[HOT] Laos mapping and Zambia MapSwipe'ing Need You!

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Greetings Friends!

We have several disaster response mapping activations on going at the moment.

DigitalGlobe released imagery for part of Laos that is affected by the
dam failure there and we have a mapping project up to get that mapped.

There has never been high quality, high resolution imagery of this
part of Laos before available to the public so please join us in
getting everyone on the map for this area.

If you would like to help by re-tweeting our notice of the project,
that helps too:

https://twitter.com/hotosm/status/1024517035093622784

You will also find Sri Lanka and Japan flooding projects that need
mapping as well.

===

And if you would like to help us MapSwipe part of Zambia to aid in
rural electrification, we need help getting that MapSwipe project
completed. Here is all the info you need from our tweets about that
project and re-tweets help here too!

What is the easiest way to help HOT #map? MapSwipe phone app! Use your
phone to help electrify rural Zambia with #renewables You can get the
app here: http://www.mapswipe.org/index.html #Zambia Rural
Electrification Tutorial:
https://www.geospatial.win/tg/ms-zm/msguide.htm

https://twitter.com/hotosm/status/1024380904846843904

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[HOT] Currently issues with OSM servers

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear Friends,

OpenStreetMap is undergoing some maintenance (main servers being moved
to new location) and is running on reduced hardware for the next week
or two.

As a result, uploads to the server have been affected and several
folks across OSM are reporting problems.

Please make sure to save your work as you map, as it is possible the
temporary servers might not be able to accept your uploads at any
time. When that happens, just waiting 5 mins or so might be enough to
make sure your work is saved.

We know how frustrating errors when saving can be and OSM does
everything it can to make sure that never happens, but some times it
will happen and at the moment is a bit more likely.

Respectfully,
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Re: [HOT] Feature detection from drone imagery

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Maning,

That is great! Thank you very much!

I would love to work on it more along with you.

I think separate from generating building footprints, this could be
used to do a lot of what we use MapSwipe for at the moment. In those
use cases, the exact accuracy of the building outlines is less
important, but are still incredibly needed data.

Where do you have this running?

I have avoided trying it out because the AWS instances are not free :)

Cheers
Blake



On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 7:44 PM, maning sambale
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> Hi,
>
> I published a diary on my experiment with using Robosat for detecting
> buildings from OpenAerialImagery drone images
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/maning/diary/44462
>
> Right now, the model was trained on drone footages taken by Dan Joseph
> of the American Red Cross in Visayas, Philippines using DJI Mavic Pro.
> Curious if there are field applications that can leverage on this
> tool.  Happy to collab with anyone for fun. :)
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[HOT] Updates to the HOT Tasking Manager

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Hi Everyone,

We recently updated the HOT Tasking Manager, some of the major new
changes include:

1. The ability to opt-out of automated Validation messages :)
Long requested, you can now visit your User Profile page, click the
"Edit/Add Contact Details" button and you will have the option to
"Receive automated validation messages" if you uncheck this, you will
not receive any of the automated emails or messages to your Tasking
Manager inbox when someone validates one of your tasks. You will still
receive any message where someone specifically mentions your username
with @yourusername.

2. A link to Pascal Neis' OSM Heatmap to see where you have mapped
This is also on your user profile page.

3. iD Editor "Do not edit outside of this box" messages along the
outsides of your purple Task outline have been removed.
This was causing serious issues with the edge tasks on projects, as
well as custom task shapes. You now only have one message in the
middle of the purple task outline in the iD editor.

4. Several changes to the deployment scripts that users will never
see, but are critically important to our workflow for pushing out
updates. Now that these are working better, it will be easier for us
to push updates more often.

We have more fixes and improvements queued up and are ready to start
making more frequent updates. If you have submitted a PR that has not
been merged yet, please stick with us, we will get it merged in very
soon or provide feedback if changes are needed. As always everyone is
encouraged to visit GitHub and review the outstanding issues and
comment on them or create a new one for an issue or improvement you
would like to see, and if you want to contribute code, we are doing
our best to make that quick and easy.
https://github.com/hotosm/tasking-manager/issues

Our sincere thanks goes out to everyone who contributed over the past
few months, especially all of the Outreachy folks who really helped us
as part of their application process. Contributors to the current
release include:

Asish Abraham Joseph aaj013
Fienny Angelina fiennyangeln
Ethan Nelson ethan-nelson
Sunidhi Raheja sunidhiraheja
Dakota Benjamin dakotabenjamin
Seth Fitzsimmons mojodna
Linda Alblas LindaAlblas
Iain Hunter hunt3ri
Nate Smith smit1678
Blake Girardot bgirardot

Cheers,
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Re: [HOT] June HOT Community Webinar: ODK and data collection tools

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Hi Everyone,

Just a brief reminder, this webinar is happening Wednesday, details below.

Respectfully,
blake

On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 4:34 PM, Blake Girardot HOT/OSM
 wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Daniel B. Joseph, GIS Officer from the American Red Cross, will be
> presenting the June webinar.
>
> He will be giving an overview of the pros and cons of mobile data
> collection technology, give a quick introduction to some of the
> open-source software tools available such as OpenDataKit, and provide
> some recommendations when it comes to implementing data collection.
>
> Wed, June 20, 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 GMT/UTC
>
> As always the webinar is free, but we do ask you to please register:
>
> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hot-community-webinar-odk-and-data-collection-tools-tickets-46756018510
>
> I hope to see you there!
>
> Cheers
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[HOT] OSM Japan mapping after Osaka Earthquake - Mappers and Validators needed

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Dear Friends,

There was a major earthquake in Osaka about 24 hours ago.

The OSM Japan folks have been mapping in response, and have now
increased their efforts and are asking the HOT Community to join them
in their efforts mapping the most impacted areas.

From Taichi, OSM Japan:

"M6.1 Earthquake happened in north are of Osaka prefecture, Japan.
(2018/06/18 7:58 JST)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018Osakaearthquake

Some disaster volunteer centers have launched in affected area. We
will support for them. First mission means making building data. If
you have time, please help to us. Thanks!! "

They have excellent imagery and while the cities are very very dense,
with the OSM Japan drone imagery, the mapping is still very easy.

Also, please help us spread the word:

https://twitter.com/hotosm/status/1009212568651657219
.@OSMJapan is mapping in response to the #OsakaEarthquake and needs
mappers to join their efforts!! They are posting projects on the HOT
Tasking Manager https://tasks.hotosm.org/contribute
First project is URGENT priority!

Respectfully,
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[HOT] June HOT Community Webinar: ODK and data collection tools

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Everyone,

Daniel B. Joseph, GIS Officer from the American Red Cross, will be
presenting the June webinar.

He will be giving an overview of the pros and cons of mobile data
collection technology, give a quick introduction to some of the
open-source software tools available such as OpenDataKit, and provide
some recommendations when it comes to implementing data collection.

Wed, June 20, 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 GMT/UTC

As always the webinar is free, but we do ask you to please register:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hot-community-webinar-odk-and-data-collection-tools-tickets-46756018510

I hope to see you there!

Cheers
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Re: [HOT] Ebola: Excellent progress mapping, validators needed. UPDATE

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear Friends,

The Ebola projects are still going along really well, Claire is making
them small and strategic so they go fast and are very easy to change
priority based on her daily discussions with Ministry of Health
officials.

Mappers and validators are doing an amazing job. Validation still
needs more experienced validators, so if you have not had a chance to
do any validation yet, now is a great time.

Much of the mapping so far has been residential area outlines and
roads, critical data for trying to contain this outbreak.

Claire and the folks at OSM RDC are now also using that dataset for
targeted building mapping based on daily developments. The building
footprints are the next critical dataset for all the efforts you have
read about, contact tracing, ring vaccinations, etc.

Claire and the OSM RDC team are doing really impressive project
management over a large area, balancing fast, accurate, aggregate data
like roads, waterways, residential areas, and then using that to
follow up building level mapping the areas that need the detail.

You can see overall strategy here:
http://umap.openstreetmap.fr/fr/map/osm-mapping-response-ebola-outbreak-2018_219291

If you have been a part of the mapping so far, thank you very much for
working remotely along side Claire, the OSM RDC community, the RDC
Ministry of Health and rest of the world wide OSM community to stop
this disaster from spreading further.

If you have not had a chance to be a part of the effort yet, we need
you.  The more folks who can spend a little time mapping, the greater
chance we have to contribute to stopping this outbreak before it gets
worse.

5 minutes is all it takes to be a part of any humanitarian mapping project.

https://tasks.hotosm.org

There is currently a huge effort on the ground to contain this
outbreak. We are in a position where responding organizations need to
do everything they  possibly can to stop this, but we will not know
how well that is working for another week or two. Please keep these
Ebola projects in mind if you have some spare time this week.

Respectfully,
blake

On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 8:38 AM, Blake Girardot HOT/OSM
 wrote:
> Dear Friends,
>
> As you may know, there is an early stage, ongoing outbreak of Ebola in
> Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
>
> Claire Halleux is leading HOT and OSM mapping from on the ground in
> collaboration with the national Ministry of Health and others.
>
> The projects are getting mapped quite quickly and by a variety of
> folks of all skill levels, which is great!
>
> As always validation is taking a bit more time, but still going well.
>
> However, this is quite time critical data, so the sooner we can get it
> validated the more help that data can be.
>
> If you have done validation in the past, especially experienced
> validators, if you could please find some time to check the ebola
> projects for the next days and help them get to 100% / 100% in
> whatever way you can, validating or mapping it would really help
> things in the region.
>
> https://tasks.hotosm.org/contribute?difficulty=ALL=Ebola2018
>
> Many of these projects are tightly targeted, so go quickly, if you
> check the list and there are none to validate, please check back,
> there will be more projects for this outbreak.
>
> Respectfully,
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Re: [HOT] HOT Tasking Manager is off line

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi all,

The HOT Tasking Manager is back online! https://tasks.hotosm.org/
There are multiple, ongoing projects that need you. Ebola mapping and
validation is still needed urgently.

Again, our apologies and many thanks to Dakota, Nate and Seth for
figuring out and solving such a difficult issue quickly.

Cheers
blake

On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 12:12 PM, Blake Girardot HOT/OSM
<blake.girar...@hotosm.org> wrote:
> Dear Friends,
>
> The HOT Tasking Manager is currently off line. We are working to
> restore it ASAP.
>
> Nate just updated that they think they have issue solved and should be
> deploying a fix shortly.
>
> I will send another email when we know it is back up and running, but
> hopefully it should be in the next 30 mins.
>
> We are very sorry for the inconvenience and interruption.
>
> Respectfully,
> blake
>
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[HOT] HOT Tasking Manager is off line

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear Friends,

The HOT Tasking Manager is currently off line. We are working to
restore it ASAP.

Nate just updated that they think they have issue solved and should be
deploying a fix shortly.

I will send another email when we know it is back up and running, but
hopefully it should be in the next 30 mins.

We are very sorry for the inconvenience and interruption.

Respectfully,
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[HOT] Ebola: Excellent progress mapping, validators needed.

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear Friends,

As you may know, there is an early stage, ongoing outbreak of Ebola in
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Claire Halleux is leading HOT and OSM mapping from on the ground in
collaboration with the national Ministry of Health and others.

The projects are getting mapped quite quickly and by a variety of
folks of all skill levels, which is great!

As always validation is taking a bit more time, but still going well.

However, this is quite time critical data, so the sooner we can get it
validated the more help that data can be.

If you have done validation in the past, especially experienced
validators, if you could please find some time to check the ebola
projects for the next days and help them get to 100% / 100% in
whatever way you can, validating or mapping it would really help
things in the region.

https://tasks.hotosm.org/contribute?difficulty=ALL=Ebola2018

Many of these projects are tightly targeted, so go quickly, if you
check the list and there are none to validate, please check back,
there will be more projects for this outbreak.

Respectfully,
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Re: [HOT] JOSM Training for Beginners - Monday, May 21, 14:00 UTC

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear Friends, just a quick reminder about this  Training Working Group
JOSM for Beginners training next Monday, webinar style. I hope to see
you there.

On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 11:47 AM, Blake Girardot HOT/OSM
<blake.girar...@hotosm.org> wrote:
> Dear Friends,
>
> The HOT Training working group will be hosting the May HOT Community
> Webinar and it will be focused on learning to use JOSM.
>
> Below is a tweet with all the details, please share with any other
> communities you think might be interested.
>
> Introduction to JOSM - HOT Webinar - Monday, May 21st, 14:00 UTC -
> Learn to edit @openstreetmap using the JOSM editor. If you have never
> used JOSM or are a new JOSM user, this is for you! Free, but please
> register: 
> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hot-community-webinar-josm-for-beginners-tickets-45657343343
>
> https://twitter.com/hotosm/status/993853029047676928
>
> Respectfully,
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[HOT] JOSM Training for Beginners - Monday, May 21, 14:00 UTC

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear Friends,

The HOT Training working group will be hosting the May HOT Community
Webinar and it will be focused on learning to use JOSM.

Below is a tweet with all the details, please share with any other
communities you think might be interested.

Introduction to JOSM - HOT Webinar - Monday, May 21st, 14:00 UTC -
Learn to edit @openstreetmap using the JOSM editor. If you have never
used JOSM or are a new JOSM user, this is for you! Free, but please
register: 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hot-community-webinar-josm-for-beginners-tickets-45657343343

https://twitter.com/hotosm/status/993853029047676928

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Re: [HOT] Strange object

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Henning,

I am not clear on what the object is you are looking at?

Do you mean the water pools and pits along the south bank of that
river? If you mean those, if I had to guess, it looks like artisan
mining to me.  One active area and a few small older pits. But that is
just my guess, I will be interested to find out what the local
knowledge is about it.

But that would be my first guess.

Next would be agriculture of some sort, maybe.

Cheers
blake

On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 8:17 AM, Henning Bolz  wrote:
>
> Hello HOT list,
>
> while working on task #2881, i found this strange object on Bing. Does
> anyone know what we are seeing here?
>
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/5547710324#map=14/-6.1507/23.6692
>
> Greetings
>
> Henning (hebolz)
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Re: [HOT] [Diversity-talk] Diverse conferences need you!

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Rory,

Thank you very much for all your help with the CoC.

I was hoping we could put together another resource that is practical
advice for LGBTQ travellers.

You offered some good advice that I would never think of, empty your
phones of potentially problematic apps or content.

I read on the State Department one tip that said be wary of
entrampment type schemes with people trying to trick someone into
revealing info that would get them in trouble with the law.

I looked on a few gay travel websites, but most of their practical
advice consisted of saying know the local laws and check with the US
or other national foreign affairs office for their advice.

Could we somehow collaborate on a blog post that would offer some more
practical advice, all the helpful details and advice that can't really
go in the CoC but still would be helpful to folks.

Just a thought, if you think you would have time to contribute I can
make a shared google doc to just start the advice list or something.
But i do not have much to add besides stuff I can find spread around
the Internets, you seemed to have a lot of good advice I think would
be good to share.

regards,
blake

On Sat, Apr 14, 2018 at 12:40 PM, Rory McCann  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> An additional way to help out is on the FOSS4G github, where there are 2
> issues for the CoC & travel advice, where you can leave comments, and
> see the draft documents. Most of my suggestions have been taken on board.
>
> https://github.com/foss4g2018/foss4g2018/issues/65
> https://github.com/foss4g2018/foss4g2018/issues/64
>
>> all future events happening in countries with similar local laws to
>> Tanzania
>
> Can you please state in what (limited!) circumstances (parts of) the HOT
> CoC are optional, or run the risk that CoC opponents using any reason
> they want to have an event with a CoC with lots of "opt-outs", claiming
> "cultural differences".
>
> My suggestion: "No events where homosexuality is illegal if
> homosexuality/etc is legal in one part of the region for this event."
> (there might be other cases).
>
> Rory
>
> On 12/04/18 23:41, Rebecca Firth wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> The HOT and FOSS4G community have been working hard to develop the
>> conference Code of Conduct for the upcoming event in Tanzania
>> (http://2018.foss4g.org/). The goal is to ensure the conference is as
>> welcoming and safe as it can be, and maintain a commitment to diverse
>> and inclusive conferences. Part of this means hosting conferences in
>> countries where HOT works as an organisation and where there are strong
>> local OSM communities. However, this does raise important concerns about
>> safety and security for attendees. We hope a re-drafted CoC will help
>> all future events happening in countries with similar local laws to
>> Tanzania, to ensure they can protect the interests and security of
>> attendees as best as possible. SOTM Africa, future, SOTMs, etc etc..
>>
>> The Summit/FOSS4G Working Groups have a re-drafted policy and would love
>> feedback from an as-diverse-as-possible group. If you're keen to
>> support, please get in touch with Amelia and Rachel in copy, who will
>> send you a copy of the policy and gladly hear your feedback.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
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[HOT] This week's HOT Working Meeting Schedule - everyone welcome!

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Dear friends,

Here is a list of HOT Working Group meetings this week. All of them
are looking for members and the start of the new year is a great time
to join one!

Tuesday - Communications WG - 14:00 UTC - Slack
(http://slack.hotosm.org for invite)

Tuesday - Tech WG (N. America/EU) - 15:00 UTC - Slack/IRC
(http://slack.hotosm.org for invite / oftc.net #hot)

Tuesday - Governance WG - 18:00 UTC - Skype (email i...@hotosm.org for invite)

Friday - Community WG - 14:00 UTC - HOT's Mumble Server
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mumble

PLEASE NOTE: Local Time Changes for Daylight Saving Time just happened
this weekend in much of the world. Existing Working Group members
should note their local time for a meeting has probably changed if you
changed your clocks this past weekend. All working group meetings are
scheduled in UTC which never changes, but the time of the meeting in
your local time has probably changed as a result, please double check.
Working groups can easily re-schedule if needed to keep local times
the same as before, but the time listed on the WG calendar needs to be
in UTC.


-

HOT's Working Groups are open, cooperative places to support HOT and
OSM in ways beyond mapping. They are a great opportunity to use skills
you already have for humanitarian work, or learn new skills and gain
experience in new and different ways.

Everyone is invited to join a HOT Working Group and commit a few hours
of your volunteer time each month to building HOT, OSM and local
communities around the world.

Joining a working group is just as simple as showing up to one of the
regular meetings and finding out how you can lend a hand!

HOT Working Group Calendar (all times in UTC):

http://bit.ly/HOTWGCal

A brief description of each Working Group:

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Working_groups

Any questions at all about Working Groups or help joining one, just
email i...@hotosm.org

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[HOT] HOT Working Group Meetings this Week - Working Groups need you!

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear friends,

Here is a list of HOT Working Group meetings this week. All of them
are looking for members and the start of the new year is a great time
to join one!

Monday - Training WG - 19:00 UTC - HOT's Mumble Server

Tuesday - Governance WG - 18:00 UTC - Skype (email
governa...@hotosm.org for invite)

Wednesday - Fundraising WG - 17:00 UTC - Skype (email i...@hotosm.org
for invite)

Thursday - HOT Summit WG - 15:00 UTC - Skype (email sum...@hotosm.org
for invite)

Friday - Activation WG - 14:00 UTC - HOT's Slack/IRC #HOT

PLEASE NOTE: Local Time Changes for Daylight Saving Time just happened
this weekend in much of the world. Existing Working Group members
should note their local time for a meeting has probably changed if you
changed your clocks this past weekend. All working group meetings are
scheduled in UTC which never changes, but the time of the meeting in
your local time has probably changed as a result, please double check.
Working groups can easily re-schedule if needed to keep local times
the same as before, but the time listed on the WG calendar needs to be
in UTC.

-

HOT's Working Groups are open, cooperative places to support HOT and
OSM in ways beyond mapping. They are a great opportunity to use skills
you already have for humanitarian work, or learn new skills and gain
experience.

Everyone is invited to join a HOT Working Group and commit a few hours
of your volunteer time each month to building HOT, OSM and local
communities around the world in new and different ways.

Joining a working group is just as simple as showing up to one of the
regular meetings and finding out how you can lend a hand!

HOT Working Group Calendar (all times in UTC):

http://bit.ly/HOTWGCal

A brief description of each Working Group:

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Working_groups

Any questions at all about Working Groups or help joining one, just
email i...@hotosm.org

Cheers
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Re: [HOT] Using a pen tablet for mapping input

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Bryan,

Here are a few links relevant to your question, for some reason it is
just a very rare topic so not a lot of feedback:

https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/33641/graphics-pen-tablet

https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/hot/2015-January/007079.html

There is a JOSM plug in to help with pen input devices:
https://josm.openstreetmap.de/ticket/112

Cheers
blake


On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 1:41 AM, Lists  wrote:
> Does anyone know if it is possible to use a pen tablet input device, ideally
> in ubuntu, to do the mapping for the missing maps? If so, can anyone
> recommend a specific tablet?
>
>
>
> Bryan Sayer
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[HOT] Event: Now, Today, Sat. Mar 10 - Satruday Mapternoon! Good Mappy Morning!

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen!

We are hosting one of our world famous Saturday Mapternoon events and
the rare Good Mappy Morning extravaganzas today, Saturday, March 10
right now!

Maps! Maps! Maps!

Live 14:00 UTC/GMT until ?

https://zoom.us/j/572687443

Friendly people! Huge piles of fun! Questions! Answers! More
questions! JOSM Training! Validation! Mapping! Trivia! Virtual on the
ground group adventures!

Audio! Video! Text!

Join in the fun via Zooom!

Click the Link and see the world as you have never seen it before!

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LIVE TWEETING and TWEET CHAT AT #SaturdayMapternoon


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Re: [HOT] [hotosm-membership] Re: Dale Kunce (OSM, OSMF and HOT US Inc president) on [OSMF] mailing list: "a viper pit of racism and misogyny"; a statement which minimally calls for answers and facts

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear Friends,

Respectfully, what Dale's opinion on the state of the wider OSM
community is off topic for the HOT email list which is as
follows:

"During crisis, the HOT list supports coordination among the OSM
community (along side appropriate local country lists, and the
talk/dev lists when needed).
It is the point where disaster responders and affected people can
connect directly to members of the OSM community ready to help.
In quieter times, the list helps HOT to prepare resources and improve
its response."

The hot@openstreetmap.org email list follows the OSM guidelines for
email list etiquette ( https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Etiquette)
and demanding that an individual justify and discuss their feelings
about the wider OSM community as it relates to diversity issues across
3 large OSM community email lists really seems to be outside of those
guidelines in respect assuming good faith, staying on list topic and
not calling people out directly.

There are good, constructive, ways to discuss the important issues
Dale raises but demanding Dale justify his feelings publicly on this
email lists is just not one of them.

Let us stay on the HOT mapping and response topic here please.

Regards,
blake

On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 2:52 AM, john whelan  wrote:
> Could it be a different Dale Kunce?
>
> Could the president of HOT confirm that this twitter account isn't his?
>
> Many Thanks
>
> Cheerio John
>
> On 18 December 2017 at 17:18, nicolas chavent 
> wrote:
>>
>> Dear HOT US Inc, OSMF members and HOT mailing list subscribers,
>>
>> I randomly ran into this tweet of Dale Kunce [1],
>> > "Community. The absolute best and worst things of OSM. Current mailing
>> > list is a viper pit of racism and misogyny. I don’t know it if will ever be
>> > a safe place. Even I’m thinking of unsubscribing."
>>
>> As both an OSM, OSMF, HOT US Inc member (and the president of the HOT US
>> Inc NGO), Dale shall find appropriate to develop his thoughts and provide
>> facts to explain how the November [2] and December [3] discussions on the
>> OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF) mailing-list (osmf-t...@openstreetmap.org)
>> translate into "racism and misogyny".
>> This would constitute a form of bare minimal respect ought to the members
>> of those communities.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Best,
>> Nicolas
>>
>>
>> [1]: https://twitter.com/calimapnerd/status/942596633283448832
>> [2]:
>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2017-November/thread.html
>> [3]:
>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2017-December/subject.html
>>
>> --
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Re: [HOT] sporadic validation report

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Bryan,

I just want to echo what Russ said, and let you know how much I and
everyone at HOT appreciates how much you have done for the
OpenStreetMap community. The iD editor and your work specifically, has
made the OpenStreetMap project and open geospatial data creation
accessible to 10's of thousands of people around the world. It is a
tool that people can use to improve their lives and their communities
and it helped OSM become the critically important project that it is
today.

I also know how much you have personally done for HOT above and beyond
your regular iD editor wizardry.

I sincerely apologize we as an organization did not do a better job
make sure you knew how much we appreciated you and your contribution
to OSM.

Respectfully,
blake

On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 7:11 PM, Russell Deffner
 wrote:
> Bryan,
>
>
>
> I hope you know that HOT appreciates all you do; personally I don’t disagree
> with leaving communication channels that are more frustration than anything
> else.  My point being, that message was against the Code of Conduct for all
> community members participating in HOT related tools and platforms,
> including this public list.  However, retaliating against HOT the
> organization because of one ‘random’ person’s email, I don’t agree with.
> Everyone should consider that they are communicating with other human beings
> and when IRL does that kind of communication work to get the results you’re
> after?
>
>
>
> If there is anything I can do to moderate and send people to the correct
> means to ‘air their grievance’ you are welcome to contact me directly,
>
> =Russ
>
>
>
> Russell Deffner
>
> Voting Member+
>
> Email: russell.deff...@hotosm.org
>
> OSM/Skype: russdeffner
>
> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
>
> Web | Wiki | Blog | Contact | Donate – Please Help Us #MapTheDifference
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Bryan Housel [mailto:br...@7thposition.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 10:57 AM
> To: Russell Deffner
> Cc: Ralf Stephan; osm-hot
> Subject: Re: [HOT] sporadic validation report
>
>
>
> Russ I *am* on this mailing list.  But good news for all of you - I’m
> unsubscribing.
>
> I don’t prioritize features for people or organizations who hate me.
>
>
>
> Thanks though,
>
> Bryan
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 13, 2017, at 12:51 PM, Russell Deffner 
> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hi Ralf,
>
>
>
> I hope it doesn’t need much explaining, but that message doesn’t belong on
> the HOT mailing list for 2 reasons.  1) The iD developers are not
> necessarily on the HOT mailing list (this list is for discussing things
> related to the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) https://hotosm.org).
> 2) The message is in conflict with our Code of Conduct
> https://www.hotosm.org/hot_code_of_conduct#fullversion
>
>
>
> It would be unfortunate if we need to so quickly put the new community CoC
> into practice, but this message would be a good example for when to put our
> foot down.
>
>
>
> Please take a break and think before corresponding with us,
>
> =Russ
>
>
>
> Russell Deffner
>
> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
>
> Web | Wiki | Blog | Contact | Donate – Please help us #mapthedifference!
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Ralf Stephan [mailto:gtrw...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 9:45 AM
> To: hot@openstreetmap.org
> Subject: [HOT] sporadic validation report
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> just now 5 out of 5 people that registered within the last 24 hours and
> worked on task #3939 did not square their buildings. I hate you, iD devs.
>
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[HOT] Fwd: [OSM-talk] OSM maps that are accessible for the visually

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear Friends,

I thought some of us here might find this discussion from the OSM
general discussion list interesting. It is about making map data
available for the visually impaired and someone from an organization
that specializes resources for the blind posted about how
OpenStreetMap is being used for indoor navigation. The linked to
article mentions how important #OpenData is to the effort and
OpenStreetMap in particular.

I personally never thought about indoor mapping before, but this use
case for it makes a lot of sense. There is a wiki page dedicated to
how to use the OSM "Simple Indoor Tagging" system:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Simple_Indoor_Tagging

Might be something fun for a local meet up to do, I think I will see
if our local group is interested in doing some of the significant
buildings around my community.

Anyway, I thought it was pretty cool use case.

Cheers
blake

-- Forwarded message --
From: Jeremiah Rose 
Date: Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] OSM maps that are accessible for the visually

The American Printing House for the Blind's Nearby Explorer app uses
OSM to support indoor navigation. We have a video demonstrating the
app reading out the distance and direction of POIs to a blind user.
http://www.aph.org/news/july-2017/
http://tech.aph.org/ne/

To that end, we've been mapping a variety of venues with Simple Indoor Tagging.
https://openlevelup.net/?t=0=0=t#18/38.257404/-85.715262
https://openlevelup.net/?t=0=0=t#20/38.254530/-85.691417

I'll post this on the forum as well.

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Re: [HOT] Buildings and HOT's reputation in OSM

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Walker,

There is a renewed effort that I think has a good chance of success at
building a tool into the iD editor where it is most needed.

I am not sure a stand alone editor is a good idea for a couple of reasons
and think integrating a tool into the iD editor is by far the best solution.

If anyone wants to be a part of the current effort to build it into iD or
contribute to iD in general just join the OSM general slack at
https://osmus-slack.herokuapp.com/

Cheers
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On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 3:40 PM, Walker Bradley 
wrote:

> Dear All,
>
>
> There has been a lot of back and forth regarding the utility of a
> specialized building editor in iD editor.  Many have mentioned how they
> would like it, but lack the skills in designing it.  How much would it cost
> to hire someone to program this, How would it be integrated with the
> existing editor and What would the skills required be for the person(s)?
>
>
> Best,
>
>
> Walker
>
>
> --
> *From:* john whelan 
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 12, 2017 09:24
> *To:* Rory McCann
> *Cc:* HOT
> *Subject:* Re: [HOT] Buildings and HOT's reputation in OSM
>
> A specialised buildings editor idea has a lot of merit.  Less to train,
> fewer options to go wrong.  Background upload after each building or set
> time.
>
> The problem with Bjorn's idea is unfortunately anyone can lead a
> maperthon.  The HOT Training group meets regularly and at least one of the
> members has a lot of experience leading maperthons.
>
> My perception is the regular ones have fewer problems its the ones being
> led by well meaning people with no experience in OSM mapping who don't read
> the instructions first and give incorrect instructions to mappers.
>
> Locally we had one very well meaning person but unfortunately the mappers
> edited the map and introduced a fairly large number of errors.  It was
> caught and many changes were reversed but that caused more problems as the
> students had been given the task as an assignment and some of their edits
> had disappeared.  It did all get straightened out eventually.
>
> Cheerio John
>
> On 12 December 2017 at 08:31, Rory McCann  wrote:
>
> It seems like there is a need for a specialized "buildings editor". Yes
> JOSM building_tools beats iD now, but how about making a new web based
> editor that addresses the problems you highlight:
>
>  * Can only enter buildings
>  * Uploads (& downloads) frequently. Potlatch used to upload as soon as
> you had deselected an object. OSM changesets can be opened and have many
> uploads. Why not upload every X minutes?
>  * Rather than free form drawing, you can only draw rectangular buildings
>  * Don't allow the user over lap buildings (or auto-merge the rectangles
> together)
>
> If you know your users are doing one thing, then it's probably easier to
> change the software than the users. 
>
> Of course, suggesting things is easier than actually doing them, and I
> don't think my JS is good enough to do it.
>
>
> On 09/12/17 20:59, john whelan wrote:
>
> Recently there has been some discussion of HOT's input into OpenStreetMap
> in the OSMF mailing list.
>
> Perhaps one of the problem areas is mapping that is less than ideal.
>
> Basically HOT mainly maps highways, landuse=residential and buildings.
>
> These shouldn't be difficult to map correctly.
>
> Buildings appear to be the most problematic.
>
> I think we need to think about why we are mapping them.  Is node good
> enough?  There would be less room for mistakes.
>
> If we need outlines and there good reasons why an outline is more valuable
> than a node then we need to define what is acceptable.  Or do we even
> care?  and its the do we even care part that is perceived to be the case by
> some within OSM and that perception is something we should care about.
>
>  From a validation point of view does it matter if the building is not
> square?  Is it acceptable to square a building even though we know this
> will introduce an element of approximation or error.
>
> What should be done with a building=yes that covers more than one
> building?  Do we expect the validator to map each building or just
> invalidate the tile?
>
> What should be done when the building mapped is more than 50% larger than
> the image?  Invalidate the tile?
>
> We are still mapping buildings twice.  I suspect some mappers are not
> uploading within two hours.  Getting mappers to upload every 30 minutes max
> would go a long way to reduce this, extending the tile lock to four hours
> would almost certainly eliminate it.  Recently on high priority project
> I've seen in the order of a hundred buildings 

Re: [HOT] Tasking manager - clone project with boundary.

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Bjoern,

It looks like Ethan did get exactly what you want created on the back
end, but I do not see a link to it on the front end yet.

But, I just tested this and it works as you want, it will download the
AoI as a geojson and then you can use that file unaltered to import
and create a new project for exactly that AoI. You will have to edit
the url for the project you want the AoI from:

https://tasks.hotosm.org/api/v1/project/3708/aoi?as_file=true

Cheers
blake



On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 7:38 PM, Bjoern Hassler <bjohas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Blake,
>
> many thanks, that all makes sense!
>
> Bjoern
>
> On 6 December 2017 at 16:58, Blake Girardot HOT/OSM
> <blake.girar...@hotosm.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Bjoern,
>>
>> I put some answers inline below.
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 10:01 PM, Bjoern Hassler <bjohas...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Dear friends,
>> >
>> > In the new tasking manager:
>> >
>> > - Is it possible to clone a project with boundary?
>>
>> No, at the moment it clones everything but the original project AoI.
>> That is one of the reasons it is good to workout the project aoi ahead
>> of time in something like JOSM first. That makes it easy to clone, or
>> recreate, etc.
>>
>> > - Is it possible to export the boundary from one project easily, so it
>> > can
>> > be imported into another?
>>
>> I am not sure the answer to this. It is possible I believe via the
>> TM3's API, but it is not what I would call easy. I know Ethan was
>> working on making some easy URLs to get the original AoI out, as well
>> as the created Tasks out.
>>
>> > - Is it possible to change the boundary for a draft project (i.e. before
>> > there's any edits)?
>>
>> No, this is not possible, once the project is created, it is fixed.
>> You can now actually delete a project, (edit -> actions -> delete) so
>> feel free to clone, import a new aoi, then delete the original would
>> be the fast path to fixing the aoi.
>>
>> You can also use imagery to create the aoi and do the pre-splitting,
>> when creating a project, lower right corner is a layers icon. But
>> really best to create the aoi in josm then import into TM3.
>>
>> >
>> > One way to have two projects with the same boundary would be to upload
>> > the
>> > same boundary file to both... but I've already got one hand drawn
>> > boundary
>> > (in a project with edits) and now want to set up another projects with
>> > matching tiles...
>>
>> I think in HOT's slack someone can help you if you really want to get
>> that exact aoi again, the TM3 does output it, but as i said, it is via
>> an API so not meant for people to use, but for a machine to parse and
>> make use of, but it is geojson so we can hand parse it to get just the
>> aoi part of the geojson
>>
>> Hope that helps some,
>> cheers
>> blake
>>
>>
>> > Thanks,
>> > Bjoern
>> >
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Re: [HOT] Tasking manager - clone project with boundary.

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Bjoern,

I put some answers inline below.

On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 10:01 PM, Bjoern Hassler  wrote:
> Dear friends,
>
> In the new tasking manager:
>
> - Is it possible to clone a project with boundary?

No, at the moment it clones everything but the original project AoI.
That is one of the reasons it is good to workout the project aoi ahead
of time in something like JOSM first. That makes it easy to clone, or
recreate, etc.

> - Is it possible to export the boundary from one project easily, so it can
> be imported into another?

I am not sure the answer to this. It is possible I believe via the
TM3's API, but it is not what I would call easy. I know Ethan was
working on making some easy URLs to get the original AoI out, as well
as the created Tasks out.

> - Is it possible to change the boundary for a draft project (i.e. before
> there's any edits)?

No, this is not possible, once the project is created, it is fixed.
You can now actually delete a project, (edit -> actions -> delete) so
feel free to clone, import a new aoi, then delete the original would
be the fast path to fixing the aoi.

You can also use imagery to create the aoi and do the pre-splitting,
when creating a project, lower right corner is a layers icon. But
really best to create the aoi in josm then import into TM3.

>
> One way to have two projects with the same boundary would be to upload the
> same boundary file to both... but I've already got one hand drawn boundary
> (in a project with edits) and now want to set up another projects with
> matching tiles...

I think in HOT's slack someone can help you if you really want to get
that exact aoi again, the TM3 does output it, but as i said, it is via
an API so not meant for people to use, but for a machine to parse and
make use of, but it is geojson so we can hand parse it to get just the
aoi part of the geojson

Hope that helps some,
cheers
blake


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Re: [HOT] simple instructionset for beginners

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Henk,

Welcome to mapping!

We have been working on a default set of instructions depending on the
type of mapping (buildings, roads, etc)

You can review (and contribute to improving) here:

https://bgirardot.gitbooks.io/hotosm-tm-default-project-instructions/content/

Any feedback is welcome.

Cheers,
Blake



On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 4:06 PM, Henk Nugter  wrote:
> Hai All,
>
> I’m still a beginner in mapping and sometimes when i open a task there are
> general instructions about what to do and how.
> Would it be an idea to start with a small set of specific instructions like:
>
> Map buildings and square them
> Avoid building scrossing ways
> Always connect roads etc.
>
> Recently I mapped a task where there were many non-squared buildings, some
> roads crossing buildings and some other things
> Because of the answer on one of my previous questions now I try to correct
> all these mistakes but with some basic instructions they can hopefully be
> avoided
> it’s frustating to see that someone has done a lot of work and that it all
> have to be corrected.
>
>
>
> Regards
> Henk Nugter
>
>
>
>
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Re: [HOT] Mapping buildings with new mappers at a maperthon

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi,

A lot of this would be addressed if iD had a building mapping tool
like JOSM does. I am going to restart the effort to get that added in
to iD, I have some new ideas for how we might be able to accomplish
it. I think it would save literally hundreds of hours volunteer time
fixing buildings that are mapped by new mappers and help new mappers
increase their productivity and accuracy.

iD is by far the more approachable editor for OSM, it runs on any
desktop or laptop with zero installation issues and has a great
built-in tutorial, so I think we would be well served by helping
improve iD.

If there are any JS wizards out there who want to help complete the
building tool for iD (it is already started, just not completed)
please contact me directly :)

Cheers,
Blake



On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 3:40 PM, john whelan  wrote:
> and I totally concur with what Ralph has said.
>
> We asked people who were attending to install JAVA before they arrived and I
> had josm-tested.jar available on a DVD to minimise the stress on the wifi
> network. I had a USB DVD device with me and a bag of mice. The particular
> maperthon I was at was a one off affair but we had someone from the local
> OSM group mention how to find the monthly meetings where mapping took place.
>
> Note I had two machines available that had JAVA, JOSM with the plugins
> already installed so it was just a matter of "come in, sit down, create an
> account, wiggle the mouse now you've mapped your first building."  Upload,
> then we got them to install JOSM on their own machine and when we downloaded
> the tile again their previous mapping was there which reinforced the idea
> that they were mapping on a live database.
>
> It could be just me but my feeling was we got a bit more engagement with
> JOSM as they could see the underlying tags and having shown one mapper how
> to join up two rectangles for an L shaped building I asked them to show
> another mapper how to do it when they wanted to know which helps on the
> confidence building side.
>
> For highways there is less to choose between the two editors but for
> buildings certainly for accuracy currently JOSM and the building_tool plugin
> wins hands down.
>
> I think the large maperthons have their place but perhaps we need more
> mini-maperthons?
>
> Cheerio John
>
> On 19 November 2017 at 03:07,  wrote:
>>
>> A useful guide to running your Mapathon can be found here
>> http://learnosm.org/en/coordination/mapathon/
>>
>>
>>
>> There is no hard and fast rule to running a successful Mapathon. As I
>> point out, each Mapathon will evolve at it’s own pace and in it’s own
>> direction dependent the expertise of the people organizing and leading, on
>> the people attending, the facilities available and the number of people
>> involved.
>>
>>
>>
>> As to the choice of Editor used, I agree with John that JOSM is preferred,
>> unfortunately that choice is not always available. We have found that
>> dealing with new mappers using school or corporate computers/laptops it is
>> not always permitted to download other programmes, or if you have a large
>> group uploading/downloading at the same time can cause problems for the
>> available WiFi, and with one really large group we overloaded the OSM
>> server. So our choice is to start the large group of new mappers with iD
>> Editor so that we can get them mapping as quickly as we can and then deal
>> with any questions they have during the session.
>>
>>
>>
>> I do not count any success on how many squares have been completed
>> although it is encouraging to the group to be shown at the end how much
>> their contribution has advanced the project they are working on. I prefer to
>> concentrate on getting the mappers to a stage where they are comfortable
>> with their mapping and confident enough to try mapping further on their own
>> at home and hopefully interested enough to return for further guidance.
>> Going around the room and looking at what they are doing is paramount to
>> this success. Telling them that they have got it and their work is good
>> gives them the assurance they need to continue and even become more
>> adventurous, so John is correct in saying that the one-to-one does show more
>> promise and achieve better mapping. Even stopping to show a new mapper how
>> to improve and correct their work has a very positive effect on their
>> confidence.
>>
>>
>>
>> Working with small groups definitely is an advantage because of the
>> personal attention they can get, but will be more effective it you can get
>> them meeting on a regular basis to build on their experience and skill with
>> the various tools on JOSM.
>>
>>
>>
>> At the London monthly Mapathon we have three training sections running at
>> the same time … iD , JOSM and Validating. And it is up to the individual as
>> to which session they sign up to. If they want to start straight away with
>> JOSM they are welcome to do so. The mappers know 

[HOT] Intermediate and Advanced mappers - Your experience is urgently needed for Iran-Iraq Earthquake

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

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

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[HOT] Fwd: Microgrant Program update: Humanitarian mapping coastal zone Colombia

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

-- Forwarded message --
From: JUAN FELIPE BLANCO LIBREROS 
To: hot@openstreetmap.org
Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 07:19:33 -0500
Subject: Microgrant Program update: Humanitarian mapping coastal zone
Colombia
Dear members of HOT mailing list:

Here is an update of the progress of the microgrant:

https://www.hotosm.org/updates/2017-10-02_microgrants_humanitarian_
mapping_of_coastal_wetlands_and_fishing_livelihoods_for

Enjoy
*Juan Felipe Blanco-Libreros, Ph.D.*
Profesor Titular / Full Professor
Instituto de Biología
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales

juan.bla...@udea.edu.co
Tel. 57-4-2195618 (of), 2195620 (secret)
Fax. 57-4-2195666

Divulgación científica:
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mangleblanco.com
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Re: [HOT] Spam messages

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi John,
One of the main feedback items we got was that people received no
notifications of when their work was validated so that is why we
switched from sending a message to the users when their work was
validated instead of only when it was invalidated.

They are probably going to stay and as I said, improved so when people
do not want to receive them anymore they can opt out of validation
emails/messages specifically.

Typically spam is unsolicited emails, however, emails from the Tasking
Manager are fully opt-in. If you do not provide your email address,
you do not receive any emails. You can remove your email address at
anytime and you will no longer receive emails from the Tasking
Manager.

As I said, eventually you will be able to opt in and out of different
types of emails/messages so you could choose to not receive messages
or emails when your tasks get validated.

Cheers
Blake

On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 1:06 PM, john whelan  wrote:
> I think I've validated more than 10,000 tiles I would hate to think I'd be
> responsible for 10,000 spam messages.
>
> These are meaningless and I think they should be stopped as quickly as
> possible.
>
> I apologise to any mappers that have received these as part of my
> validations.
>
> I will have to give consideration as to whether to continue to validate
> whilst these are being generated as I really do not want any part of them.
>
> Cheerio John
>
> On 29 October 2017 at 07:49, Blake Girardot  wrote:
>>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> Yes, the Tasking Manger sends an automated message each time a task is
>> validated.
>>
>> The wording of the automated message has been improved.
>>
>> The previous version of the Tasking Manager used to send an automated
>> message when a task was invalidated, but we have switched that to send
>> when they are validated.
>>
>> If you want to send a message when invalidating a task just use the @
>> to make direct one to the right person.
>>
>> Eventually there will be an opt out for the validation messages.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Blake
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 12:28 PM, john whelan 
>> wrote:
>> > "John, this was an automated message after my validation, probably from
>> > the
>> > Tasking manager.  Not one I wrote !  I received similar messages from
>> > validators on my tasks."
>> >
>> > What is going on please.  Am I generating these if so I'll stop
>> > validating.
>> >
>> > Thanks John
>> >
>> > On 29 October 2017 at 07:01, john whelan  wrote:
>> >>
>> >> "Hi Johnwhelan I just validated your mapping on Task 14. Awesome work!
>> >> Keep mapping :)"
>> >>
>> >> Once maybe but seven identical messages this morning other than the
>> >> task
>> >> number?  These are coming in daily from different people and I'm not
>> >> happy
>> >> to receive them.  Combined with these come to my email address which I
>> >> read
>> >> on multiple devices including ones that do not have access to HOT and
>> >> they
>> >> get really annoying.
>> >>
>> >> Cheerio John
>> >
>> >
>> >
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Re: [HOT] Checking validation work in TM3

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Scott,

Thank you very much for the feedback. We chatted about this on slack
and I just want to make clear and review to make sure I did not
misunderstand, this is about finding validated tasks to review the
validation work. We have had issues with new mappers validating task
squares so Scott, you are trying to review "new validators" not "new
mappers".

We did not come up with a good way to do that, but identified some
possible improvements we can make to support this critical use. We
focused on some improvements to the stats page, like sortable columns
and maybe adding a column or two to the mapper list to indicate their
experience level.

Thank you again for your time Scott.

Respectfully,
blake


On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 3:14 AM, Scott Davies  wrote:
> There's a lot I love about TM3, and hats off to those that put in the hard
> work to make it happen.
>
> There are a few teething issues, though. eg. Many projects in the new TM are
> still open to anyone to validate, so it's necessary to check that newer
> validators are doing a good job. But this is more difficult than it was in
> TM2.
>
> The problem is finding the squares they validated in order to review them.
>
> Hovering over 'start' next to the user's name on the main project page can
> show you which task squares they've mapped, but not those they've validated.
> The Activity & Stats page shows how many squares a user has validated (under
> 'Contributions'), which allows us to figure out which newer users are
> validating. So far, so good. However that list doesn't include any link to
> the actual task.
> The 'last activity' list similarly contains the information about who is
> doing what in the project (and is expandable, unlike in TM2), but the
> usefulness of that list is greatly undermined by the fact that, again, there
> is no link to the task.
> The 'Comments by users' list *does* provide a link to the specific task
> square. However, where they've left a comment it's normally where they've
> invalidated the square; but if we're checking their work we're generally
> more interested in the ones they've validated (ie. possibly wrongly). And
> those who aren't used to validating might not leave a comment at all, of
> course.
> Another option is to look at the user's profile page, which shows the number
> of tasks mapped and validated, but again, this doesn't have a link to
> specific tasks. (As an aside, in the list of projects on the user's page,
> the totals are incorrect-- but perhaps that issue is already known).
>
>
> Given all the above, I'm currently generally resorting to clicking randomly
> on squares on the map, hoping to find one that the specific user I'm
> interested in has validated-- very time-consuming.
>
> Have I missed something? There must be an easier way to do this?
>
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[HOT] Activation Coordination Courses: How-To and earn your Activation "Community Care Role" badge at the same time.

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear Friends,

The amount of help you all have provided over the last 6-7 weeks is
outstanding and I have many thanks from major organizations around the
world to pass on to each and everyone of you. My inbox has several
requests to pass on thanks you, everyone who has OSM mapped or helped
with any HOT/OSM activity ever literally.

So many people have really stepped up and helped, dedicated so much
care and effort to helping in whatever small way we could and several
folks have really stepped up gone above and beyond, probably working
too much. You have all done awesome work and many organizations, some
huge and some small, have used the data you generated to make a
difference in people's lives.

Which leads me to the topic of this email.

The HOT Activation teams have really done incredible work, many long
hours for several weeks in a row now, some of them volunteering more
than full time for 7 straight weeks.

Professionalism, experience, continuity and dedication are critical.

Self care and community care are just as critical.

This means, taking breaks, taking time off, making sure you and your
peers are getting enough sleep, food, water. I have the honor of
volunteering alongside you and other dedicated, tops in their field,
people who continually amaze me at their high level of skills,
experience and professionalism making a huge difference to people on
the ground. The only way we can all maximize our impact is by taking
care of ourselves too. 8 hours off is worth so much more than 20 hours
straight.

So please, let us all take a few moments to make sure we are meeting
all our self care needs and make yourself feel good by taking a break
for a job amazingly done so far.

But that also means we need people to join the Activation teams so
people can feel even better taking time off for self care.

In the big picture everyone is part of the activation team, everyone
who maps, edits the wiki, helps or has helped HOT/OSM in any way in
the past (the OSM data has been built over years and every bit of it
is important) is part of the activation team.

But there is a HOT Activation protocol and there are formal roles that
make a commitment and take on real responsibility for several parts of
an activation. It just takes available time and experience and
knowledge to fill one of the formal roles. HOT has a process to bring
people's skills up in the Activation Coordination process, formal
teams and roles. And you can learn how to get started joining an
activation team by taking the self paced courses that train you to be
a part of an Activation team.

There are only 2, top level, fully peer endorsed Activation Leads at
the moment. That means they have completed every course in the
Activation Coordination group of courses. And they have gone further
and helped out in every role over the course of a few years, in actual
or simulated activations and earned the edorsement of their peers.

(There are several of you reading this email who are fully qualified
of course and can step in for any role in any activation, including
Lead, just as you have done for years, you just have not gone through
the courses and requested the peer endorsement. The content of the
course is so good, you want to click through them all. I promise you
it will not be a waste of your time, but it will take a few days to
click through them all. Trust me, it is worth it. Just watch the video
below and you will be able to click through each course in about 20
mins just as I did in the video, I think there are 11 courses.)

The online course software is not great, but the content is amazing.
You will learn what you need to know and feel confident contributing
to the world of Activation coordination. HOT/OSM needs you.

I just took the Community Care course as I know it is something we
needed and I wanted to see what we should be doing.

I created a 20 minute long, very informal (that means I mumble a lot
and talk too softly) video in American English that shows you how to
use the HOT Courses website to take a course and I walk through the
full content of the Community Care course. The information in the
course itself is something we all need. I encourage everyone to at
least suffer through the video and read along with me as we learn most
of the great material in that important course together.

The signs and symptoms section and the how to self care parts are the
most important sections to listen to.

Try to make it through the whole thing as there is important
information throughout the whole video about self care, even if some
parts might not apply to you. Read the video description carefully.

https://youtu.be/Tlrj84pazIw

Thank you Russ for making such a great course!

Any questions or problems taking courses, just contact me or
russ.deff...@hotosm.org directly.

As I often say: It is really an honor to be able to say, I look
forward to working with everyone on this list in the future in some
way!

And literally millions of people around 

Re: [HOT] TM3 and validation

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi John,

If you could explain just a bit more about why the most recently
mapped task is your main priority (sometimes)?

I do not understand.

I understand it has something to do with someone who mapped 3 months
ago, we now also send emails so time passed since they last mapped is
much much less of an issue (Martin is going to maybe look at redoing
his analysis).

We actually started off with what you are asking for, but feedback
from users was they were much more interested in getting to the newest
mappers the fastest, which is what we ended up going with.

Maybe it is easy to add back in, but that table is already pretty crowded.

Regards,
Blake

On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 2:37 PM, john whelan  wrote:
> I've found what you are doing on the video, your accent is fine you know of
> course that people studying English like what it is spoke years ago travel
> to parts of the US to record the Americans as their language has been
> isolated for many years so it much closer to English what was spoke when
> their families emigrated.
>
> Yes I can pick out a user who registered ten minutes ago and the tiles they
> mapped but that isn't what I'm after.  I'm after the most recently mapped
> tile and that's the one that is the most valuable to give feedback on.
>
> By the way I'm using cut and paste on the name displayed below to give
> feedback with the @ sign or i to grab the username in JOSM, its faster
> than typing it in as you were doing.  Some mappers are naughty and do not
> completely map a tile, but their mapping still requires feedback even if
> someone else finishes it off.
>
> Thanks
>
> Cheerio John
>
> On 21 October 2017 at 14:20, Blake Girardot  wrote:
>>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> Thank you very much for your feedback on the TM3, this and the
>> previous. And thank you for putting them in GitHub, that is really the
>> best place for them.
>>
>> The TM3 has better than the most recently mapped task.
>>
>> The most recently mapped task tells you nothing about the skill level
>> or the newness of the mapper. It could have been completed by me, 7+
>> years in OSM.
>>
>> What I really want is to find when I am validating is the newest
>> mapper who someone has not already given feedback.
>>
>> No point in me giving a 2 hour old user feedback if you got one of
>> their tasks 5 mins ago.
>>
>> That is what you can see in the Tasking Manager 3.
>>
>> I know my accent bugs you, so I made a silent video of how I use the
>> TM3 to get the newest mappers feedback as fast as possible:
>>
>> https://youtu.be/BX8rzi2NqQY
>>
>> Let me know what you think of the workflow in the video if you would
>> please.
>>
>> Respectfully,
>> blake
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 11:06 AM, john whelan 
>> wrote:
>> > Typically when I validate I validate the most recently mapped tiles
>> > first
>> > working on the principle that the faster feedback the more likely it is
>> > to
>> > be effective.
>> >
>> > If someone has already changed their habits telling them that two
>> > villages
>> > two kilometers apart are probably not connected by a primary highway but
>> > by
>> > a minor road three months after they have mapped is a waste of time.
>> >
>> > I can't see how to do this in TM3.  I need a link to the tile.
>> >
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[HOT] MapSwipe? Today is the day, MapSwipe needs you today

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear Friends,

MapSwipe is the best tool I know of to get comprehensive, complete
settlement data in a matter hours. That is what is needed for the
Islands of Guadeloupe in the next few hours.

Please download and install or open your already installed copy of
MapSwipe and help with "The Islands of Guadeloupe"

If you have ever thought of trying MapSwipe, this morning is the
morning, the Islands of Guadeloupe need your swipes. If you have never
heard of MapSwipe, today is the day to try it out.

Simple. Create an account, 60 second training, bang, helping protect
people by generating an exposure layer for landslides. Islands needed
in the next few hours

URGENT: #MapSwipe 4 The Islands of Guadeloupe Nation #HurricaneMaria
https://mapswipe.org/ @TheMissingMaps iOS or Android

Tweet to retweet please:
https://twitter.com/hotosm/status/909578489904422912

Respectfully,
blake

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[HOT] HOT is activating for Hurricane Irma

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear friends,

HOT has activated to support the Hurricane Irma response. We have good
contacts with local responding organizations and international
responding orgs.

I am working on announcing it more widely, it was just done in the
last few hours and trying to get people to help with the activation.

We are working through the assessment of the activation protocol, but
considering all of the current situation, it is affecting a wide scale
area, a storm of great magnitude and we have good contacts with
responding organizations. We do not have any specific requests yet. We
reviewed Copernicus covered delineation maps and Copernicus rated as
no damage and they were well mapped.

We are working off of the various hurricane forecasting products, like
the National Hurricane Center to focus and prioritize the mapping
while we monitor the international local response channels for help
with prioritization.

Expect projects to change fast and often the priory area in a project
will change, please review instructions often as they may keep you
updated on the project.

We have focused so far on the Leeward Islands, which were already very
well mapped, but we have filled in, fixed minor issues and validated 3
island groups so far which will be pushed to HDX

OpenStreetMap US has also started reviewing road data in the most
likely affect counties.

Please spread the word.

The URL for Irma projects is: http://bit.ly/IrmaMapProjects

The tweet announcing it to retweet is:
https://twitter.com/hotosm/status/905612899867119616

Dale, Nate, Mhairi and myself are working the activation primarily.

The coordination channel is on our slack, but we are happy to keep IRC
updated as well.

Join the team ( https://hotosm-slack.herokuapp.com/ ) and then /join
#disaster-mapping if you want to help with or watch the activation
coordination.

Mhairi created the OSM wiki page for this activation:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2017_Hurricane_Irma

I believe that the Haiti-Talk list has some traffic related to prep
for how this might affect Haiti and it would be really helpful if
speakers of French would join that list to help keep the two
communities well connected. (
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ht )

Respectfully,
Blake

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Re: [HOT] Biggest ever mapathon to map rural Tanzania and celebrate 13 years of OpenStreetMap - August 13th/14th

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear Friends,

This is going on today! Please be a part of the event!

Help spread the word: https://twitter.com/hotosm/status/896733088956416000

We have a lot of high priority projects on the HOT Tasking Manager, it
seems like it would be impossible to get them all done, but like all
of the seemingly impossible problems of the world, if we come
together, we can do accomplish anything.

Peace,
Blake

On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 11:32 AM, Janet Chapman
 wrote:
> On 13th August OpenStreetMap will be 13 years old and to celebrate Crowd2Map
> are organising the biggest mapathon ever to get over 1500 people mapping
> rural Tanzania in a 24 hour period.  It would be amazing if you could join
> us by:
>
>
>
> ·Promoting the event
> https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crowd2map-hosts-the-biggest-online-mapathon-ever-to-get-rural-tanzania-onto-openstreetmap-and-help-tickets-36751714367
> to your your contacts
>
> ·Hosting an event at any time in that 24 hour period.  Perhaps just
> a small one in your home to which you invite a few friends and tell them
> about OSM. You can map any of the projects here http://bit.ly/MapTanzania or
> ask me to create a custom one.
>
>
>
> Many thanks and please let me know if you have any questions, comments or
> suggestions, or if you want any more information.
>
>
>
> Best wishes and thank you!
>
> Janet
>
>
>
> Janet Chapman, Campaigns Manager and Founder Crowd2Map
>
> Address: 44 Mildenhall Road LONDON E5 0RU, UK
>
> Mobile/SMS/WhatsApp: 0447815 053 779
>
> Skype : jachapman82
>
> LinkedIn uk.linkedin.com/in/janetchapman
>
> Blog: http://hiaragirlpower.blogspot.co.uk/and  www.crowd2map.org
>
>
>
> The Tanzania Development Trust is UK Registered Charity No 270462
>
> www.tanzdevtrust.org
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Re: [HOT] Funding for Crowdsourced / Open Data Projects for Democracy

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Luisa,

This grant might apply to your project as well:

http://www.ned.org/apply-for-grant/en/ (National Endowment for
Democracy Innovation Grants)

Good luck!

Regards,
Blake

On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 9:57 PM, Luisa Teixeira
 wrote:
> Hi Rebecca,
> Hi Selena,
>
> Thank for your suggestions. I had send that program by the Open Society
> Foundation, which seems a good fit!
>
> I hadn't find the D prize yet, thanks!
>
> Best,
> Luisa
>
>
> On 24 Jul 2017 9:28 p.m., "Selene Yang"  wrote:
>
> Hi, Luisa. Have you checked with the Open Society Foundation?
>
> https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/latin-america-program
>
> Best,
>
> Selene Yang
>
>
>
> 2017-07-24 15:21 GMT-04:00 Rebecca Firth :
>>
>> Hi Luisa,
>>
>> I'm not aware of any grants open right now which would fit this closely,
>> but a recent opportunity shared is D Prize:
>> https://www.d-prize.org/
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Rebecca
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 7:26 AM, Luisa Teixeira
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> a friend getting involved with a project in Brazil that gathers data to
>>> support reporting of abusive behaviour, particularly from Official workers
>>> or Institutions. This project is based on WhatApp as a means for data
>>> collection and transfer (videos, location, textual reports, etc). The data
>>> is pooled together and then sent to the corresponding agency or office,
>>> according to the type of crime or offense.
>>>
>>> This group of people wishes to (understandably) remain independent. I
>>> think I have read about potentially relevant funding opportunities in this
>>> mailing list, so I thought of asking your advice. Does anyone have any
>>> suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot in advance,
>>> Luisa
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Re: [HOT] Disaster Routing

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Thomas,

This list of desktop software for OSM has several navigation / routing
apps listed:

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Software/Desktop

I have used "Atlas" on that list and it was offline, desktop and
served our use case. I am not sure how well it makes use of osm tags
for impassable.

seems like some testing is probably needed for any of them to make
sure they honor those smoothness tags.

Cheers,
Blake

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> Dear HOT community,
>
> I would greatly appreciate input about the current state of disaster routing
> tools. Personally, I know the excellent disaster.openrouteservice.org, but
> that's about it. Are there any other (open source) tools capable of routing
> with a straight-forward obstruction/impassable roads interface? Especially
> in the realm of offline/Desktop mapping I couldn't find anything.
>
> Thanks a bunch & have a great day.
>
> Best
> Thomas
>
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[HOT] Call For Participation: Remote damage assessment formal research experiment kick off

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear Friends!

As HOT Community members Robert Soden and Cristiano Giovando have
written about previously, HOT is part of 2 formal research projects on
remote damage assessment.

This is a critical area of research with several important questions
that need to be addressed. Things like timeliness, damage scales,
methods, types of damage that can be assessed remotely, etc.

After a great deal of preparation and planning, today we are launching
3 separate experiments with the Stanford Urban Resilience Initiative
(SURI), the World Bank’s Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and
Recovery (GFDRR), Heidelberg University, and the University of
Colorado, Boulder to explore traditional OSM based and new, innovative
approaches to remote damage assessments.

All of the details on how you can participate can be found in this
blog post from Cristiano:

https://www.hotosm.org/updates/2017-06-28_call_for_participation_crowdsourced_damage_assessment

These are easy ways to have another important impact on disaster
response on a global scale and help shape the direction of
crowdsourced damage assessments in the future!

Please pass this email along to folks you think might be interested,
and you can also re-tweet this announcement:
https://twitter.com/hotosm/status/880076668009938946

In addition to all the folks who are part of the research project,
special thank you's go to Bryan Housel, Nate Smith, Seth Fitzsimmons
and David  Neudorfer for their help in making the OSM based experiment
possible and American Red Cross for creating Portable OSM which the
experiment is using as the underlying platform.

Best wishes,
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Re: [HOT] Update on Sri Lanka Floods

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear Friends,

My apologies for the short email, but we have just posted the next
project for Sri Lanka and it is very good for mappers of all
experience levels.

http://bit.ly/MapSriLanka2017

Please spread the word however you can and if you twitter, retweet:

https://twitter.com/hotosm/status/87047173465018

#SriLankaFloods Next mapping project is posted! Some of the most
impacted, 13,000+ people in this area alone.
http://bit.ly/MapSriLanka2017 (with image)

Respectfully
Blake



On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 8:30 AM, Blake Girardot HOT/OSM
<blake.girar...@hotosm.org> wrote:
> Dear humanitarian mappers,
>
> Thank you for supporting the folks facing the devastating floods in Sri Lanka!
>
> More data on the areas most affected by flooding is just coming in to
> the Sri Lanka Disaster Management Center (DMC) over the past 6 hours
> and now to us for project planning.
>
> Malinga, the lead for the HOT/OSM community response, is reviewing
> that data and looking at where our initial project covers. Good news
> is the priority area is directly where the data is needed, but as soon
> as we can get the priority area mapped, we will probably archive the
> existing project and replace it with a new project based on the new
> impact data.
>
> The latest projects on the Tasking Manager for Sri Lanka can be found here:
>
> http://bit.ly/MapSriLanka2017
>
> Thank you again, please keep mapping if you can, and please check back
> when you can as there is still a great need for your skills and time
> in this disaster. It is still raining in several parts of the western
> and southern provinces and more rain is forecast.
>
> Respectfully,
> Blake
>
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[HOT] Update on Sri Lanka Floods

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear humanitarian mappers,

Thank you for supporting the folks facing the devastating floods in Sri Lanka!

More data on the areas most affected by flooding is just coming in to
the Sri Lanka Disaster Management Center (DMC) over the past 6 hours
and now to us for project planning.

Malinga, the lead for the HOT/OSM community response, is reviewing
that data and looking at where our initial project covers. Good news
is the priority area is directly where the data is needed, but as soon
as we can get the priority area mapped, we will probably archive the
existing project and replace it with a new project based on the new
impact data.

The latest projects on the Tasking Manager for Sri Lanka can be found here:

http://bit.ly/MapSriLanka2017

Thank you again, please keep mapping if you can, and please check back
when you can as there is still a great need for your skills and time
in this disaster. It is still raining in several parts of the western
and southern provinces and more rain is forecast.

Respectfully,
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[HOT] Sri Lanka Floods 2017 - Building mapping

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Greetings,

The Disaster Management Center in Sri Lanka has asked us to map
buildings in the Matara District, Southern Province.

This project is for mappers of all experience levels and needs you.

This link is to the Tasking Manager and will have the latest Sri Lanka
mapping projects (currently 1) listed: http://bit.ly/MapSriLanka2017

There is also a tweet you can retweet to help us spread the word:

https://twitter.com/hotosm/status/869610930006618112
#SriLankaFloods mapping projects for all experience levels to help
those facing and responding to the crisis
http://bit.ly/MapSriLanka2017

Respectfully,
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Re: [HOT] UPDATED: Sri Lanka Floods - Need experienced mappers/validators for initial projects.

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear Friends,

We have started working with the Sri Lanka Disaster Management Center
(DMC) to support them in their response and recovery activity.

They have asked us to start mapping more than just roads, but we need
to get this roads project finished asap and it is almost done, just a
few last task squares to complete.

http://tasks.hotosm.org/ (currently project #3094, you can not miss it)

If you are an experienced mapper, if you could please find some time
as soon as possible to help get this project completed it will be a
huge help to the DMC and Malinga as he continues to manage the
projects to meet the information needs of the folks facing and
responding to this crisis.

More projects for the full community to contribute to will be coming
shortly, please stay tuned to this email list and our twitter feed.

Newer mappers, there are still several projects right now for Ebola
and Malaria that need your skills!

Respectfully,
Blake



On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 6:25 PM, Malinga Prabhasara
 wrote:
> Dear HOT Community,
>
> We published the first project in response to the current flooding in Sri
> Lanka. This project is for experienced mappers and is focused on the road
> network only. There will be a few more projects like this one. As more
> information comes in about needs for map data, we may publish more projects
> that are building focused, but for now we are focused on the road network,
> completing it and correcting simple errors in existing mapping.
>
> Below is a brief review of the situation and some links to the sources we
> are using for priortizing our mapping untill we hear more from people on the
> ground.
>
> If you are an experienced mapper and validator, please visit the Tasking
> Manager http://tasks.hotosm.org/ and help out with these initial projects.
>
> Regards,
> Malinga Prabhasara
>
> Sri Lanka Flood May 2017 - Size Up details
> Monsoon rains caused severe flooding and mudslides in western and southern
> Sri Lanka leaving at least 177 people dead and 560,00 people affected.
> Reports of the worst affected areas are to the south-western district of
> Kalutara with at least five mudslides being confirmed, and resident being
> advised to evacuate homes.
> Local authorities closed schools in the Sabaragamuwa province due to heavy
> flooding. The Sri Lankan navy and air force have been deployed to provide
> emergency relief to affected areas.
> The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) of Sri Lanka warned that the conditions
> could worsen with aid organizations remaining on high alert over the coming
> days.
>
> Type of Event: Flood (Sudden Onset ) (Flash Flood with seasonal raining)
>
> Geographic Scope: Sri Lanka (Region/Country) and district levels list as
> follows,
>
> Province and District
> *Southern Province (Matara, Galle, Hambanthota)
> *Sabaragamuwa Province (Rathnapura, Kegalle)
> *Western Province (Kaluthara, Colombo, Gampaha)
> *Eastern Province (Trincomalee, Batticaloa)
> *Central Province (Nuwara Eliya, Kandy, Matale)
> *Northern Province (Vavuniya, Mulaitivu)
>
> Humanitarian Impact: 500,000 Ð 600,000 People Effected.
>
> Estimated Duration: Weeks to Month
>
> Need for Activation: High Expectation
>
> Imagery Needs: Both Bing and Digital Globe imagery available.
> * Bing (small cloud in few areas)
> * Digital Globe Premium (Clear)
> References
> * Disaster Management Center (DMC) Recent Documents.
> - Current Situation
> (https://www.dropbox.com/s/nl3e4gcsofvm9pt/Current-Situation.pdf?dl=0)
> - Special Situation
> (https://www.dropbox.com/s/n0qdqe7qfgq6fyv/special_situation.pdf?dl=0)
>
> * Disasters Charter Event Activation Link,
> -  Flood In Sri Lanka.
> (https://www.disasterscharter.org/web/guest/activations/-/article/flood-in-sri-lanka-call-612-)
>
>
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> ASIAN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS CENTER (ADPC), Head Office
>
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> Fax:+66 2 298 0012
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>
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[HOT] #Map4Ebola - Need validators URGENTLY

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear Friends,

You have made amazing progress on mapping these critical priority
areas to help the folks facing and fighting this Ebola outbreak!

We have a number of projects that just need to be validated and they
are about 90% of the way there.

It is critical we get the last few percentage of these projects
validated so we can keep pushing map data of high quality out!

The link that sorts projects in reverse order, oldest first, meaning
most in need of validation is:

http://bit.ly/ebola-validate

If you want to retweet, here you go:

https://twitter.com/hotosm/status/868116303923564544

#Map4ebola needs validators!! Help folks fighting this by helping HOT
get the priority areas validated! http://bit.ly/ebola-validate

Respectfully,
Blake

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[HOT] OSM Tasking Manager version 3 - Need translation help!

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear Friends,

As you many know, we have been developing the next generation of our
OSM Tasking Manager, the main software application that makes your
humanitarian community mapping work possible.

It is now at a stage where we can start translating the user interface
of the application.

If you could please please find some of your valuable volunteer time
to give to translating the new application we would be so honored to
have you contribute!

You can get started at this url:
https://www.transifex.com/hotosm/tasking-manager-3

If you are not part of the HOT Translation Team yet, please just sign
up for Transifex and request to join the "hotosm-translators" team!

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Thank you all for being part of the HOT Community!

Respectfully,
Blake Girardot

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Re: [HOT] Problem with HOT Export

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi John,

Thank you again for the heads up on the Export Tool.

I have passed it on to the folks who can do something about it :)

I or they (Brandon probably) will write you back directly if they need
any more info.

 A glitch shut down the server the HOT Export Tool was running on last
week, (maybe the week before), and since we restarted it, I think that
is when these issues cropped up. I think a configuration got a little
crunched or something along those lines. Very sorry for the issues.

Regards,
Blake

On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 9:50 PM, John Gordon  wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have been running reports on Ethiopia using HOT export. For the last few
> days the system has been generating identical reports based on old data,
> despite several additions to the data. This applied to both the thematic and
> standard formats.  The HOT export seems to follow all the proper sequences
> in generating the reports.
>
> I have also run reports in Geofabrik which have correctly picked up the new
> data.
>
> Cheers
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[HOT] Walk through of using Mapillary for advanced road editing

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear Friends,

I saw someone posted this link to a Mapillary community outreach
person's OSM Diary entry about using Mapillary for advanced road
mapping.

As you may know, Mapillary is one of the companies that support OSM
and HOT both.

They recently launched their Humanitarian Mapping Kit to make the
skills, tools and training more available in more places.

https://www.hotosm.org/updates/2016-07-27_introducing_the_mapillary_humanitarian_mapping_kit_in_partnership_with_hot

But, they also help by providing documentation and this OSM Diary
entry is great guidance and information about one of the ways
Mapillary's tools can be used in humanitarian work.

It is not in a typical humanitarian context, but it is exactly one of
the several ways local communities can and do use Mapillary after they
have been out doing field work to create detail and increased
usefulness in the map we can't get from remote imagery.

http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/NunoCaldeira/diary/40963

If learning how to do this kind of advanced mapping and field data
collection interests you, checkout mapillary.

Cheers,
Blake



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Re: [HOT] wish list on validation

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi John,

The Tasking Manager 3 should help address the wish list.

Currently it shows a list of all the contributors to a project (like
the existing TM2) but the columns are "Experience Level" (based on
changesets), "Days since registration", "days since last validation"

Clicking on any one of the mappers will select all the tasks they have
completed and open them in an editor.

Hopefully that will help us identify new mappers who have no feedback
as well as experienced mappers, also perhaps with no "thank you's" for
a long time.

cheers
blake



On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 3:49 PM, john whelan  wrote:
> I'm looking at a project with more than 1,000 tiles that need validating.
> Some are done by mappers who are new, some by experienced mappers.
>
> What I'd like is something to serve up the tiles most in need of validation
> in the order of priority.
>
> So new mappers first, recent work first, trusted mappers last.  Algorithm it
> so its not a personal opinion on who is a trusted mapper but the idea would
> be to accept that not everything will get validated within 24 hrs but where
> can we get the most improvement in data quality for the least effort.
>
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[HOT] OpenStreetMap State of the Map International Conference - Help shape the program!

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear Friends,

OpenStreetMap holds a number of regional and country specific "State
of the Map" conferences through out the year.

But, there is also one large, international State of the Map (SotM)
conference each year as well.

The international SotM this year is in Japan and the SotM Working
Group is looking for your input on the speaker/presentation program.

Read all about it here and pick the proposals that you would like to
see (in person, webcast and recorded) at the event:

https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2017/04/11/community-survey-for-the-state-of-the-map-2017-program/

Cheers,
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[HOT] HOT Community Webinar - Starting now - Intro to Mapbox Studio

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Greetings!

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) is pleased to invite you to our
third HOT Community Webinar.

Topic: Intro to Mapbox Studio

Apr 11, 2017 11:00 AM EDT (15:00 GMT)  (NOW :)

Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android:

https://zoom.us/j/726269464

Meeting ID: 726 269 464

Or iPhone one-tap (US Toll):  +14086380968,726269464# or +16465588656,726269464#

Or Telephone:
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[HOT] HOT Tasking Manager Down Time Notice

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Greetings,

We need to take the HOT Tasking Manager offline for about 30 mins for
some maintenance. We are planning for tomorrow, Tuesday evening at
about 11:00 pm PDT (06:00 GMT, 2:00 am EDT)

Please let me know directly if this time is terribly inconvenient for anyone.

Cheers
Blake
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Re: [HOT] HOT Webinar: Learn to use Mapbox Studio Next week!

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi all,

Rasagy @mapbox sent me an update to the webinar description, it sounds
even cooler than when I first spoke with him about it:

"Many HOT projects involve either using existing OSM data on the
field, or contributing to improving existing OSM data. How can we
highlight and share such contributions through an interactive medium?

In this webinar, we will walk through a typical workflow to achieve
this using a mix of open source tools, Mapbox Studio & very basic
front-end technology. We will be using Overpass Turbo to extract
specific OSM datasets that we need, uploading them to Mapbox Studio,
creating a custom map layer with control over how to visualize this
data, and then adding basic interactivity (like hover for details,
toggle to show/hide layers etc.) using Mapbox GL JS."

If I did not mention it before, this webinar is scheduled for 90 mins
to make sure we can cover everything well and have room for questions
and answers throughout the webinar.

Tuesday, April 11th, 11:00 am EDT ( 15:00 GMT )

Once again, if you think you will attend, please just do a free
registration here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hot-community-webinar-getting-started-with-mapbox-studio-tickets-33508374450

Connection details will be sent out on Monday and the count of
attendees in Eventbright makes a big difference :)

Cheers
Blake


On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 11:44 PM, Blake Girardot HOT/OSM
<blake.girar...@hotosm.org> wrote:
> Dear Friends,
>
> HOT's next community webinar is a chance to see Mapbox Studio in
> action and learn how to get started creating really compelling maps
> and visualizing data.
>
> Tuesday, April 11th, 11:00 am EDT ( 15:00 GMT )
>
> Below is the event description, but I just want to emphasize: This is
> about 10% demo of all the cool things you can do with Mapbox and about
> 90% hands on learning session. When finished, you can be confident in
> the basic usage of Mapbox Studio and creating maps and styling your
> data.
>
> Like all our webinars, if you could please register so we know how
> many folks are coming and can follow up easily if needed.
>
> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hot-community-webinar-getting-started-with-mapbox-studio-tickets-33508374450
>
> Details on how to connect to HOT's Community Webinar will sent shortly
> based on the number of folks that register.
>
> This is a really great opportunity to learn the basics of Mapbox
> Studio from one of the best and build your OSM skill set, I hope to
> see you there!
>
> Cheers
> blake
>
> ===
> HOT Community Webinar: Introduction to Mapbox Studio
>
> This is a detailed introduction to Mapbox Studio, presented by Rasagy
> Sharma, a Mapbox Design and Cartography Team member.
>
> If you create and/or use OpenStreetMap (OSM) data, this session is for
> you. It will take you to the next level of making use of OSM data to
> create compelling maps and visualize geospatial data.
>
> In this live, interactive session you will learn how to get started
> with creating and styling maps and visualizing data in Mapbox Studio,
> the leading OSM map creation and design tool. Build your cartography
> skill set and learn ways to make your mapping projects even more
> compelling.
>
> You can register for a free Mapbox studio account before the session
> so you can follow along or just take notes and see what Mapbox Studio
> makes possible.
>
> https://www.mapbox.com/
>
> About the instructor: As a designer at Mapbox, Rasagy focuses on
> telling engaging stories through data visualization, bringing design
> thinking to the data team to improve our mapping tools and workflows,
> and finding new ways to bring the mapping community together.
>
>
>
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[HOT] HOT Webinar: Learn to use Mapbox Studio Next week!

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear Friends,

HOT's next community webinar is a chance to see Mapbox Studio in
action and learn how to get started creating really compelling maps
and visualizing data.

Tuesday, April 11th, 11:00 am EDT ( 15:00 GMT )

Below is the event description, but I just want to emphasize: This is
about 10% demo of all the cool things you can do with Mapbox and about
90% hands on learning session. When finished, you can be confident in
the basic usage of Mapbox Studio and creating maps and styling your
data.

Like all our webinars, if you could please register so we know how
many folks are coming and can follow up easily if needed.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hot-community-webinar-getting-started-with-mapbox-studio-tickets-33508374450

Details on how to connect to HOT's Community Webinar will sent shortly
based on the number of folks that register.

This is a really great opportunity to learn the basics of Mapbox
Studio from one of the best and build your OSM skill set, I hope to
see you there!

Cheers
blake

===
HOT Community Webinar: Introduction to Mapbox Studio

This is a detailed introduction to Mapbox Studio, presented by Rasagy
Sharma, a Mapbox Design and Cartography Team member.

If you create and/or use OpenStreetMap (OSM) data, this session is for
you. It will take you to the next level of making use of OSM data to
create compelling maps and visualize geospatial data.

In this live, interactive session you will learn how to get started
with creating and styling maps and visualizing data in Mapbox Studio,
the leading OSM map creation and design tool. Build your cartography
skill set and learn ways to make your mapping projects even more
compelling.

You can register for a free Mapbox studio account before the session
so you can follow along or just take notes and see what Mapbox Studio
makes possible.

https://www.mapbox.com/

About the instructor: As a designer at Mapbox, Rasagy focuses on
telling engaging stories through data visualization, bringing design
thinking to the data team to improve our mapping tools and workflows,
and finding new ways to bring the mapping community together.



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[HOT] HOT Tasking Manager 3.0 API Technical Discussion - Thur. April 6th, 14:00 GMT

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Greetings all,

There will be a meeting with the Project Manager and the TM3
developers to discuss the needs for the Tasking Manager 3.0 API.

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the needs the community has
for API based functionality and getting data out of the Tasking
Manager via an API

It will take place via voice on HOT's Uberconference channel:

https://www.uberconference.com/hotosm (no login or download required)

For those that can not attend, but would like to leave your feedback,
comments, etc about the API there is a GitHub issue for this topic,
with a link to the existing API documentation at the top of the
thread:

https://github.com/hotosm/tasking-manager/issues/102

Cheers,
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Re: [HOT] Inflationary use of the mailinglist

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Julian,

Thank you very much for being a part of the HOT community!

HOT is doing mapping every day of the week and while there are times
of severe crisis after a disaster when our mapping is focused and
dramatically increased, the daily mapping for humanitarian projects is
very important as well.

And the HOT email list is the only place we as a community can ask
questions and discuss different aspects of how we do things or address
issues that affect everyone in the HOT community. Even if sometimes it
might get into the weeds.

Your email is a good reminder that emails to the HOT list go to a lot
of folks, and it is good make sure the emails are relevant to HOT and
take a few minutes and see if there is a better, more focused place
for some questions or comments.

But, if you are ever in doubt but are not sure where to ask, you can
always ask on the HOT email list, we are here to support each other
and usually if you have a question, so do others.

For too many HOT Email list emails, there are a couple of options:

1. Subscribe to HOT's announce only email list. This is where we send
our monthly HOT Newsletter and disaster mapping notifications. You
will know when there is a disaster crisis mapping event and be able to
keep up on HOT happenings via our Newsletter. This might be the best
option if you only want to be notified of disaster activities. You can
sign up for it here http://eepurl.com/bC7JBj

2. Digest mode, you can change your preferences to only get an email
once a day with a list of the emails for day in it.
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot (Go to the bottom, enter
your email address, button "Unsubscribe or Edit Options"

Thank you again!

Cheers,
Blake

On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 6:26 PM, Julian Haag  wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am interested in information regarding HOT activations, the talk about
> real HOT problems and some news regarding HOT, so I joined this list about a
> year ago during the earthquake in Nepal. Currently I found myself deleting
> nearly 98% of the messages of this list even without reading it.
>
> It's just crazy getting dozends of emails a day on topics having nearly no
> intersection with HOT at all! e.g. "Bounding box not in iD Editor anymore"
> or currently "Mapswipe - whats happening with the data?". There are boards,
> where, in my optinion, general discussions should take place but not on a
> mailinglist. A mailinglist, thats the place where really urgend stuff should
> be discussed.
>
> Is there a HOT mailinglist that just focuses on important stuff?
>
> with annoyed greetings
>
> Julian
>
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Re: [HOT] Adding imagery to JOSM

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Andrew,

You can try LearnOSM:

http://learnosm.org/en/josm/josm-adding-imagery/

Cheers
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On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 8:21 PM, Andrew Patterson  wrote:
> Would very much welcome some easy steps for adding new imagery to JOSM as
> requested by John Whelan
>
>
> Andrew Patterson
>
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>
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> files transmitted with it is confidential and intended for the addressee
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Re: [HOT] Broken (multi)polygon cleanup

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Jochen,

Thank you very much for writing to the HOT list!

I think you will find a lot of enthusiasm for helping get these fixed
as well as improving our training and instructions to make sure we
minimize new mappers who come to OSM through HOT and Missing Maps
making these errors going forward.

Can you send me something that would help me see those 1600 examples
you found on OSM so I can see what might be going on and how to
improve things in HOT/MM workflow to reduce them?

Cheers,
Blake

On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 4:06 PM, Jochen Topf  wrote:
> Hi!
>
> There are many broken (multi)polygon geometries in OSM data leading to
> all sorts of problems. I have started an effort to get this cleaned up.
> You can read more about this at http://area.jochentopf.com/ .
>
> This effort has been running for about a month now and we can already see
> some good results. See 
> https://github.com/osmlab/fixing-polygons-in-osm/issues/15
> for some news about what's been happening.
>
> I am writing to the HOT list today, because a not-so-small part of the
> problems come from HOT mappers. For instance, looking at one particular
> problem here (spikes in closed ways), I am seeing about 5800 errors, of
> which about 1600 are in areas covered by the HOT tasking manager. (Of
> couse not all of these have been done in the course of HOT mapping, but
> probably most of them.)
>
> I am reaching out to some of the regional OSM communities and also to
> HOT, because I want to a) ask for the help of all the communities in OSM
> to fix those errors and b) generally raise awareness, so those problems
> can be minimized in the future.
>
> Please go to the web sites linked above and read up on what the problems
> are and how we are fixing them. I also want to offer my help in
> preparing special data extracts or Maproulette challenges etc. to help
> the HOT community participate in the cleaning up effort in a way that
> makes sense to you. I could, for instance, put those 1600 errors
> mentioned above in a special Maproulette challenge, if that would be a
> good way for HOT mappers to work on them.
>
> Tell me what you think. I appreciate any feedback.
>
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Re: [HOT] Starting a new mapping project

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

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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Re: [HOT] Bounding box not in iD Editor anymore

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Mike, hi all,

Mike, I found out why you now get the purple task box again: OSM made
a change to how the OSM website works with secure connections
yesterday which fixes the issue with the purple task outline loading
in iD.

This means everyone should start seeing the purple task outline in the
iD editor now!

Cheers,
Blake

On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 9:36 PM, Mike Thompson <miketh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> We held a mapathon yesterday evening (5pm - 7pm US MST) with about 60 people
> in attendance.  None of the participants ever got the purple box  bounding
> box in iD, despite multiple attempts. I see it is now working.  Was there a
> problem yesterday that has subsequently been fixed?
>
> Mike
>
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 2:38 PM, Rebecca Firth <rebecca.fi...@hotosm.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Re-kindling this thread as another mapper and myself appear to be
>> experiencing the bounding box issue again (in Safari and Chrome) across a
>> few different tasks.
>>
>> Re-pasting the workaround instructions from before for anyone mapping
>> presently:
>>
>> Load task in iD
>> Return to Task on TM, go back to 'edit with' and select JOSM
>> You will get an error message about JOSM remote control, but it will give
>> you access to a section of the JOSM menu
>> From the section that reads "Tip: Download the following .gpx file and
>> load it in JOSM in order to see the current task boundary" right click on
>> ".gpx file" and select "Save link as" - I put mine in my downloads folder.
>> Back to the iD tab in your browser, and have file manager open as well -
>> drag & drop the downloaded .gpx file onto the window of ID -- then wait...
>> If all goes well you now have the square on your iD screen. It took a
>> while to load on my setup & a message about waiting or closing appeared -
>> but it has loaded each time I've tried.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Rebecca
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 9:06 AM, Blake Girardot HOT/OSM
>> <blake.girar...@hotosm.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Nick!
>>>
>>> Your work around is great and working for people! Thank you very much!
>>>
>>> Pierre Giraud, just put a hotfix on the Tasking Manager to make your
>>> solution easier. This is live now.
>>>
>>> The link to the .gpx file now shows up on the iD Editor menu
>>> selection, you do not need to try josm and have it fail. Just go back
>>> to the page and dowload the .gpx file from the iD Editor selected
>>> dialog.
>>>
>>> A screenshot is attached to make it more clear.
>>>
>>> Thank you again Nick and Pierre!
>>>
>>> Respectfully,
>>> Blake
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 7:02 AM, Nick Allen <nick.allen...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > A quick but dirty workaround
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > 1. Load task in iD
>>> >
>>> > 2. return to Task on TM, go back to 'edit with' and select JOSM
>>> >
>>> > 3. You will get an error message about JOSM remote control, but it will
>>> > give
>>> > you access to a section of the JOSM menu
>>> >
>>> > 4. From the section that reads "Tip: Download the following .gpx file
>>> > and
>>> > load it in JOSM in order to see the current task boundary" right click
>>> > on
>>> > ".gpx file" and select "Save link as" - I put mine in my downloads
>>> > folder.
>>> >
>>> > 4. Back to the iD tab in your browser, and have file manager open as
>>> > well -
>>> > drag & drop the downloaded .gpx file onto the window of ID -- then
>>> > wait...
>>> >
>>> > 5. If all goes well you now have the square on your iD screen. It took
>>> > a
>>> > while to load on my setup & a message about waiting or closing appeared
>>> > -
>>> > but it has loaded each time I've tried.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I'll try to put together a quick howto with images on LearnOSM and make
>>> > it
>>> > downloadable. Feedback as to whether this works for everyone would be
>>> > appreciated in case I have to make amendments.
>>> >
>>> > Regards
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Nick
>>> > (Tallguy)
>>> >
>>> > On 06/02/17 11:36, Donal Hunt w

Re: [HOT] Bounding box not in iD Editor anymore

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

HI Mike,

First off, our apologies for this issue. I can not really imagine the
difficulty of running a mapathon with this issue going on.

It has been very difficult for us to resolve, but Nate, David, Pierre,
Ethan and myself have really been focused on it since the problem
appeared a few days ago. It took all of us (well, all of them, I was
mostly just panicking the whole time) to track down the issue and then
develop and test the fixes, which are a mix of Tasking Manager code
changes and configuration changes to multiple parts of our web server
software.

We have figured out the fixes earlier today, but it is, pretty
complicated, and time consuming to deploy on our production server and
we were not able to accomplish it today because David is travelling
this evening.

Honestly, it is just a symptom of the difficult nature of the problem
that you are now getting the purple task square again. We have made no
changes to our production server. Different browsers handle the
underlying problem (technically called a "mixed-content" issue)
differently. Aside from maybe a different browser, or different
browser version, or a different OS, I am not sure why you are getting
the purple square now.

Sometime tomorrow at the latest David and Nate will be able to roll
the fixes to our software and systems out to our main production
Tasking Manager server and then everyone should start getting the
purple task square in iD again.

Nate Smith, David Neudorfer, Pierre Giraud and Ethan Smith are among
the very best at what they do and we are lucky to have them working
and volunteering for HOT.

Again, our apologies for the problem, it has been our top priority to
get fixed this week.

Respectfully,
Blake

On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 9:36 PM, Mike Thompson <miketh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> We held a mapathon yesterday evening (5pm - 7pm US MST) with about 60 people
> in attendance.  None of the participants ever got the purple box  bounding
> box in iD, despite multiple attempts. I see it is now working.  Was there a
> problem yesterday that has subsequently been fixed?
>
> Mike
>
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 2:38 PM, Rebecca Firth <rebecca.fi...@hotosm.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Re-kindling this thread as another mapper and myself appear to be
>> experiencing the bounding box issue again (in Safari and Chrome) across a
>> few different tasks.
>>
>> Re-pasting the workaround instructions from before for anyone mapping
>> presently:
>>
>> Load task in iD
>> Return to Task on TM, go back to 'edit with' and select JOSM
>> You will get an error message about JOSM remote control, but it will give
>> you access to a section of the JOSM menu
>> From the section that reads "Tip: Download the following .gpx file and
>> load it in JOSM in order to see the current task boundary" right click on
>> ".gpx file" and select "Save link as" - I put mine in my downloads folder.
>> Back to the iD tab in your browser, and have file manager open as well -
>> drag & drop the downloaded .gpx file onto the window of ID -- then wait...
>> If all goes well you now have the square on your iD screen. It took a
>> while to load on my setup & a message about waiting or closing appeared -
>> but it has loaded each time I've tried.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Rebecca
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 9:06 AM, Blake Girardot HOT/OSM
>> <blake.girar...@hotosm.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Nick!
>>>
>>> Your work around is great and working for people! Thank you very much!
>>>
>>> Pierre Giraud, just put a hotfix on the Tasking Manager to make your
>>> solution easier. This is live now.
>>>
>>> The link to the .gpx file now shows up on the iD Editor menu
>>> selection, you do not need to try josm and have it fail. Just go back
>>> to the page and dowload the .gpx file from the iD Editor selected
>>> dialog.
>>>
>>> A screenshot is attached to make it more clear.
>>>
>>> Thank you again Nick and Pierre!
>>>
>>> Respectfully,
>>> Blake
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 7:02 AM, Nick Allen <nick.allen...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > A quick but dirty workaround
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > 1. Load task in iD
>>> >
>>> > 2. return to Task on TM, go back to 'edit with' and select JOSM
>>> >
>>> > 3. You will get an error message about JOSM remote control, but it will
>>> > give
>>> > you access to a section of the JOSM menu
>>> >
>>

[HOT] @DigitalGlobe #opendatachat on twitter today!

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear Friends!

If you ever wanted to talk to the folks who point satellites and share
with them and hear from others the impact open data has on your
volunteering, your work, your community, etc today is a great chance.

12:00 Noon EST
17:00 GMT

DigitalGlobe who enable and enhance so much of our work with their
satellite imagery, are hosting a "Twitter Chat" today about #opendata.

And it is not just DG who will be there, the Director of the UN Office
for Outer Space Affairs Simonetta Di Pippo will be there too! How cool
is that?

How can you participate?

Well, that is a good question. I am a total twitter newbie, but I am
told you just need to "follow" the twitter hashtag #opendatachat and
then to ask a question or make a comment, you just tweet and include
that hashtag at the end #opendatachat

This link will let you "listen" in at least:
https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets=default=%23opendatachat

If you google "twitter chat" you will find lots of info and some
applications that make being part of a twitter chat easier.

I look forward to "seeing" you there and figuring out how to do this
twitter chat thing along with you!

Cheers
Blake

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Re: [HOT] Could we get more out of our mappers by asking for less?

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 11:36 AM, Jo  wrote:
> If you use 'w' in JOSM there is hardly ever a need to delete user's
> contributions. It's really easy to drag the corners where they need to be,
> then finish of with 'q' to square the building.
>
> Polyglot

This is a good tip, I forgot about this one for fixing up mapping.

If I do feel the need to re-map from scratch, I do it on a blank
layer, then merge the layer with the existing mapping layer, then use
Replace Geometry for each building pair (old and new). I estimate it
takes only about 10% longer than just totally re-mapping from scratch,
but that is worth it to me to keep the history and original mapper's
contribution.

Video demonstration of that process: https://youtu.be/Kv5AOmX8M9g

Thanks again Polyglot for reminding us about Improve Way for improving
building mapping.

Cheers
Blake







> 2017-02-26 20:00 GMT+01:00 Russell Deffner :
>>
>> On this topic, there has been concern over validators doing so much
>> deletion of recently mapped objects.  This triggers a few monitoring sites
>> that watch for 'suspicious changesets'; it doesn't mean much in the
>> immediate, but thinking longer term for the OSM project, those algorithms
>> could be used for automatic warnings or blocks.  I think no matter what,
>> we're always going to be dealing with poor mapping, so we should also look
>> at some best practices/rules of thumb for when to delete versus improve a
>> previously mapped feature.  Although I do find myself deleting and
>> re-drawing sometimes, I try to minimize that as there is something to
>> preserving the original mappers contribution.  This can also be an issue for
>> trying to calculate mappers contributions for a mapathon or project if a
>> validator unnecessarily deletes the objects.
>>
>> To quickly touch on project creation; I think roads and
>> settlements/residential areas go well together - they both should be done
>> with larger task squares than for building projects, but not sure it matters
>> too much which one comes first, but for disaster response as an example, I
>> would think roads and settlements are first priority followed by buildings.
>>
>> Happy Mapping,
>> =Russ
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Andrew Buck [mailto:andrew.r.b...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2017 10:20 AM
>> To: hot@openstreetmap.org
>> Subject: Re: [HOT] Could we get more out of our mappers by asking for
>> less?
>>
>> > I think this is a different conversation, I would prefer mappers take a
>> > little more time and care, some buildings I've seen mapped have little
>> > relationship to the size or shape of the building.
>> >
>> > Cheerio John
>>
>> I agree on this.  Especially with respect to buildings.  Roads are
>> fairly easy to add refinements to by doing them one at a time and using
>> the replace geometry tool in JOSM, however poorly mapped buildings take
>> longer to clean up than simply deleting them and mapping them fresh.
>>
>> I would rather see a user add 10 buildings that are high quality then
>> 100 or even 1000 that have to be remapped by someone else.  Having to
>> map something that has already been mapped poorly by someone else is
>> really disheartening.  On the one hand you spend your whole time mapping
>> thinking about how your work is duplicating that of someone else, and on
>> the other hand you feel bad about removing their contribution from the
>> database.  So you get hit with it on both fronts.
>>
>> -AndrewBuck
>>
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Re: [HOT] Matthew

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear Fred,

Thank you for the feedback.

It would help if you provided an actual area and not just an generic
link to osmose.

I did review all of NW Haiti for duplicate buildings which is what
seems to be the biggest issue and out of 68,000 buildings over
approximately 1500 sq/km found 470 duplicate buildings. ( graphic
https://screenpresso.com/=2eYrd )

Which is pretty good in my view, less than 0.7% error rate. Still it
would be good to fix them, especially since it is pretty easy to fix.

For an experienced mapper, it should take about 1 hour to fix them all.

I fixed 100 of them in about 15 mins the slow way :)

I would be happy to share my work flow for fixing them if that would
help you at all.

My only other comment is that if you are really interested in getting
the errors corrected, being a bit more understanding and respectful of
the volunteer mapper's efforts might motive people to dive in and
help. Phrases like "clean up your mess" is not a good approach in my
experience. "Hey, I found a lot of duplicate buildings, could we find
a way to get them corrected?" would probably have generated a lot more
volunteers to jump in and help.

Cheers,
Blake


On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 6:39 AM, FredM  wrote:
> We are in training with student from Universite Nouvelle Grande Anse
> http://universitynouvellegrandanse.org/ and we are using drone et OSM.
>
> However, it is a lot of mistake done after the cyclone
>
> Have a look on osmose and check all  to see all duplicate building and other
>
> http://osmose.openstreetmap.fr/fr/map/
>
> Not so funny to start cleaning an OSM database when you start the mapping.
>
> All the best FredM
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Re: [HOT] Error with the TM Dev Server

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Thank you again Rafael.

Your email and then Ethan's follow up with Alejandro got this issue
fixed for at least 4 installs of the Tasking Manager that had the
problem.

Cheers,
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On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 2:42 AM, Rafael Avila Coya  wrote:
> The OSM-es community had a similar problem for their TM, and they solved it
> when they realized that OSM had changed the SSL certificates for those
> provided by Let's Encrypt for connecting to the OAuth server [1]. I've seen
> this issue in other TM's too. Maybe that's the same issue for all...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rafael.
>
> [1]
> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-es/2017-February/014935.html
>
> On 20/02/17 15:56, Claire Halleux wrote:
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I was trying to test some tasks set up on the dev instance of the
>> Tasking Manager this afternoon.
>> However, it seems impossible to log in or out anymore. It gives me an
>> error ("An error occured") and asks me to log out manually (which does
>> not work).
>>
>> Not sure where it is best to report this... Any support would be welcome.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Claire
>>
>> Claire Halleux
>> +243 81 611 6998 (Kinshasa, DRC)
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Re: [HOT] Error with the TM Dev Server

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Thank you Rafael, very helpful!

Cheers
Blake

On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 2:42 AM, Rafael Avila Coya  wrote:
> The OSM-es community had a similar problem for their TM, and they solved it
> when they realized that OSM had changed the SSL certificates for those
> provided by Let's Encrypt for connecting to the OAuth server [1]. I've seen
> this issue in other TM's too. Maybe that's the same issue for all...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rafael.
>
> [1]
> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-es/2017-February/014935.html
>
> On 20/02/17 15:56, Claire Halleux wrote:
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I was trying to test some tasks set up on the dev instance of the
>> Tasking Manager this afternoon.
>> However, it seems impossible to log in or out anymore. It gives me an
>> error ("An error occured") and asks me to log out manually (which does
>> not work).
>>
>> Not sure where it is best to report this... Any support would be welcome.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Claire
>>
>> Claire Halleux
>> +243 81 611 6998 (Kinshasa, DRC)
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Re: [HOT] Error with the TM Dev Server

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Claire,

I get the same error. Hopefully it is something easy to fix, I will
pass it on to David.

In the mean time, this testing site should also work for you It will
look slightly different, but should not affect testing projects.

http://tasks-staging.hotosm.org/

Cheers
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On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 3:56 PM, Claire Halleux
 wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I was trying to test some tasks set up on the dev instance of the Tasking
> Manager this afternoon.
> However, it seems impossible to log in or out anymore. It gives me an error
> ("An error occured") and asks me to log out manually (which does not work).
>
> Not sure where it is best to report this... Any support would be welcome.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Claire
>
> Claire Halleux
> +243 81 611 6998 (Kinshasa, DRC)
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Re: [HOT] Bad Gateway

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi all,

This has now been resolved and the Tasking Manager is back up!

Thank you for your patience.and thank you to Nate and David for their help!

Cheers
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On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 7:32 AM, Katelyn Woolheater <
kwoolhea...@clintonhealthaccess.org> wrote:

>
>
> Hello,
>
> I have an ongoing mapathon and we are all seeing the same ‘Bad Gateway’
> message.
>
>
>
> Does anyone know why this might be happening? When it might be back up?
>
>
>
> Katelyn
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Re: [HOT] HOT Tasking Manager Instance migration to new hardware tonight

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear Friends,

This has been completed and everything seems to work well.

If you still get the maintenance page, that should resolve it self
shortly, or you can clear your browser cache for the past day and it
should fix the issue.

Please let us know if you see any issues, a quick email to
sysad...@hotosm.org or the slack channel in my signature below.

Thanks to the HOT Sysadmin folks, David, Ethan, Nate and Pierre Giraud
in getting it migrated!

Cheers,
Blake

On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 4:13 PM, Blake Girardot HOT/OSM
<blake.girar...@hotosm.org> wrote:
> Dear Friends,
>
> We are migrating HOT's installation of the HOT Tasking Manager in
> about 2 hours (Feb 9, 2017, 23:00 GMT).
>
> The new server is up and running now, we will be switching the DNS
> entries in about 2 hours.
>
> You might still visit the previous server while the address change for
> the server gets spread around the world.
>
> This should resolve itself in about an hour. You can try clearing your
> browser cache or a different browser, but for the most part it will
> just take a little time.
>
> If you can not map for a brief time, HOT"s YouTube channel will still
> work fine and has some great videos to help learn to map or more about
> other humanitarian mapping projects:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/user/hotosm/playlists
>
> And when you are done, I hope you are excited to map and the Tasking
> Manager will probably be working better than ever for you.
>
> Please report any problems (which there should be few) here via email,
> HOT IRC channel, or HOT Slack channel
>
> Cheers
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[HOT] HOT Tasking Manager Instance migration to new hardware tonight

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear Friends,

We are migrating HOT's installation of the HOT Tasking Manager in
about 2 hours (Feb 9, 2017, 23:00 GMT).

The new server is up and running now, we will be switching the DNS
entries in about 2 hours.

You might still visit the previous server while the address change for
the server gets spread around the world.

This should resolve itself in about an hour. You can try clearing your
browser cache or a different browser, but for the most part it will
just take a little time.

If you can not map for a brief time, HOT"s YouTube channel will still
work fine and has some great videos to help learn to map or more about
other humanitarian mapping projects:

https://www.youtube.com/user/hotosm/playlists

And when you are done, I hope you are excited to map and the Tasking
Manager will probably be working better than ever for you.

Please report any problems (which there should be few) here via email,
HOT IRC channel, or HOT Slack channel

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[HOT] Fwd: Re: The purple project square

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi all,

There is an ongoing issue with the task square's purple outline not
loading in the iD Web Editor.

Nick from the Training Working Group provided a work around and Bryan
Housel, the lead iD developer, knows about the issue and is working on
getting a fix out as soon as possible.

Below is a brief summary of Nick's work around and link to a short
video walk through of the process.

Respectfully,
Blake

-- Forwarded message --
From: Rebecca Firth 
Date: Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 4:49 PM
Subject: The purple project square

Hi,

Thanks for getting in touch. Unfortunately this is an issue which was
introduced recently, we're working to get it fixed. In the mean time
you can follow the below steps to get it working;

1. Load the square you want to map in iD

2. On the Tasking Manager Tab, beneath the 'edit with ID editor'
button will be a section that reads "Tip: Download the following .gpx
file and load it in JOSM in order to see the current task boundary"
right click on ".gpx file" and select "Save link as" - I put mine in
my downloads folder.

4. Back to the iD tab in your browser, and have file manager open as
well - drag & drop the downloaded .gpx file onto the window of ID --
then wait...

5. If all goes well you now have the square on your iD screen. It can
take a minute or so to load.

Here's a quick video which walks through it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGfzF32ssmk=youtu.be

Thanks, and hope you're enjoying mapping :)

Rebecca


On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 6:42 PM, Marianne Thorsen  wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> sorry to bother you With such a small detail, but the square showing the task 
> in the Project is gone. Do you have any idea how to get it back?
>
> Kind regards,


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Re: [HOT] Bounding box not in iD Editor anymore

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Nick!

Your work around is great and working for people! Thank you very much!

Pierre Giraud, just put a hotfix on the Tasking Manager to make your
solution easier. This is live now.

The link to the .gpx file now shows up on the iD Editor menu
selection, you do not need to try josm and have it fail. Just go back
to the page and dowload the .gpx file from the iD Editor selected
dialog.

A screenshot is attached to make it more clear.

Thank you again Nick and Pierre!

Respectfully,
Blake


On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 7:02 AM, Nick Allen  wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> A quick but dirty workaround
>
>
> 1. Load task in iD
>
> 2. return to Task on TM, go back to 'edit with' and select JOSM
>
> 3. You will get an error message about JOSM remote control, but it will give
> you access to a section of the JOSM menu
>
> 4. From the section that reads "Tip: Download the following .gpx file and
> load it in JOSM in order to see the current task boundary" right click on
> ".gpx file" and select "Save link as" - I put mine in my downloads folder.
>
> 4. Back to the iD tab in your browser, and have file manager open as well -
> drag & drop the downloaded .gpx file onto the window of ID -- then wait...
>
> 5. If all goes well you now have the square on your iD screen. It took a
> while to load on my setup & a message about waiting or closing appeared -
> but it has loaded each time I've tried.
>
>
> I'll try to put together a quick howto with images on LearnOSM and make it
> downloadable. Feedback as to whether this works for everyone would be
> appreciated in case I have to make amendments.
>
> Regards
>
>
> Nick
> (Tallguy)
>
> On 06/02/17 11:36, Donal Hunt wrote:
>
> Can confirm. Have noticed that the bounding box doesn't always display.
> Usually closing the tab and relaunching 1-2 times results in it appearing.
> If logs / javascript console output is useful for tracking down the issue,
> let me know and I'll share. :)
>
> d.
>
> On 6 February 2017 at 08:09, Rebecca Firth  wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just to add in on this one, there are quite a lot of mapathons going on
>> over the next few days, including a group of students in Botswana mapping
>> from today for the next two weeks.
>>
>> @Bryan - I had noticed over the past few months that sometimes the pink
>> box didn't load immediately when you loaded a square, and you needed to wait
>> quite a while or reload the square to see it. Not sure if others had seen
>> the same.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Rebecca
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 10:43 PM, Bryan Housel 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> That does look like a bug!   I will try to get a fix merged in by your
>>> event Wednesday…
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 5, 2017, at 2:41 PM, Orla McManus 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I am unable to see the square bounding box in iD Editor when I lock and
>>> open a task/grid square e.g.http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/2477#task/58. My
>>> understanding is that this bounding box enables the digitiser to ensure that
>>> they are working only in their grid square so that they can mark it as done
>>> in the Tasking Manager.
>>>
>>> Has this been removed with a recent update of iD Editor? Will this
>>> functionality be added again?
>>>
>>> We have a mapathon organised for Wednesday with all beginners and it will
>>> be much more difficult to coordinate our progress without this bounding box
>>> in iD Editor.
>>>
>>> Thanks very much,
>>> Orla
>>>
>>>
>>>
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[HOT] Thank you very much! Re: Request for an experienced road mapper for a few hours this week

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Greetings,

Thank you to the folks who offered, this is all set now.

As I said, there will be more to this project - waterways is next
which we will need more help for, but this small AoI for the city
itself and roads would have been too difficult to do as an open
project, the area was just too small for roads only and multiple
mappers.

Cheers
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On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 2:58 PM, Blake Girardot HOT/OSM
<blake.girar...@hotosm.org> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> We received a request to support some field work in Kenya starting this week.
>
> Their priority area of interest is a small town and their priority
> feature is the road network.
>
> This is really best for 1 person who has a few hours and is
> experienced in Highway Tag Africa and loves to map roads.
>
> Imagery is great, the road mapping is very straight forward and when
> done will be a really cool mapped town.
>
> Please just email me off list and I will get you started.
>
> There is a lot more fun/cool mapping to this project that will open up
> later this week, but right now they need the town's roads mapped asap.
>
> Cheers,
> Blake
>
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[HOT] Request for an experienced road mapper for a few hours this week

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Greetings,

We received a request to support some field work in Kenya starting this week.

Their priority area of interest is a small town and their priority
feature is the road network.

This is really best for 1 person who has a few hours and is
experienced in Highway Tag Africa and loves to map roads.

Imagery is great, the road mapping is very straight forward and when
done will be a really cool mapped town.

Please just email me off list and I will get you started.

There is a lot more fun/cool mapping to this project that will open up
later this week, but right now they need the town's roads mapped asap.

Cheers,
Blake

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Re: [HOT] Issues with HOT export tool

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi,

I will see if I can work around it and get the shapefile out Calist. let me
know if Paul's qgis solution does work for you.

Regards,
Blake

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 10:04 AM, Paul Uithol 
wrote:

> Hi Calist,
>
> I'm afraid this might be yet another instance of the issue in
> https://github.com/hotosm/osm-export-tool2/issues/129 manifesting itself.
> Work will be done soon to improve the export tool, but I don't know the
> exact timeline on this. Cristiano or Mhairi do perhaps?
>
> For now, in your case you might want to try the QuickOSM (
> https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/QuickOSM/) plugin to pull the data into
> QGIS?
>
> best,
> Paul
>
> On 10-01-2017 11:39, Calist Evance wrote:
>
> Hi All
> I have been trying to download earthquke data from Bukoba using HOT export
> tool but im endup with just a road segment of 0.004MB can any one help me
> for this?
>
> best,
> Calist
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Re: [HOT] Building Detection using Machine Learning

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 8:43 PM, Stefan Keller  wrote:

>But even if would be 99.8 percent it's important for OSM
> that a human integrates the data into the database.

Just for the record, I agree with this totally. I only see a scenario
where any automatically identified feature would have a human look at
it and the imagery, correct anything as needed and then upload it to
osm.

Cheers
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Re: [HOT] Exciting news: $10,000 contribution from Mapbox

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Mapbox is a great supporter of humanitarian mapping in a lot of ways, not
just financially, and they have been for a long time.

We really need to meet the challenge they set for us of 150 contributors to
our crowdfunding campaign!

I think it is a really interesting challenge, as it is not about how much
money anyone contributes, it is about people supporting HOT and the
micro-grants program.

This is a great reason to share the impact community and humanitarian
mapping can have with friends and family and encourage them to kick in any
amount to the crowdfund campaign. Even kicking in one euro or dollar or
peso etc not only makes a difference by itself, but has a much greater
impact because it helps HOT reach Mapbox's challenge.

Hopefully we can all find some time to share our enthusiasm for
humanitarian mapping with someone and help them contribute to the
crowdfunding campaign. Now more than ever we need everyone to contribute a
little something and if you can help a friend contribute that would be
amazing!

Cheers and best wishes for 2017!

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On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 7:13 PM, Tyler Radford 
wrote:

> Dear all, Mapbox (www.mapbox.com), a HOT corporate partner, just
> committed $10,000 USD to help fund critical community mapping projects via
> our campaign http://donate.hotosm.org ! *But we need your help: in order
> to release the second half of the funding, HOT must reach 150 individual
> donors by January 1st, 2017.*
>
> Please consider donating *any amount* today. We're already at 91 donors
> to the campaign - just 59 more to go to trigger the full Mapbox
> contribution. http://donate.hotosm.org
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Re: [HOT] Thank you very much! Very small, but urgent project - buildings only - Please help get it done in a few hours

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi all,

This got done quickly and really saved some frantic issues on the
ground this week. Thank you for everyone who knocked it out!

Thankfully,
Blake

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On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 1:50 AM, Blake Girardot HOT/OSM
<blake.girar...@hotosm.org> wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> This is really really small project that can get done very quickly and
> really help out a local OSM group in Zambia.
>
> They received a late change of plans for some field mapping and need
> to complete one small additional section of a neighborhood.
>
> http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/2394
>
> This is not quite beginner mapping, it is some what close buildings
> but not too bad for anyone who would like to try and map carefully
> (zoom in), and it will really help out the local mappers this week.
>
> If some of us could help knock out a few squares, they will not take
> more than about 10 mins. each.
>
> Regards,
> Blake
> 
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[HOT] Very small, but urgent project - buildings only - Please help get it done in a few hours

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Greetings all,

This is really really small project that can get done very quickly and
really help out a local OSM group in Zambia.

They received a late change of plans for some field mapping and need
to complete one small additional section of a neighborhood.

http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/2394

This is not quite beginner mapping, it is some what close buildings
but not too bad for anyone who would like to try and map carefully
(zoom in), and it will really help out the local mappers this week.

If some of us could help knock out a few squares, they will not take
more than about 10 mins. each.

Regards,
Blake

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[HOT] HOT's OSM Tasking Manager 3.0 Development Kick-Off!!

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear Friends,

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)  is leading a community focused
software development project to design, specify, develop and release
the next generation of its OSM Tasking Manager 2.0 (TM2) software.
With the generous support of the USAID GeoCenter, experts in the use
of geospatial tools and analysis in a humanitarian context, HOT will
be able to lead a community driven project, in collaboration with some
of the best open source geospatial designers and developers in the
world to produce a user friendly Tasking Manager 3.0 that is focused
on engaging users to better connect them to the OSM community.

The project is OSM community focused and we are looking forward to
involving as many OSM users and skilled designers, coders and system
admin community members as possible. The Tech Challenge we are issuing
is designed for collaboration to deliver the final project. If you
think you have some needed skills to contribute, you are encouraged to
apply, individuals, 2 person teams, companies, or consortia. You will
be working directly with the Tasking Manager stakeholders throughout
the process to support you in and agile, collaborative development
process.

The existing Tasking Manager 2.0 version of the software has been used
by many organizations and 10's of thousands of people to put about 30
million people on the map just in the past 2 years.

Think about the impact of that for a moment, 30 million lives touched
for the better in some small ways by a software package.

You and your colleagues in the international OpenStreetMap (OSM)
community have really put the software to the test and pushed its
limits while making a difference in people's lives.

The overall increase in usage and the new and innovative ways people
are using the software have helped identify a number of areas that
need adjustments and improvements.

Through a community driven process we will develop and implement
significant improvements to functionality of TM2 organized around the
5 key goals for the project, UI/UX improvements, better mapper
engagement, improved project creation and management tools, validation
and exposing a complete API.

A full description of the Tasking Manager 3 project objectives and
methods can be found in the project Terms of Reference here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rUiDk4jMiWZ2gXPJPyAM0td4VGCNwhCBo_E-rsBnc1M

Comments on that document are open and welcome, please leave any
thoughts or comments on it!

A HOT "Tech Challenge" has been released to find the right team of
folks to make the most of this opportunity through their skills and
experience in OSM, design, community engagement, and code.

https://hotosm.org/updates/2016-12-01_hots_osm_tasking_manager_30_tech_challenge

There are many ways for the community to contribute throughout the
process. We will have early and often builds for testing and many
channels for feedback.

First of all, if you have contributed any comment via the HOT email
list about the Tasking Manager, your experiences, new mappers,
validation, project design, etc, thank you, thank you! We have already
started incorporating those comments into the project. Please keep
them coming. Same thing applies to already filed GitHub issues, thank
you so much, those are what we are working from as well. Now is a good
time to go back to GitHub and look for any issues you have filed and
update them if you have any new insights or ideas.

Join a working group is also a great way to be more directly involved.
The Tech Working Group will be heavily involved with the back end
version control, github and deployments, but the Training Working
Group is already playing a huge role in UI, mapper engagement, project
creation, etc. and that is just going to continue I hope. I as Project
Manager will be at all of their meetings to keep them up-to-date and
get their input on every part of the project and after the project as
a TrWG member :)

Attend community meetings on mumble. We will have several voice based
community meetings on HOT's Mumble server throughout the project.

The 2 co-equal  channels for high involvement or closely tracking
progress, you have to sign in, but it is worth it:
HOT Slack - https://hotosm-slack.herokuapp.com/
HOT's GitHub - https://github.com/hotosm

No sign in required for:
IRC: https://webchat.oftc.net/ channel: HOT
Working Group Meetings
Email
Skype if you already use it (mention it is TM3 related :)

I am HOT's overall Project Manager for the Tasking Manager 3
development process, please contact me anytime if you have any
comment, feedback or questions.

Please meet Ethan Nelson (https://github.com/ethan-nelson ) he has
been a leading volunteer in the HOT dev community for the Tasking
Manager. This project is already off to a great start because of the
time and effort Ethan and others have put into the Tasking Manager for
the past year and a half. Our software and discussions can tend to
focus on mappers, validators and project creators, but the 

Re: [HOT] Tajik Hazard - OSM HOT Task

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Yannis,

I looked over the attached shape files.

The 3 smaller areas to the east, close to each other, those are well
mapped in OSM now it looks like and should be a good data source if
anyone is looking for buildings and roads data in those 3 areas.

The larger area SW of those, there is not high resolution imagery.

The larger area at the far SW, that one looks perfect for a mapping
project. It not all easy mapping, but not too difficult either.  It
looks like even small residential roads are mapped in that area, so it
should probably be "buildings only", which is good.

If this works for you, we can get a project set up.

Please let me know if I have misunderstood anything.

Regards,
Blake


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On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 5:52 AM, Yannis Fourniadis
 wrote:
> Dear HOT OSM,
>
>
>
> I am working for Arup, an international engineering consultancy based in
> London. As Arup, we have been active participants to OpenStreeMap (OSM),
> particularly as regards the Missing Maps Project. Employees from Arup
> offices in the UK and the USA have contributed significant time to map parts
> of South Kivu in the Congo.
>
>
>
> I am writing to enquire on the feasibility of initiating a mapping task
> through OSM Tasking Manager (http://tasks.hotosm.org/) for the mapping of
> buildings and infrastructure (roads, railways) in the Republic of
> Tajikistan.
>
>
>
> The Republic of Tajikistan is located in a region affected by natural
> hazards (flooding, earthquakes). The World Bank is supporting a project to
> strengthen critical infrastructure in the Republic of Tajikistan against the
> impact of natural hazards. A team led by Arup, and including the University
> of Zurich and consultants based in Tajikistan, have been appointed by the
> World Bank to carry out consultancy services in relation to strengthening
> critical infrastructure in the Republic of Tajikistan.
>
>
>
> We plan to undertake community mapping of exposure data (buildings and
> infrastructure) as part of this project in the Arup offices in London in on
> 16 December 2016. Like in previous occasions (e.g. HOT task #1235
> http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1235) we would greatly appreciate your help
> to setup an OSM mapping task, through which we could undertake the community
> mapping.
>
>
>
> Could you please advise whether you are able to create an OSM task for us to
> use for exposure mapping at the sites given in the attached Google Earth
> files. These are all sites where critical infrastructure (bridges and flood
> protection levees) are located. The file “Exposure Sites” gives approximate
> extents of the areas where we would like to map the assets at risk.
>
>
>
> It would be great to have this task up and running by 6 December 2016.
>
>
>
> Many thanks.
>
>
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Yannis
>
>
>
> Yannis Fourniadis
>
> Senior Engineering Geologist
>
> PhD  DIC  CGeol
>
>
>
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>
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>
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Re: [HOT] A project that needs validators and very experienced mappers

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Enock,

That got fixed, sorry I missed your email on it.

Thank you for trying Enock, the project went very well, thank you to
all who had a chance to participate (it went fast too).

8 validators fixed about 200 JOSM road network issues, plus a little
bit here and that they noticed while they were at it and had an impact
across basically the entire Area of Interest (aoi).

Nice work! You can see it sort of visualized here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6eiTej1JHydWGhRQk9yWk1EZE0/view?usp=sharing

The square or two I did was mostly filling in bridges (road crosses
waterway) and fords which is critical data, but connecting up roads
that are not connected is just as critical to routing applications.

I think projects like this would be really useful in the disaster
response mapping workflow in the future. Thank you again validators!

Respectfully,
blake

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On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 1:38 AM, Enock Seth Nyamador
<kwadzo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Blake.
>
> Trying to work with this task and run into [1].
>
> 1.
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B99n1pG7IHtJUDdYR25NemRrTmM/view?usp=sharing
>
> Best,
>
> - Enock
>
> 2016-11-27 4:58 GMT+00:00 Blake Girardot HOT/OSM
> <blake.girar...@hotosm.org>:
>>
>> After thinking this over a bit more, I changed the instructions.
>>
>> This should only be to run existing data through josm validation and
>> then fix the road related errors and warnings that are ease.
>>
>> It looks like Mapbox has most of the imagery things were mapped from
>> so far so be sure to consult mapbox.
>>
>> So far it goes fast in the more rural areas, map in a few bridges, a
>> few fords, fix some overlapping roadway and done.
>>
>> Just the jsom validation would have a noticeable impact on the road
>> network with the benefit of being pretty quick and easy for validators
>> and very experienced road mappers.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Blake
>> 
>> Blake Girardot
>> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, TM3 Project Manager
>> skype: jblakegirardot
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>>
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 11:08 PM, Clifford Snow <cliff...@snowandsnow.us>
>> wrote:
>> > I passed the request along to a local Costa Rica Mapper. Sure be nice if
>> > we
>> > could get some cloud free imagery. I've drive some of the area in the
>> > task
>> > area, but not that familiar.
>> >
>> > Clifford
>> >
>> > On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 7:39 PM, Blake Girardot <bgirar...@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I created a project that is all about validation.
>> >>
>> >> http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/2352
>> >>
>> >> It is for the road network of the most affected areas from Tropical
>> >> Storm
>> >> Otto.
>> >>
>> >> The local osm community has asked us to help in some way to improve
>> >> their map data as soon as possible. They are GIS skilled folks who
>> >> know how to use osm data in real life.
>> >>
>> >> We need validators to basically do road network validation + some
>> >> major road (tertiary and above) filling in.
>> >>
>> >> Disaster response folks are using another source for their geographic
>> >> data in that area. But as I said, there is an experienced, skilled osm
>> >> community in Costa Rica that are working to get OSM data wider
>> >> exposure so said it is worth it to them to still do a project like
>> >> this to improve the OSM data in the most affected region..
>> >>
>> >> This sort of project is also one that goes well with routing
>> >> applications, fixing the low hanging fruit or really easy road fixes
>> >> has a great impact on the usability of OSM routing in disaster areas.
>> >> We have talked about seeing how we might make projects like this more
>> >> standard pre-disaster phase for weather related disasters.
>> >>
>> >> It also gives validators a great over view of an area that might be
>> >> coming up more as

Re: [HOT] A project that needs validators and very experienced mappers

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi,

Thank you both for letting me know. We got this error fixed about 30
mins later. Turns out some markdown text in the per task instructions
caused the issue.

Regards
Blake

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On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 2:06 AM, majka <majka.zem+t...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The same. Got the JSON through api, tried to get gpx but probably wrong url.
> Task manager throws error.
>
> Going now with brute force - downloaded the area, validating and checking
> errors. Starting from west, will upload almost constantly.
>
> On 27 November 2016 at 07:38, Enock Seth Nyamador <kwadzo...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Blake.
>>
>> Trying to work with this task and run into [1].
>>
>> 1.
>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B99n1pG7IHtJUDdYR25NemRrTmM/view?usp=sharing
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> - Enock
>>
>> 2016-11-27 4:58 GMT+00:00 Blake Girardot HOT/OSM
>> <blake.girar...@hotosm.org>:
>>>
>>> After thinking this over a bit more, I changed the instructions.
>>>
>>> This should only be to run existing data through josm validation and
>>> then fix the road related errors and warnings that are ease.
>>>
>>> It looks like Mapbox has most of the imagery things were mapped from
>>> so far so be sure to consult mapbox.
>>>
>>> So far it goes fast in the more rural areas, map in a few bridges, a
>>> few fords, fix some overlapping roadway and done.
>>>
>>> Just the jsom validation would have a noticeable impact on the road
>>> network with the benefit of being pretty quick and easy for validators
>>> and very experienced road mappers.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Blake
>>> 
>>> Blake Girardot
>>> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, TM3 Project Manager
>>> skype: jblakegirardot
>>> HOT Core Team Contact: i...@hotosm.org
>>> Live OSM Mapper-Support channel - https://hotosm-slack.herokuapp.com/
>>> BE A PART OF HOT'S MICRO GRANTS: https://donate.hotosm.org/
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 11:08 PM, Clifford Snow <cliff...@snowandsnow.us>
>>> wrote:
>>> > I passed the request along to a local Costa Rica Mapper. Sure be nice
>>> > if we
>>> > could get some cloud free imagery. I've drive some of the area in the
>>> > task
>>> > area, but not that familiar.
>>> >
>>> > Clifford
>>> >
>>> > On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 7:39 PM, Blake Girardot <bgirar...@gmail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> I created a project that is all about validation.
>>> >>
>>> >> http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/2352
>>> >>
>>> >> It is for the road network of the most affected areas from Tropical
>>> >> Storm
>>> >> Otto.
>>> >>
>>> >> The local osm community has asked us to help in some way to improve
>>> >> their map data as soon as possible. They are GIS skilled folks who
>>> >> know how to use osm data in real life.
>>> >>
>>> >> We need validators to basically do road network validation + some
>>> >> major road (tertiary and above) filling in.
>>> >>
>>> >> Disaster response folks are using another source for their geographic
>>> >> data in that area. But as I said, there is an experienced, skilled osm
>>> >> community in Costa Rica that are working to get OSM data wider
>>> >> exposure so said it is worth it to them to still do a project like
>>> >> this to improve the OSM data in the most affected region..
>>> >>
>>> >> This sort of project is also one that goes well with routing
>>> >> applications, fixing the low hanging fruit or really easy road fixes
>>> >> has a great impact on the usability of OSM routing in disaster areas.
>>> >> We have talked about seeing how we might make projects like this more
>>> >> standard pre-disaster phase for weather related disasters.
>>> >>
>>> >> It also gives validators a great over view of an area that might be
>>> >> coming up more as oth

Re: [HOT] A project that needs validators and very experienced mappers

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

After thinking this over a bit more, I changed the instructions.

This should only be to run existing data through josm validation and
then fix the road related errors and warnings that are ease.

It looks like Mapbox has most of the imagery things were mapped from
so far so be sure to consult mapbox.

So far it goes fast in the more rural areas, map in a few bridges, a
few fords, fix some overlapping roadway and done.

Just the jsom validation would have a noticeable impact on the road
network with the benefit of being pretty quick and easy for validators
and very experienced road mappers.

Regards,
Blake

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On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 11:08 PM, Clifford Snow  wrote:
> I passed the request along to a local Costa Rica Mapper. Sure be nice if we
> could get some cloud free imagery. I've drive some of the area in the task
> area, but not that familiar.
>
> Clifford
>
> On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 7:39 PM, Blake Girardot  wrote:
>>
>> I created a project that is all about validation.
>>
>> http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/2352
>>
>> It is for the road network of the most affected areas from Tropical Storm
>> Otto.
>>
>> The local osm community has asked us to help in some way to improve
>> their map data as soon as possible. They are GIS skilled folks who
>> know how to use osm data in real life.
>>
>> We need validators to basically do road network validation + some
>> major road (tertiary and above) filling in.
>>
>> Disaster response folks are using another source for their geographic
>> data in that area. But as I said, there is an experienced, skilled osm
>> community in Costa Rica that are working to get OSM data wider
>> exposure so said it is worth it to them to still do a project like
>> this to improve the OSM data in the most affected region..
>>
>> This sort of project is also one that goes well with routing
>> applications, fixing the low hanging fruit or really easy road fixes
>> has a great impact on the usability of OSM routing in disaster areas.
>> We have talked about seeing how we might make projects like this more
>> standard pre-disaster phase for weather related disasters.
>>
>> It also gives validators a great over view of an area that might be
>> coming up more as other building-only type projects so can identify
>> issues the project creator missed early, if any.
>>
>> Please, if you are a validtor, let us see what we can do with this
>> project and your feedback is encouraged.
>>
>> So lets see what validators, experienced josm users and the road
>> mapping enthusiasts can do here!
>>
>> Validators: I know this takes away from validating new users mapping,
>> which is a critical part of your work, but if you could find a few
>> minutes to just validate the road data in one task square (they are
>> big) I think it would really help Costa Rica OSM and OSM in general.
>>
>> http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/2352
>>
>> Validators can get support for this project in HOT IRC or the HOT
>> Slack linked below.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Blake
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Re: [HOT] Dealing with future growth: three recommendations to organisers (my SotM16 talk)

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear Martin,

Thank you very much, this is invaluable! I have some questions in line
below, I also added these three items in the TM2
http://github.com/hotosm/ issues list so discussion is welcome there
too.

On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 7:08 PM, Martin Dittus  wrote:

> In brief, I’d like to make three key recommendations:
> • Carefully manage the tasking manager task listing during large disaster 
> events. People who join during these events don't tend to stay active for 
> long, and their contributions tend to have a lower quality. Point them 
> towards newcomer-friendly projects where they can make some early experiences.

In the context of disaster response, an activation, how long should
the early experience be? Is it ok if it is not a disaster related
project, but a specific new mapper project, probably from missing
maps? I would think we need a new mapped tailored part of the response
mapping to direct new mappers too.

> • Introduce a notification mechanism to inform contributors of emergent 
> campaigns. While the mailing list may work for the core community, there is 
> likely a larger number of one-time mappers who may be willing to help out 
> again when they’re needed, but currently they have no means of finding out.

Yes, we have to make better use of email i think is what it comes down
too. Really we need to engage with new mappers where they are, but the
recurrent theme in many of these discussions is that email is best
because OSM only or TM only contact solutions are missed by literally
1 day mappers. Emails seems the consensus, allow contributors to
provide their email and opt-into some email messages from the Tasking
Manager.

> • Try to connect newcomers to the existing community as soon as possible, and 
> in a setting that is appropriate for absolute beginners. Where can people ask 
> questions online? Is the mailing list still appropriate for absolute 
> beginners?

See the Live OSM mapper-support channel, that is a direct result of
this suggestion and an attempt to accomplish the goal of connecting
absolute beginners with the OSM community. (
https://hotosm-slack.herokuapp.com/ )

We have talked about embedding it in the TM or maybe making a PR to
the iD editor. Please see this example of something like that:

http://nateasmith.org/map-sidecar/

But the friendly supportive channel has to be there first and hot's
slack channel mapper-support is intended to be that text channel, glad
to see you in it!!

The members of that channel now are all OSM members, some of the most
experienced OSM members there are and they are also among the most
motivated to welcome and support new mappers to OSM and humanitarian
mapping in particular.

And talk about validation, best practices for mapping, instructions,
etc. It is a direct conduit to most if not all of the groups creating
projects on HOT's instance of the OSM Tasking Manager software at the
moment.

It doubles as validtors "teir 3" support, they are identifying issues
and problems and this is how to get things changed, they should not
have to struggle to do their critical work, but instead have a direct
line of support to the project managers so issues with projects can be
identified fast, changes and fixes can get made fast so there is not
more work later.

It is a great support channel and about as plugged into the global OSM
community as you can get with all the OSM and disaster response
professionals in that channel.

Thank you again for sending this email, your work Martin, has always
informed our work and HOT and Missing Maps (and many other groups)
would not be where they are today without you.

Cheers from Ann Arbor, MI
Blake

>
> Do these recommendations make sense to you?
> Do you have ideas about how to make them happen?
>
> (Note that I’m making the fundamental assumption that we’re trying to grow 
> the community. One could also make a case that the existing community is big 
> enough, and we simply need to refine the existing tools.)
>
> Greetings from London,
>
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Re: [HOT] Videos online

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 1:27 PM, hyan...@gmail.com 
 wrote:

> Hello HOT Community,
>
> some of you has asked about the slum mapping project methodology that we
> present in the HOT Summit 2.  In the mean while the totally of the videos
> get finally processed and published by the summit team, you can see a new
> presentation (in spanish) of the project here:
>
> https://livestream.com/Udearroba-Virtual-UdeA/events/4535560
> (time 47:30)
>
> This was during the recent GIS Day at Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Humberto Yances
>
> PS: Dear summit team: If exists problems with the videos, maybe the slides
> can be published instead?
>
>
Slides, I personally encourage you to upload them to
http://www.slideshare.net/ that way they are immediately available to build
awareness of your project and as a resource for people who would like to
similar projects. They are there forever under your name and easily
discoverable and shareable and you do not have to wait for us to figure out
the last few videos.

Even if your videos are up, I would suggest uploading your  slides to
http://www.slideshare.net/ as well.

Be sure to add a tag for #hotsummit2016 and I think they will all be
grouped.

My personal opinion only.

In the mean time we will get the issues with the last videos worked out
asap.

Respectfully,
Blake


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> 2016-11-10 11:39 GMT-05:00 hyan...@gmail.com :
>
>> Hello Nate, the video from my talk is missing too.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Humberto
>>
>>
>> 2016-11-07 3:53 GMT-05:00 Nate Smith :
>>
>>> Hi Milo - yes, there are a few videos that are not online yet. We’re
>>> waiting for those videos to be finalized by the video production company.
>>> They should be online this week.
>>>
>>> Nate
>>>
>>>
>>> Nate Smith
>>> @nas_smith 
>>>
>>> On November 7, 2016 at 9:07:57 AM, Milo van der Linden (
>>> m...@dogodigi.net) wrote:
>>>
>>> Yesterday, in weeklyosm, I read that the videos from the summit are
>>> online. I am however still missing the video from my talk. Any estimate on
>>> when all videos will be available?
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> Milo
>>>
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Re: [HOT] Dealing with future growth: three recommendations to organisers (my SotM16 talk)

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Martin,

Thank you very much for this email!

I have created github  issues for each item here:
https://github.com/hotosm/osm-tasking-manager2/issues

Discussion is needed on the three items that I see as:

1 Connect newcomers to the existing community
https://github.com/hotosm/osm-tasking-manager2/issues/895

2 Notification of emergent campaigns
https://github.com/hotosm/osm-tasking-manager2/issues/894

3 Better management of TM Homepage during disasters
https://github.com/hotosm/osm-tasking-manager2/issues/893

The community's insights and feedback on how best to do these three
things as you describe them in more detail than my headings would be
invaluable on this.

As I said, here on this email thread or on those github issue threads

How might we best connect newcomers to the existing community?
How might we best do notifications of emergent campaigns?
How might we better handle managing the TM front page during disasters?

Respectfully,
Blake





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On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 7:08 PM, Martin Dittus  wrote:
> Hallo all,
>
> I gave a talk at SotM in Brussels, summarising some of my key research 
> findings on HOT contributor engagement to date. Afterwards, Tyler asked me to 
> summarise my recommendations to organisers in a short message. I just saw 
> that the recording of the talk is already online, so I did a quick write-up 
> of some key points I wanted to make.
>
> A diary post with links to the recording and slides is here:
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/dekstop/diary/39935
>
> In brief, I’d like to make three key recommendations:
> • Carefully manage the tasking manager task listing during large disaster 
> events. People who join during these events don't tend to stay active for 
> long, and their contributions tend to have a lower quality. Point them 
> towards newcomer-friendly projects where they can make some early experiences.
> • Introduce a notification mechanism to inform contributors of emergent 
> campaigns. While the mailing list may work for the core community, there is 
> likely a larger number of one-time mappers who may be willing to help out 
> again when they’re needed, but currently they have no means of finding out.
> • Try to connect newcomers to the existing community as soon as possible, and 
> in a setting that is appropriate for absolute beginners. Where can people ask 
> questions online? Is the mailing list still appropriate for absolute 
> beginners?
>
> Do these recommendations make sense to you?
> Do you have ideas about how to make them happen?
>
> (Note that I’m making the fundamental assumption that we’re trying to grow 
> the community. One could also make a case that the existing community is big 
> enough, and we simply need to refine the existing tools.)
>
> Greetings from London,
>
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Re: [HOT] Tasking Manager Slow

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Mike,

We are working to get this fixed permanently in the very near future
by distributing our infrastructure a bit more (1 month or less) and
make improvements to the Tasking Manager code so it is less demanding
on hardware in general (6 months).

We also spent time last week trying to prepare the server for GeoWeek
knowing the load was going to be increased this week and met with
limited options for safely (read: untested changes) increasing
capacity.

Over the last few months we have basically reached the limit of our
existing infrastructure as the load on the Tasking Manager has
increased due to increased use, which is, I do not want to say is
good, but an encouraging sign really because it is a result of both
organizations and mappers using the HOT Tasking Manager increasing a
fair amount.

I apologize for it making mapping and validating more difficult, it is
very high priority for us, basically our top technical priority at the
moment. I really wish we were able  get some of these infrastructure
improvements in place sooner but it just was not possible.

Thank you for taking the time to write the email, we should have
communicated our awareness of the issue and our effort to get the
situation fixed more.

Respectfully,
Blake





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On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 4:14 PM, Mike Thompson  wrote:
> The tasking manager seems to be slow and has been for some time.  Sometimes
> it is necessary to click on a choice multiple times before the tasking
> manager actually performs the requested action. Sometimes the project grid
> doesn't show up right away or doesn't show up at all. Can anything be done
> about this? It is slowing down mapping and validation, and it is frustrating
> for new people who are just being introduced to the project (I try and tell
> them that there are 1000's of people around the world on HOT projects and
> that is why things are slow).
>
> I know that many of the people that support the project are volunteers and
> that budgets for hosting services are tight.  I am not trying to be
> critical, but rather trying to raise awareness so that hopefully a solution
> can be found.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
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Re: [HOT] Surveying Helicopter Landing Zones (HLZs)

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Keith,

I worked a lot on this issue during the Nepal 2015 response.

What you propose sounds great. We had a lot of difficulty trying to do
this via the tasking manager for several reasons.

I would love to speak with you more about it, maybe we could chat via skype.

Cheers,
Blake

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On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 5:55 PM, Keith Darby  wrote:
> All:
>
> I am a retired Marine Corps Helicopter Pilot, and a current Masters Candidate 
> in GIS Technologies at USC.
>
> I am working on my thesis, which is based on the premise that crowd-sourced 
> geospatial information, if properly structured, could aid aircrews in 
> surveying potential HLZs for disaster response.
>
> The work flow would be as follows:
>
> (1) Helicopter planners and aircrews would select potential HLZs in a 
> disaster-affected region, using whatever mission planning GISystem at their 
> disposal (normally baed on remote sensing data)
>
> (2) Those proposed HLZs would be uploaded to OSM.
>
> (3) Volunteers could select one of those HLZs and conduct a ground-truth 
> survey, following a script (that I would develop).
>
> (4) Those surveys would be uploaded to OSM and validated.
>
> (5) the Helicopter mission planners and aircrews could use those surveys to 
> select the best zones for disaster relief operations.
>
> I am looking at using the towns of Honokaa and Waimea on the northern end of 
> the Big Island of Hawaii as my study area, as I live close by, and I have the 
> local Community Emergency Response Team (volunteers) willing to support.
>
> Who do I need to talk to about getting HOT permission to conduct a limited 
> objective study in this area?
>
> Thanks,
>
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Re: [HOT] Fwd: [OpenStreetMap] Alternative imagery project 2102

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Joost, Mike, Daniel,

Joost is of course correct. In looking at the project in the TM, it is
not clear which imagery should be preferred for mapping, it might be
on purpose the other imagery is not in the imagery field.

I sent an email via OSM to the project creator to see if we can
clarify the instructions a bit and put the other imagery in the
imagery field if it should be used.

Thank you for pointing it out Daniel.

Regards,
Blake

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On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 11:32 AM, joost schouppe
 wrote:
> That shouldn't be necessary though.
>
> When you set up a task in the tasking manager, there is a tab to set the
> background imagery. Doing this ensures the custom imagery is loaded as
> default in ID. I don't know who managed the task, but they should be
> informed that this is a really useful thing to do.
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[HOT] One example of the importance of your work

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear Friends,

As some of you may know Dale Kunce is the Vice President of HOT's
Board of Directors, but his real job is as the International GIS Team
Lead for the American Red Cross which is currently responding along
side the Haiti Red Cross Society after Hurricane Matthew.

Dale was quoted earlier today in a Missing Maps email and had this to
say about the importance of OSM map data, and the importance of your
mapping:

"The data is critical to help us identify those in need, plan and
carry out relief efforts over the next few days. It will also help
with the long term recovery of the area to build back better, and to
help treat and stave off potential effects of waterborne diseases like
cholera."  --Dale Kunce

This is why your mapping is so important, we say it often, but we can
not say it enough: Your mapping makes are real difference to the
people on the ground, both those providing relief and those suffering
through this crisis.

Thank you so much for your contributions, every little bit helps more
than you will ever know.

Respectfully,
Blake

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[HOT] HOT Activating for #HurricaneMatthew

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear HOT Community,

It looks like Hurricane Matthew is going to have significant impacts
across a wide area of Haiti and Jamaica both and affect over 1 million
people.

OSM data is already being requested for Haiti and Milo has been
leading the efforts to fill in map data on Jamaica.

Because of those factors, HOT is going to activate and generate
updated OSM data.

Please visit http://tasks.hotosm.org/ for the latest #HurricaneMatthew
projects and please spread the word we need mappers to contribute.

Initial Tweet to retweet please:
https://twitter.com/hotosm/status/782645326113042432

Anyone wishing to help with the activation or discuss with the
activation coordinators (currently Dale Kunce) should join the HOT
Slack team: https://hotosm-slack.herokuapp.com/  (slack is just web
based, persistent text chat)

Regards,
Blake


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Re: [HOT] [activation hotosm] Re: Earthquake in Tanzania and Uganda

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi all,

The folks on the ground in Tanzania and Uganda have the initial
project up on the Tasking Manager.

http://tasks.hotosm.org/

It is roads only at this time, but they will be putting up a Bukoba
buildings only project shortly.

Additional or higher priority areas of concern or AoI's as we call
them, may be coming as they get more feedback from the responding
agencies.

As you may have seen, additional imagery is also being sourced at this
time, please use a mix of mapbox and Bing to try and find the best
imagery you can.

Regards and thank you for helping map!

Buildings only mapping coming soon, please check back and check the
instructions often, as early in the process like this, the folks on
the ground need to refine their priorities and then we need to change
our priorities to support them as best we can.

Blake





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On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Blake Girardot  wrote:
> I will set up a Tasking Manager project for roads as a first project.
>
> I am reviewing the area now.
>
> On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Geoffrey Kateregga
>  wrote:
>> Thank you Russel and Laura for sharing the resources.
>>
>> @David, At the moment we are in touch with the Tanzania Red Cross who have
>> done a preliminary assessment of the situation on ground (see attachment).
>> They have also expressed great need for maps as they would be of great use
>> in their efforts.
>>
>> The local OSM Communities in Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania are also shown
>> great interest and are ready to map if do an activation for the affected
>> area.
>>
>> Geoffrey.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 1:01 PM, Luswata David  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Geoffrey and all, thanks for sharing.
>>>
>>> Geoffrey what else do we know especially on-ground impact, any new
>>> information available?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> David.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 7:20 PM, Laura O'Grady 
>>> wrote:

 As a supplement to the current resources being used I recommend checking
 out, "The EarthQuakeGuy" (https://www.reddit.com/user/theearthquakeguy) and
 some of the subreddits he moderates:

 https://www.reddit.com/r/StormComing/
 https://www.reddit.com/r/Earthquakes/
 https://www.reddit.com/r/EarthquakeWatch/


 On Sep 10, 2016, at 2:16 PM, Russell Deffner 
 wrote:

 Geoffrey and all, here is the PAGER from USGS:
 http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10006nkx#pager – they
 often change, so when I was looking their estimates for fatalities and
 economic impact was relatively low.

 Copied Activation WG in case there is a need to stand up a team.

 =Russ



 From: Geoffrey Kateregga [mailto:geoffrey.katere...@hotosm.org]
 Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2016 12:00 PM
 To: HOT@OSM (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team)
 Subject: [HOT] Earthquake in Tanzania and Uganda



 Magnitude 5.7 earthquake hits Tanzania and Uganda, 12 people reported
 dead, hundreds injured
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[HOT] IWG-SEM at FOSS4G today: 'Collaborative Mapping in Crisis Response', 16.00h (CET), invitation to connect remotely

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

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From: *Fabian Selg*

Dear colleagues,

this is a quick reminder of our FOSS4G conference session on 'Collaborative
Mapping in Crisis Response' happening today at 16:00h (CET).

Everyone is invited to join us remotely through the following link:

http://flashmeeting.e2bn.net/fm/5cfaff-19279

The format of the session is a moderated panel and we welcome your input,
comments and questions.
Peter Zeil (Spatial Services Salzburg and current chair of the
International Working Group for Satellite Emergency Mapping) will be our
moderator.
Panelists are Lorant Czaran (UNOOSA), Blake Girardot (HOT-OSM), Simone
Dalmasso (JRC), Lars Wirkus (BICC) and Engelbert Niehaus (University
Koblenz-Landau).

Of course, for all those of you who attend the FOSS4G conference we would
be happy to have you there in person (16.00, Lab1).

Best regards,
Fabian


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Re: [HOT] Tanzania MSD/JSI roads import update

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Rafael,

Thank you for the update, congratulations and thank you to everyone
making the import a success!

Cheers,
Blake

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On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 7:22 PM, Rafael Avila Coya  wrote:
> Hi, all:
>
> The Tanzania roads import, from the MSD & JSI database, that started
> mid-September last year, is progressing very well.
>
> 16,299 highway segments have been imported, for a total of 42,358 km
> (444,422 nodes) [1].
>
> Up to now, 10 projects have been finished, and 5 more are available (I've
> just created the last TM project, for Mara region, that includes part of
> beautiful Serengeti). You can find the available projects here:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Tanzania/Tanzania_MSD_%26_JSI_road_import_workflow#Getting_OSM_data_and_MSD.26JSI_road_segments
>
> My big thanks to all volunteers who are contributing to make this big import
> possible, and to Fernando Cruz Matute and Jacob Sprang, who have been
> preparing the data for the last 10 projects!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rafael.
>
> [1] https://www.flickr.com/photos/ravilacoya/29048278645
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[HOT] HOT Summit 2016 Program Announcement

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Dear HOT Community Members,

On behalf of the HOT Summit 2016 Working Group, I am pleased to
announce that we have finalized the program for HOT Summit 2016 taking
place Thursday, September 22, 2016, the day before State of the Map in
Brussels Belgium.

The HOT Summit was in part conceived to celebrate, support and promote
the diverse community of humanitarian mappers around the world and
this year's HOT Summit is a wonderful fulfillment of those goals.

With 32 presenters from 16 countries sharing their experience and
knowledge building communities and working both on the ground and
remotely supporting field work, this year's Summit will be a unique
opportunity to share, learn and make connections with community
leaders from around the world.

http://summit.hotosm.org/program/
http://summit.hotosm.org/speakers/

Your attendance is both a chance for you to meet and connect with
OpenStreetMap and humanitarian leaders and to support their work
making a difference in the lives of millions of people. Your
attendance and participation in the HOT Summit will have a direct and
important impact on their work and yours.

There is lots of time built in to the schedule for networking, idea
exchange and getting to know others in the humanitarian and
development spheres.

We are very excited to see everyone at the Summit, make new
acquaintances and collaborate with old friends, we really hope you
will attend. Tickets are still available:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hot-summit-2016-tickets-25408089279

And a special thank you to the organizations sponsoring the Summit,
their support, like yours, makes this amazing event possible:

http://summit.hotosm.org/sponsor/

Please feel free to share this email and please retweet our announcement:
https://twitter.com/hotosm/status/764103661656178688

Best wishes,
Blake


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Re: [HOT] gps tracks in western africa

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Joost,

I think uploading them to OSM is perfect. I would suggest creating a
new OSM account just for these gpx traces as that might make some
projects easier in the future. I use the gmail "+identifier" feature
for creating import specific accounts, let me know if you have any
questions about that. But that is not required, whatever works for you
is good for OSM.

In addition, if you could .zip them up and send them to me I would
like to put them on the HOT google drive, hopefully for use in that
same future project.

Cheers,
Blake

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On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 8:40 AM, joost schouppe  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Kind overlanders have donated their GPS tracks from their entire trip in
> Africa to OSM. Here's a rough outline of that trip:
>
> http://i.imgur.com/rBvJPEO.jpg
>
> Should I just upload them to the OSM gpx database, and/or put them somewhere
> else too?
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Re: [HOT] Reports about actual use of the results of HOT efforts

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi Peter,

I can not really answer all your questions. There are a number of NGO
and humanitarian professionals on this list and they might be able to
answer some of them more specifically, but I can comment in general:

OpenStreetMap is the main geo dataset for humanitarian work of all
sorts for a large part of the planet. It is relied upon by many major
NGOs and UN organizations. Geospatial data is not just nice to have in
a humanitarian context, but instead either directly enables or
dramatically improves a wide variety of humanitarian related work.

Can I list every way it gets used? No. Can I make a blanket statement
that it decreases suffering and saves lives?  I am very sure it does.

Almost every project listed on the HOT Tasking Manager is there
because someone, some organization or some government entity has
directly identified a need for geospatial data because it improves or
in many cases enables their work and their work is dedicated to
improving and/or saving lives.

Our http://missingmaps.org project was founded by the American Red
Cross (Global ICT & Analytics International Services division), the
British Red Cross and Médecins Sans Frontières-UK - They partnered
with HOT and OSM to generate and make this data available directly for
their field work. And the Missing Maps consortium continues to grow
and add new partners because more and more NGOs recognize the value of
the data we generate to their mission.

I literally work every day of the week with NGOs, international public
health professionals and/or UN staff to coordinate the generation of
geo data because they need it. And the requests for your mapping is
doing nothing but increasing.

To be honest, I hardly every ask exactly how they are going to use it.
I trust they would not put as much effort into working with us to
generate the data as they do if it was not very important and helpful
to their work. If they tell me they need our data for their work, that
is good enough for me because I know many of the ways it can help from
past experience. But I understand people who do not have the
opportunity to work directly with these professionals every day wonder
if what they are mapping is really useful. I wish you could all hear
the thanks I hear not quite everyday, but every week for sure, from
the people you are mapping for. I try and pass it on when I can, but
reporting back in the detail you asked for on even half the mapping
and geo data projects we do would be a full time job, but I know we
need to do a better job of it.

I can provide a few very specific use cases off the top of my head. At
the moment we are trying to help Swaziland eliminate (not reduce,
eliminate) malaria from their borders, in Mozambique it is malaria
reduction and separately, reduction in child mortality, as well as
still helping in the recovery phase of the Japan and Ecuador
earthquakes, MSF projects in DRC and South Sudan, etc. You can read
the descriptions on many of the Tasking Manager projects and they will
tell you why they need the data.

It is also important to distinguish between disaster mapping and
non-disaster humanitarian mapping. Most of the above applies to
non-disaster humanitarian mapping, what we do during times of calm.

During a disaster, the OSM dataset, as I said, is the main dataset
used for most parts of the world. Reference and base map is critical
data for a variety of response activities, logistics and immediate
response planning among them. But that same dataset is used throughout
the Disaster Management Life-cycle, from response, through recovery
and rebuilding and for risk and harm reduction planning for the next
disaster.

During a disaster is the only time we map and sometimes we are not
directly mapping for field work in coordination with people on the
ground. And even then, that is only about 25% of the time we do not
have contacts on the ground giving us priority areas and telling us
exactly what geo data they need.

However, we know OSM is used as base/reference map by most major NGO's
and most members of the International Disasters Charter. So your
mapping is never just nice to have, it is needed and used even if I am
not sure exactly who is using it during a crisis (but often time we do
know who is using it). We will never know every organization that uses
your mapping data, that is one of the joys of OSM, open data anyone
can use, no need to ever contact HOT or OSMF. Use of OSM data is often
built directly into the professional GIS tools used by professions,
humanitarian or otherwise, by just adding an OSM data layer.

But for example: Sri Lanka. In that case, while Robert Banick, a HOT
member, was actually located in the government Disaster Management
Center in Sri Lanka during their last flood event and giving us our
mapping priorities, here are 12 disaster assessment products produced
by the Disasters Charter member agencies around the world, and I think
literally every single one of the products uses OSM as the

Re: [HOT] MapLesotho Phase 2 - June mapping relay

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

Hi all,

Just a quick reminder: June is near the end, and #MapLesotho is still
going with their month long mapping relay. If you find some time on
this Monday, maybe visit Lesotho and help map, it is a lovely country.
Ciaran Staunton @CiaranStaunton writes:

@hotosm please help #QachasNek mappers who are mapping today on
http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1942# for #MapLesotho @RefiloeSemethe

Attention validators and project managers: Check out the Instructions
on that project!

Cheers
Blake

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On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 4:48 AM, Ciarán Staunton
 wrote:
> I wanted to just let everyone here know that #MapLesotho has now got a
> complete basemap. As Martin Dittus has shown it all started with a the
> enormous tasks in July 2014. Sorry that those dragged :), but then anything
> covering a whole country will. To everyone out there who helped let me say
> thanks.
>
> Now the #MapLesotho story moves on. The flocking and sustaining effects of
> mappers here on hotosm creates a sense of purpose. Lesotho now has an
> indigenous  mapping community of 10 regular mappers and 70 others who
> participate when they can. They are big enough now to sustain 11 tasks and
> are mapping all June in a relay fashion starting today in Quthing and going
> around eleven venues in Lesotho clockwise until the 30th.
>
> Lesotho is a disaster preparedness mapping project. It doesn't need your
> urgent attention. All the same stop on by the tasks - 1941 today - to take a
> tile or validate. Or simply shout your warm #MapLesotho wishes on twitter as
> they like to see the support. There will be a blog post each day on the
> wordpress from whoever is holding the mapathons.
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Re: [HOT] HOT Summit Early Bird Registration ends June 18 - Early Bird Extended!

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 2:10 AM, Imre Samu  wrote:
>> HOT Summit Early Bird registration ends June 18.
>
> it is closed now.
> it is possible to extending to  2016/06/18 (23:59). ( at the latest time
> zone?)
>
> Imre

Hi Imre, that is a great idea.

We have extended the Early Bird Registration until July 9th, 2016.

Get them while you can!

Last year's HOT Summit was really an amazing event I thought, there
was a great community spirit to it. If you are wondering if it will be
worth it, I am quite sure it will be!

But if you are anything like me and are a little shy about
conferences, believe me, the HOT Summit and State of the Map are very
welcoming, friendly and enjoyable. It is like hanging out with good
friends, relaxed and fun.

I really hope to see you there.

Cheers,
Blake

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>
> 2016-06-16 3:57 GMT+02:00 Cheryl Shaw :
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>> HOT Community Members attend for just $50 and HOT Corporate and Institution
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>> It's just important that you register.  Go to:
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Re: [HOT] MapLesotho Phase 2

[Blake Girardot HOT/OSM]

On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 4:48 AM, Ciarán Staunton
 wrote:
> I wanted to just let everyone here know that #MapLesotho has now got a
> complete basemap.

Congrats to everyone who helped make that a reality!

>
> Now the #MapLesotho story moves on. The flocking and sustaining effects of
> mappers here on hotosm creates a sense of purpose. Lesotho now has an
> indigenous  mapping community of 10 regular mappers and 70 others who
> participate when they can. They are big enough now to sustain 11 tasks and
> are mapping all June in a relay fashion starting today in Quthing and going
> around eleven venues in Lesotho clockwise until the 30th.

Wow, all of this is awesome!

> Lesotho is a disaster preparedness mapping project. It doesn't need your
> urgent attention. All the same stop on by the tasks - 1941 today - to take a
> tile or validate.

There is no greater pleasure in HOTOSM for me than taking an hour or
two and doing #MapLesoto tiles when you or Dave mention it. I
encourage everyone to take some time and join with the people, remote
and local, of #MapLesotho on the projects Ciarán and Dave post about.
It is a real opportunity to be a part of this incredible, successful,
long running community building and mapping project. Everyone who is
part of the HOT Community for longer than 6 months probably has some
#MapLesoto tiles in their Tasking Manager history :) Lets all go get a
few more and if you have not mapped any #MapLesotho tiles yet, now is
your chance!

Best wishes,
Blake

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