblakegirardot
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>> Live OSM Mapper-Support channel - https://hotosm-slack.herokuapp.com/
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