[HOT] A big thank you to HOT and OSM mappers from the Ministry of Disaster Management Sri Lanka

2016-05-24 Thread Blake Girardot HOT/OSM
Dr. S. Amalanathan, Secretary for Development, Ministry of Disaster Management Sri Lanka took some time from his schedule while attending the World Humanitarian Summit to find HOT's booth and stop to say thank you in person to everyone contributing to this Activation mapping. Geoffrey Kateregga:

Re: [HOT] Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana Address/Street Data

2016-05-24 Thread Enock Seth Nyamador
Oops, Link: www.floodriskaccra.com - Enock On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 3:44 PM, Enock Seth Nyamador wrote: > Hi Kate, > > Am here. Right in Tarkwa, 1.5 hours from Takoradi. Good to hear. Just > closed from a workshop in Accra and was talking about how difficult > institutions

Re: [HOT] Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana Address/Street Data

2016-05-24 Thread Enock Seth Nyamador
Hi Kate, Am here. Right in Tarkwa, 1.5 hours from Takoradi. Good to hear. Just closed from a workshop in Accra and was talking about how difficult institutions in Ghana find it giving out data. as part of Project Flood Risk [1] which used OSM as their base map. Ready to help with this as usual.

Re: [HOT] Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana Address/Street Data

2016-05-24 Thread Jo
Another important aspect is keeping that data current and up-to-date. Are they prepared to (learn how to) do that part themselves? Would they consider to start using OpenStreetMap as the repository of their data? Polyglot 2016-05-24 15:22 GMT+02:00 Jo : > > If I can have a

Re: [HOT] Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana Address/Street Data

2016-05-24 Thread Jo
If I can have a look at the data, I can look into the technical side. Are they prepared to release the data without restrictions? Polyglot Op 24-mei-2016 3:03 PM schreef "Kate Chapman" : Hi All, I'm talking to an organization that has collected address and street data for

[HOT] Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana Address/Street Data

2016-05-24 Thread Kate Chapman
Hi All, I'm talking to an organization that has collected address and street data for Sekondi-Takoradi in Ghana. They are potentially interested in giving the data to OSM. I'm wondering if there is a volunteer here who would be able to guide them through the import process both from a community