Re: [HOT] HOT Digest, Vol 114, Issue 8

[Rupert Allan]

Thanks Tyler. Great talk!
Best,

Rupert

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>1. Re: talk at Wikimania on open data and the Sustainable
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> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 10:52:50 -0400
> From: Tyler Radford 
> To: Imre Samu 
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> Subject: Re: [HOT] talk at Wikimania on open data and the Sustainable
> Development Goals
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> Hi, thanks to everyone who provided ideas here or off-list!
> My talk is here at around 01:06:00
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doGyAS_-Jo0
>
> Also there are many interesting talks before and after mine! If you have
> time (about an hour) I would recommend everyone watch the keynote about
> making the SDGs personal at about 00:33:00
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QcVwNgOIRM
>
> Tyler
>
> *Tyler Radford*
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> On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 3:04 PM Tyler Radford 
> wrote:
>
> > Imre, thanks, that's a good one I hadn't initially thought of. Best
> > Tyler
> >
> > *Tyler Radford*
> > Executive Director
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> > 
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 12:26 PM Imre Samu  wrote:
> >
> >> >  I would like to highlight any recent examples that our community is
> >> working on.
> >>
> >> imho:
> >> - the new trend is a "brand:wikidata" tag - and the "name suggestion
> >> index"
> >> ( it is included in the "iD Editor")
> >>
> >> some relevant tags:
> >>
> >> - healthcare/blood_donation
> >>
> >>
> https://osmlab.github.io/name-suggestion-index/index.html?k=healthcare=blood_donation
> >>
> >> - pharmacy
> >>
> >>
> https://osmlab.github.io/name-suggestion-index/index.html?k=amenity=pharmacy
> >>
> >> - medical_supply
> >>
> >>
> https://osmlab.github.io/name-suggestion-index/index.html?k=shop=medical_supply
> >>
> >> - hospital
> >>
> >>
> https://osmlab.github.io/name-suggestion-index/index.html?k=amenity=hospital
> >>
> >> Probably (the wikimania community) can help us - to add more logos,
> >> wikidata tags, (pharmacy, educations, healthcare)
> >>
> >> bonus:
> >>
> >> My all time favorite classic infographic - understanding - the osm
> >> tagging:
> >> - https://twitter.com/JLZIMMERMANN/status/501356038499868672
> >> - https://twitter.com/JLZIMMERMANN/status/501481094085349376
> >> - https://twitter.com/JLZIMMERMANN/status/501097023710724096
> >>
> >> best,
> >>  Imre
> >>
> >>
> >> Tyler Radford  ezt írta (időpont: 2019. aug.
> >> 2., P, 17:14):
> >>
> >>> Dear all, I will be giving a talk at Wikipedia's annual conference
> >>> (Wikimania) in a couple weeks on open data and the Sustainable
> Development
> >>> Goals. While there are a number of inter-linkages between OSM and
> Wikipedia
> >>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Collaboration_with_Wikipedia I
> >>> would like to highlight any recent examples that our community is
> working
> >>> on. I would love to hear from you if you have ideas (either here on the
> >>> list or feel free to email me directly as well). Warm regards
> >>> Tyler
> >>>
> >>> *Tyler Radford*
> >>> Executive Director
> >>> tyler.radf...@hotosm.org
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[HOT] HOT Uganda featured in BBC Equator from the Air

[Rupert Allan]

Dear Colleagues,

The BBC Equator series on Sunday evening (20:00 UTC on BBC 2), featured
UNHCR/HOT efforts mapping the South Sudanese and Congolese refugee crisis
in Bidibidi.

I understand this is also transmitting next Saturday, and available on BBC
iPlayer (please check online). Apologies for the late bulletin.

Please share, enjoy, and be proud!

Here is a link: *https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0005hx3
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Re: [HOT] Nice article exploring the motivations and dynamism of West Africa OSM communities

[Rupert Allan]

Nice!
Thanks Pete!


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On Sun, Jan 13, 2019, 10:51 AM Pete Masters 
> http://lab.cccb.org/en/open-mapping-in-africa-community-spirit-and-the-common-good/
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Re: [HOT] Breaking ground in Tanzamia: geodata and health

[Rupert Allan]

Brilliant!
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On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 2:33 AM Stephen Mather 
wrote:

> That’s fantastic.
>
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> On Jan 10, 2019, at 16:48, Pete Masters 
> wrote:
>
> Big respect to the HOT Tanzania team for this. From the huge data
> collection efforts (across the admin divisions) to the implementation
> support for the hospital, kudos!
>
> Very inspiring...
>
>
> https://www.ippmedia.com/en/features%20amana-hospital-launches-patient-origin-tracking-system
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Re: [HOT] Tracking vehicle movements

[Rupert Allan]

Hi Jorieke,

Ivan has an sms-based tracker he has been developing. Advantage is that,
whilst using a gps-enabled phone, it can send without data network. It is
developed specifically for fleet.
We in Uganda track with OSMAnd, which gives analytics (slope, altitude,
speed) in the field, but it consumes battery, so needs a power feed really
(we use the motorbike battery).
 We have considered using OSM Tracker, but want to keep with simplicity by
minimising apps used, so we haven't tried it.
Above seem like some good options, too, although open source is always
preferred, of course! Check Ivan's thoughts.

Best,

Rupert

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On Wed, Jan 9, 2019, 6:51 PM Jorieke Vyncke  Thanks a lot for all your suggestions!
> I suppose easy to use is core, so options with manually copying traces is
> probably not the best solution.
> However I will forward all your suggestions to Last, and will leave it up
> to him to decide what is the best option for them on the ground!
>
> If there are more ideas, they still welcome :)
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Jorieke
>
> Op wo 9 jan. 2019 om 14:26 schreef Pierre Béland :
>
>> Hi Jorieke
>>
>> There are small vehicule gps logger, some very precise reading various
>> satellite networks. I tried a Columbus. It did work very well but could not
>> replace the battery.
>>
>> Search simply for vehicule gps logger. This Ebay link show various
>> models, some with an USB connection and / or sim card.
>> https://www.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_nkw=vehicle+gps+data+logger
>>
>> regard
>>
>>
>>
>> Pierre
>>
>>
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Re: [HOT] Mapping help needed!

[Rupert Allan]

I have committed those I can from Uganda.

Best,

R

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On Tue, Dec 18, 2018, 2:12 PM Victor Sunday  Hi Jorieke,
> Your request is noted,I will pass it on to my community in Nigeria.We
> listed tasks around the area for mapping this week but excluded the
> above.Do let us know your next target also.
> Thanks
> Victor
>
> On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 11:16 AM Jorieke Vyncke 
> wrote:
>
>> Hey everyone,
>>
>> We need your help here at MSF... Our team in Moisalla in the south of
>> Chad is starting a community survey as from tomorrow. The area is mostly
>> been mapped, but not completely validated yet.
>>
>> Are there any experienced mappers around here who could help us with
>> finishing and validating the two tasks? The team will need the data as from
>> tomorrow, so it would be amazing if we could get the two tasks mapped and
>> validated by then...
>>
>> It are tasks 5362 and 5366 -
>> https://tasks.hotosm.org/contribute?difficulty=ALL=B%C3%A9boro
>>
>> Thanks a million!
>>
>> Jorieke
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Re: [HOT] Ramani Huria / OSM Tanzania featured on BBC World Service

[Rupert Allan]

Brilliant, guys! Big up over that side!


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On Fri, Nov 23, 2018, 6:24 PM Pete Masters 
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> Great podcast on how mappers are responding to rapid urbanisation
> featuring HOT / OSM / Ramani Huria in Tanzania!
>
> Great work, all... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3cswgqx
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[HOT] Please Circulate to OSM

[Rupert Allan]

Hello,

Please click HERE <https://opendri.org/uganda-open-mapping-for-resilience/>
to see our work in Urban Disaster Risk Management with OpenDRI (World Bank)
in Kampala. Flood, Fire, Disease, and other risks.

And a big thank you to Salesforce and the OSM community for all your help
remote-mapping. You are making the Uganda map one of the best. OSM is
rapidly becoming a national institution.

Best wishes,

Rupert
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Re: [HOT] Global Mapathon to help end female genital mutilation (FGM) - 28th to 30th September - please help promote!

[Rupert Allan]

Dear Delphine and Florence,

Our HOT project in Tanzania is running a collaborative Mapathon with UNFPA,
involving the Sectretariat, and I wondered if you would like to be
involved, here in Uganda. The Tanzanian project is focused on FGM and SGBV.
Our intrepid community surveyors feed back considerable evidence of SGBV in
the areas we have been working in (Arua, Yumbe and Hoima). We map relevant
key geospatial indicators there. Being part of those communities, our
people are always aware of the protection issues on the ground in Refugee
and Host communities themselves.

We are able to run a Mapathon event in Kampala, in which we could introduce
people to contributions which can be made from afar. HERE
<https://www.google.com/url?sa=t=j==s=web=1=rja=8=2ahUKEwjX6un-oLDdAhVMKMAKHS_yCS8QwqsBMAB6BAgGEAQ=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DywkhjI0aCTI=AOvVaw1iZxV9L1ZKBleu5I2G6Hpr>
is a video of, broadly, how it works.

HERE
<http://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/distance-to-education-arua_209285#8/3.779/29.792>
is a sample of those interactive maps, this one showing distances from
villages to schools in Arua, and here is a map of WASHPOINTS WITHOUT
LIGHTING <http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/BMH> throughout Arua and Yumbe
districts (excluding BidiBidi). The yellow points show 'Lit WASH Points'.

Please pass this on to anybody interested.

Best wishes,

Rupert
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On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 11:25 AM Janet Chapman 
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> To coincide with a UN General Assembly High Level Panel event which will
> include discussion on how mapping can help the fight against female genital
> mutilation (FGM), and a mapathon in New York, we are organising a global
> mapathon
>
>
> https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/global-mapathon-to-help-end-female-genital-mutilation-fgm-tickets-49858325594
>
>
>
> We are building a global network to unite people from across the world to
> help map areas where girls are at risk of FGM so that activists can better
> protect them. We will be posting on social media using *#map2endFGM.*
>
> Please join us and help spread the word throughout your networks!
>
> We want to include mappers from every country where FGM is an issue.
>
>
>
> Many thanks
>
> Janet
>
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Re: [HOT] Why the HOT obsession with low quality buildings in Africa ?

[Rupert Allan]

Two words: Disaster Response

Although OSM will break down without its hard-won reputation for accuracy,
there is also the case for 'some data being better than no data'. It's the
old argument, I think, but for us this data is vital, however incomplete.
We work with aggregated data:

Building materials and standards are used to map: Cholera, Malaria,
Earthquake risk, general poverty levels, flood risk, vulnerability to
infection, TB outbreaks, population per building, whether structures are
temporary (refugee) permanent (hosting community), fire risk (spreading).
These are practical/technical elements not always at the forefront of the
digital mind.
When we plan a $10million intervention with only $3million, we need to know
the areas where there is most risk.

A simple look at OSM metrics of, say, thousands of grass rooves amongst tin
rooves in a fire, or hundreds of mud walls instead of concrete in an
immanent flood, really helps. At this point, this data directly impacts
and/or saves thousands of lives.

That's my obsession.

Best,

Rupert
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On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 7:12 AM Lists  wrote:

> I concur with the points made by Jean-Marc Liotier. As Deming said in the
> 50's, it is important to build quality into the process, not depend on
> checks after the fact.
>
> Along those lines, I still think that we could have an AI program do a big
> part of the initial mapping.
>
>
> Bryan Sayer
>
>
>  Original message 
> From: Jean-Marc Liotier 
> Date: 07/02/2018 10:58 AM (GMT-05:00)
> To: AMEGAYIBO Kokou ELolo 
> Cc: t...@openstreetmap.org, hot@openstreetmap.org
> Subject: Re: [HOT] Why the HOT obsession with low quality buildings in
> Africa ?
>
> On Mon, July 2, 2018 11:55 am, AMEGAYIBO Kokou ELolo wrote:
> >
> > The majority of these tasks were created in training workshops on
> > OpenStreetMap in Bamako, quality control work is done afterwards by the
> > local community normally. I share your points of view, but for training
> > workshops it is our best method to channel, control the work of the
> > newbies and also familiarize them with the use of the Tasking Manager.
> > I am open to any contribution who can help us improving our approach.
>
> I understand the difficulty of getting large numbers of new contributors
> started with Openstreetmap - mistakes are normal and must be accepted as a
> cost of growing the project. Nevertheless, I think that there are ways to
> keep that cost lower.
>
> First, and most important, I believe that quality control should not be
> relegated to "done afterwards" - especially with less proficient
> contributors who are most likely to make mistakes, and especially if they
> are enthusiastic (it pains me to see incredible dedication in go to
> waste). Quality control must be an integral part of the contribution and
> that must be drilled into new contributors as early as possible. Insist on
> using the JOSM Validator, have the users look at their own contributions
> on Osmose... Show them how to be more responsible of their own work ! Or
> course, having experienced users supervise is valuable but they are a
> scarce resource and most importantly they risk infantilizing less
> experienced contributors. Most of my own contributions start with looking
> at Osmose, seeing a bunch of errors and I start editing there... Quality
> control is a core skill for everyone, at every level of proficiency.
>
> Second, have users. Creating data costs, maintaining it costs... Why are
> we doing it ? We are doing it for users. How do we judge quality ? I am as
> fond of the map as an aesthetic object as anyone here but we all agree
> that we want to put our efforts to good uses - so we judge quality by the
> fitness of the product for a particular use. If the data has no users, it
> is dead data.  For example, as a user, I am a walker and a cyclist - I
> enjoy buildings on the map as landmarks to help me navigate... That is my
> personal way of judging quality - but other users may have other ways: to
> some users the purpose of having buildings in Openstreetmap may just be
> "there is a building here and its shape is not that important" - and maybe
> those users are the major

Re: [HOT] HOT mapathon in schools

[Rupert Allan]

We've started Teaching OSM in refugee hosting communities in Northern
Uganda,  using ex field mapper teachers who had to go back to work. Is
being adopted into the curriculum,  we hope... Also bringing it into the
settlements soon, with the same technique.

On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 12:18 Rachele Amerini, 
wrote:

> Hello Tyler, ciao Marco,
>
> thank you all. Our idea is to incoporate a 'mapathon section' in
> cartography labs we'll run at schools from next year. We've done some labs
> at schools in the past years and they were very exciting for kids. Marco,
> we are active in Veneto region, so we'll have for sure chance to get
> acquainted.
> So, keep in touch and hope to see you at SOTM!
>
> Kindly,
>
>
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>
> 2018-03-28 10:25 GMT+02:00 Marco Minghini :
>
>> Dear Rachele,
>> I am Marco from Politecnico di Milano - thanks Tyler for mentioning us.
>> As Tyler said, we have organized many "mini-mapathons" in schools
>> (including elementary schools) so we have a lot of experience in running
>> this kind of events. This is the biggest one we had:
>> https://www.hotosm.org/updates/2016-03-09_200_kids_map_swaziland_for_malaria_elimination
>> Should you need more information, feel free to contact me.
>> Best,
>>
>> Marco
>>
>> Marco Minghini, Ph.D.
>> GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano - DICA
>> Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano (Italy
>> 
>> )
>> +39 02 23996409 <+39%2002%202399%206409>
>> marco.mingh...@polimi.it
>> @MarcoMinghini 
>>
>> 2018-03-27 22:47 GMT+02:00 Tyler Radford :
>>
>>> Hi Rachele,
>>>
>>> Thanks for your message and proposed mapathon idea. More info on
>>> organizing events is here: http://www.missingmaps.org/host/
>>>
>>> There are others in the Italian community at Politecnico di Milano who
>>> have done work on mapathons in schools. Yes, feel free use the Missing Maps
>>> logo and submit your event to the Missing Maps website calendar.
>>>
>>> Tyler
>>>
>>> *Tyler Radford*
>>> Executive Director
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>>> On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 11:32 AM, Rachele Amerini <
>>> rachele.amer...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
 Hello,
 I'm an italian geographer. I'm the president of Geograficamente, an
 associaton to promote the importance of geography to society. We'd like to
 organize HOT mapathons in schools for free and I'd like to know if we can
 use the HOT logo in events or, otherwise, how we can become member of the
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Re: [HOT] Using a pen tablet for mapping input

[Rupert Allan]

Hi All,
Great info!
I am wondering which folks, if any, have used this in the field/mobile?
Would love to hear of experience with that.
Thanks,
Best,

Rupert


On 15 Mar 2018 05:14, "Lists"  wrote:

> Thanks everyone! This is exactly what I wanted to know.  I'm thinking that
> a pen and tablet will be easier for me to control. And I am also trying to
> get away from Windoze.
>
>
>
> Bryan Sayer
>
>
>  Original message 
> From: Julio Costa Zambelli 
> Date: 03/14/2018 9:07 AM (GMT-05:00)
> To: Lists 
> Cc: hot 
> Subject: Re: [HOT] Using a pen tablet for mapping input
>
> I have been using a Wacom Intuos CTL-490 (probably the cheapest Wacom
> available, around USD110 here) combined with JOSM and its FastDraw plugin
> for over a year now. All of this in Ubuntu(Gnome) 16.04.
>
> They work great together, specially if you want to map forests, woods,
> reservoirs, riverbanks and any other large polygon. Take into consideration
> that you will have to tune the preferences of the FastDraw plugin to
> balance node density and shape quality. You do not want to make something
> with an excesive number of nodes but at the same time you want to take
> advantage of the level of detail that the pen alows you to get.
>
> Hope this helps you.
>
>
>
> Julio Costa Zambelli
> Fundación OpenStreetMap Chile
>
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> Cel: +56(9)89981083 <+56%209%208998%201083>
>
> On 13 March 2018 at 21:41, 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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Re: [HOT] 'Something went wrong' - Can't Export GeoJSON from Field Papers

[Rupert Allan]

 We're sorry, but something went wrong.

If you are the application owner check the logs for more information.
Thanks,

Rupert

On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 9:23 AM, Rupert Allan <rupert.al...@hotosm.org>
wrote:

> Hi All,
> This reminds me of the first time I did this, and Claire was very helpful.
> I was in Zimbabwe, and we needed a grid to put into OSMAND on phones. Well,
> here I am in Uganda with the same need...
> Using this wiki:
> How to use with OsmAnd <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OsmAnd>
>
> During field mapping in Bangladesh, extensive use was made of field papers
> and a system was developed by which mappers could upload the Field Papers
> grid to OSMAND to help them navigate their tasks for the day. Was VERY
> useful!
> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:OSMand_grid_screenshot.png>
> Example of OSMand incorporating Field Papers grid
>
>- Export Field Papers as normal to PDF, but also download the geojson
>(scroll down for the link)
>- Open the geojson in JOSM* (or equivalent). *requires opendata and
>josm-geojson plugins
>- Use lines to write the grid numbers in each cell
>- Export as GPX
>- Upload to phone or tablet in /osmand/tracks
>- Select Configure Map and enable GPX track
>- Click on GPX track and select your imported grid file
>
> Now, when I ask to export a GeoJson Grid in the 'download pdf' part of
> field papers, it has a bug.
> Anybody got a work-around?
> Thank you,
>
> Rupert
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[HOT] 'Something went wrong' - Can't Export GeoJSON from Field Papers

[Rupert Allan]

Hi All,
This reminds me of the first time I did this, and Claire was very helpful.
I was in Zimbabwe, and we needed a grid to put into OSMAND on phones. Well,
here I am in Uganda with the same need...
Using this wiki:
How to use with OsmAnd <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OsmAnd>

During field mapping in Bangladesh, extensive use was made of field papers
and a system was developed by which mappers could upload the Field Papers
grid to OSMAND to help them navigate their tasks for the day. Was VERY
useful!
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:OSMand_grid_screenshot.png>
Example of OSMand incorporating Field Papers grid

   - Export Field Papers as normal to PDF, but also download the geojson
   (scroll down for the link)
   - Open the geojson in JOSM* (or equivalent). *requires opendata and
   josm-geojson plugins
   - Use lines to write the grid numbers in each cell
   - Export as GPX
   - Upload to phone or tablet in /osmand/tracks
   - Select Configure Map and enable GPX track
   - Click on GPX track and select your imported grid file

Now, when I ask to export a GeoJson Grid in the 'download pdf' part of
field papers, it has a bug.
Anybody got a work-around?
Thank you,

Rupert

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cost-neutral project by which donors can engage and collaborate with their
field counterparts, giving time rather than money to support the production
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Re: [HOT] Using Wifi to make phone calls from mobiles using a router.

[Rupert Allan]

Thanks Milo!

On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 3:08 PM, Milo van der Linden <m...@dogodigi.net>
wrote:

> Please contact http://www.servalproject.org their project focuses exactly
> on this matter.
>
> On Jan 11, 2018 12:59 AM, "john whelan" <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The problem was mentioned some time ago in reference to a refugee camp in
>> Europe.
>>
>> You need csip simple and to know the phone's ip address.  IP checker is
>> a simple free app that will how this.
>>
>> "Just install csip simple and create a profile called "user", not linked
>> to any server. To call another person with the same setup, you just need to
>> know his ip address. Once they have sent it via voice, email, sms or
>> whatsapp or ever (much better) a safer way like textsecure, you simply type
>> "user@15.14.173 et cetera (basically user@ other person's ip) and their
>> Csipsimple will ring. It works and it's the purest form of Internet. "
>>
>> It doesn't have to be called user by the way.  So John or Mabel will work
>> fine.  You do need the ip address so to call John it would be
>> John@192.168.2.99 mabel@192.168.2.33
>>
>> You do not need the router to be connected to the internet for this to
>> work by the way.
>>
>> Cut and paste should work.  So stick the wifi router up high and you
>> should be able to cover a fair range.
>>
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>>
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field counterparts, giving time rather than money to support the production
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Re: [HOT] Using Wifi to make phone calls from mobiles using a router.

[Rupert Allan]

I'm interested in all things p2p and trying to learn if Software Defined
Radio and HAM/sideband radio could be brought into use for resource-poor
contexts...
Count me in, Bjoern, time-permitting.
Best,

Rupert

On 11 Jan 2018 14:15, "Bjoern Hassler"  wrote:

> Hi John, Hi Philippe,
>
> Thanks for the post. I'd written this reply before Philippe posted, but
> not hit sent, sorry. Let me send it anyway.
>
> To explain further: Unless one router extends the network of the other,
> each phone would be behind a firewall created by the router. So you'd have
> to place the phone in the DMZ or port-forward on the router. Using
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSipSimple might be especially helpful if
> you are doing point-to-point WiFi (without internet connection of either
> router). A "192.168.x.x" is network internal, so you won't be able to
> connect between "192.168.y.y". And even then, as Philippe points out, the
> address of the router may not be fixed.
>
> However, if the routers are connected to the internet, it would also be
> possible to use commercial VOIP apps (like WhatsApp, Hangouts, Skype). I am
> not sure how they route voice traffic these days, but Skype used to allow
> peer-to-peer, which like Hangouts/WhatsApp should mean "peer-to-peer when
> possible". In any case, for an app that just "handshakes" via the internet,
> and then can use peer-to-peer, only the connectivity between the routers
> matters. A nice feature would be if the app told you what it's doing (p2p
> or via server) so that you know whether you're safe on WiFi or killing the
> internet connection...
>
> There is an app called FireChat, that apparently can do p2p off-internet.
> It's proprietary, and I haven't looking into it much. However, it strikes
> me that such an app would be really useful, especially server-less, with
> the option to connect to a global network if available.
>
> Is there anybody who wants to form a little action group to investigate?
>
> Hope this helps!
> Bjoern
>
> On 10 January 2018 at 23:58, john whelan  wrote:
>
>> The problem was mentioned some time ago in reference to a refugee camp in
>> Europe.
>>
>> You need csip simple and to know the phone's ip address.  IP checker is
>> a simple free app that will how this.
>>
>> "Just install csip simple and create a profile called "user", not linked
>> to any server. To call another person with the same setup, you just need to
>> know his ip address. Once they have sent it via voice, email, sms or
>> whatsapp or ever (much better) a safer way like textsecure, you simply type
>> "user@15.14.173 et cetera (basically user@ other person's ip) and their
>> Csipsimple will ring. It works and it's the purest form of Internet. "
>>
>> It doesn't have to be called user by the way.  So John or Mabel will work
>> fine.  You do need the ip address so to call John it would be
>> John@192.168.2.99 mabel@192.168.2.33
>>
>> You do not need the router to be connected to the internet for this to
>> work by the way.
>>
>> Cut and paste should work.  So stick the wifi router up high and you
>> should be able to cover a fair range.
>>
>> Cheerio John
>>
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Re: [HOT] Highway=track

[Rupert Allan]

Thanks John.
Well-Noted. The conventons for roads here in Uganda are well-administrated
by us through Ugand Bureau of Statistics, who hope to one day be the first
country in the world to do a national census through OSM conventions.

We are trying to support them to the utmost with this, by trainings and
collaborations which fit with their agenda. It would be an exciting goal to
reach, and we shall try our very best to make it possible by 2022.

 Meanwhile, there is much work to do, accurately mapping the swift
evolution of new geographies amongst the refugee settlement of the northern
districts.

Best,

Rupert

On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 9:11 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Note to Robert I think you have to divide the mapping into parts.  The
> first is simple instructions that mappers can follow.  In HOT in particular
> we have a huge turnover of mappers and I think for the most part new
> mappers look at the options presented in iD and chose, I won't say randomly
> but it can be close sometimes.
>
> So basically stage one is get something mapped.  Hopefully with a tag that
> is roughly correct.  The African highway wiki is a good guideline for
> this.  Note you can opt out of the African highway mapping guideline but
> armchair mappers they are used to it so might prefer to map elsewhere if
> its something else to learn.
>
> Stage two is tag the untagged ways.  Currently there are some 1,063
> untagged ways in Uganda, most will be highways and 785 untagged with
> comments so probably the majority are area=yes.  A ten percent sample of
> Uganda gave 870? duplicate buildings so a rough estimate might be 8,700
> duplicate buildings.  I have been working on reducing the number of
> untagged ways in Uganda but these are the number remaining as of today.
> There will be roughly 2,000 crossing highways selecting
> unclassified/residential and above.
>
> Stage three is the local mappers who are the technical authority for
> tagging make decisions about tags.  As Frederik Ramm has mentioned it is a
> balancing act between respecting the local mappers desires and making sure
> it works with the larger infrastructure.  So if you want to use OSMand to
> see where the highways are you'd better make sure that it displays the tag
> you want at the zoom level you'd like.  Since service highways are normally
> considered not terribly important you may find that they only show up when
> zoomed in.  So you you have the freedom to choose but there are
> implications.
>
> Stage four local mappers clean up the highway tags to those you think are
> appropriate.
>
> Cheerio John
>
>
> On 27 December 2017 at 13:15, Rupert Allan <rupert.al...@hotosm.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> We are following this discussion on Highways with interest in Uganda. I
>> am awaiting further input on 'service roads' from Uganda Bureau of
>> Statistics and other national and regional bodies with many years of
>> experience, and we are also learning through community field mapping on the
>> ground.
>>
>> Meanwhile, Re. 'Humanitarian Presets in OSM':
>>
>> The immediate reaction to the idea of custom presets for HOT is, I think
>> positive. Input from HOT_Uganda is that in large refugee settlements, there
>> are admin levels which have some conflicting tags, for instance a village
>> has become the term at admin level 4 which signifies a whole area of
>> settlement, around what was initially one village, but has now become a
>> huge camp with sometimes hundreds of thousands of people. In Uganda,
>> villages all have related borders, so in rural areas you cannot be 'outside
>> of a village'  (you would be in the next village if you crossed the
>> 'border' as it were).
>>
>> So they can be huge in terms of population. If they are designated a
>> 'Refugee Community' (RC) Settlement, they then get divided into Zones,
>> sometimes Points, Blocks and sometimes 'Tanks' (N.G.O. Water Tanks) -
>> although there is an instance right now where the tanks are being taken
>> away, as the water provision becomes piped. I am awaiting feedback on what
>> convention the community will adopt.
>>
>> Anyway, this differs completely from the national system, (Local
>> Council/LC), where admin levels run: 'District, (County), Subcounty,
>> Parish, Village'. We survey both, and have a divide in our survey, with a
>> different set of questions/name choice tags which we are evolving as we
>> work. We would appreciate making sure these refugee conventions merge with
>> other specifically humanitarian conventions in other contexts around the
>> world.
>> N.B. Even within these North Uganda settlements, addressing chang

Re: [HOT] Highway=track

[Rupert Allan]

Dear All,

We are following this discussion on Highways with interest in Uganda. I am
awaiting further input on 'service roads' from Uganda Bureau of Statistics
and other national and regional bodies with many years of experience, and
we are also learning through community field mapping on the ground.

Meanwhile, Re. 'Humanitarian Presets in OSM':

The immediate reaction to the idea of custom presets for HOT is, I think
positive. Input from HOT_Uganda is that in large refugee settlements, there
are admin levels which have some conflicting tags, for instance a village
has become the term at admin level 4 which signifies a whole area of
settlement, around what was initially one village, but has now become a
huge camp with sometimes hundreds of thousands of people. In Uganda,
villages all have related borders, so in rural areas you cannot be 'outside
of a village'  (you would be in the next village if you crossed the
'border' as it were).

So they can be huge in terms of population. If they are designated a
'Refugee Community' (RC) Settlement, they then get divided into Zones,
sometimes Points, Blocks and sometimes 'Tanks' (N.G.O. Water Tanks) -
although there is an instance right now where the tanks are being taken
away, as the water provision becomes piped. I am awaiting feedback on what
convention the community will adopt.

Anyway, this differs completely from the national system, (Local
Council/LC), where admin levels run: 'District, (County), Subcounty,
Parish, Village'. We survey both, and have a divide in our survey, with a
different set of questions/name choice tags which we are evolving as we
work. We would appreciate making sure these refugee conventions merge with
other specifically humanitarian conventions in other contexts around the
world.
N.B. Even within these North Uganda settlements, addressing changes from
one settlement to the next, sometimes even when settlements are
neighbouring.

I shall post some more information and some kind of table on the Wiki, as
things unfold here, but the main point is that 'Yes, certain
Humanitarian-Specific tags would be most useful to us'.

Best wishes,


Rupert

On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 4:53 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote:

> The first comment is It looks reasonable to me but I'm not the technical
> authority on this one.  Pierre might be better.
>
> Second comment is we can invoke a special preset with iD when opened by
> Task Manager.
>
> Realistically the mappers we want to nudge most are those who only map
> once and have very little interest in instructions or web pages.  You can
> tell I'm feeling cynical today.
>
> We might do better to come up with a preset for iD that is better suited
> for new mappers. ie drop living_street and footway as options for Africa.
>
> Cheerio John
>
> On 27 December 2017 at 07:44, Bjoern Hassler <bjohas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi John, dear friends,
>>
>> Just to add that we've been collecting road mapping tips (and other
>> goodies) here on Google slides (in the HOT drive):
>> http://bjohas.de/go/mmintro (see p. 65).
>>
>> We've said this:
>>
>>
>>-
>>
>>Can it be passed by a vehicle? → unclassified (or better) /
>>residential / track (not path)
>>-
>>
>>Does it connect distinct villages/areas where people live (running
>>between and through villages)? → Unclassified or better (not residential
>>/ not track)
>>-
>>
>>Does the road only run within a village or residential area (not a
>>through-road) → residential
>>-
>>
>>Does the road only run to fields (agric. use)? → track
>>-
>>
>>Is it not passable by car (4x4)? → path
>>
>> Note: A metal roof arrives by vehicle → roads to houses with metal roofs
>> are unclassified or residential (not path).
>>
>> Do you all agree?
>> Bjoern
>>
>> On 21 Dec 2017 15:44, "john whelan" <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> It's come up in the OSMand mailing list that these aren't shown at higher
>> zoom levels. Whilst mapping specifically just for the rendering system is
>> frowned on in this case it is supported by the wiki.
>>
>> If it connects settlements then according to
>>
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Tag_Africa
>>
>> it is not a track.
>>
>> unclassified or minor road surface unpaved is a reasonable default.
>>
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Re: [HOT] bug with {contribute}

[Rupert Allan]

Hi folks, and sorry if this already resolved in the thread: we are in a
field-mapathon in a Northern Ugandan Refugee setting, and are experiencing
a bug with TM3, where it keeps blocking the contribute page after START
MAPPING.
Has anybody else experienced this?
Thanks,
Rupert

On 27 Nov 2017 18:10, "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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[Rupert Allan]

Forgive typos. The sun is bright here on my screen.
R

On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 1:42 PM, Rupert Allan <rupert.al...@hotosm.org>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> On this subject, I know this retention thing is much discussed at London
> Missing Maps/OSM events, and Ralph is a key point of contact there. I have
> spent much time thinking about it, and as a field operator I beleive that
> connecting remote mappers with the field. This is something we started with
> the WAMM2017 project, and we have a WhatsApp (the go-to local cal platform)
> group to which I can add members.
>
> Afterall, the ultimate magic of Humanitarian OpenStreetMap is that
> 'donors' can connect with 'beneficiaries', working shoulder to shoulder in
> a literally transparent virtual workspace, where no cash is exchanged which
> can muddy the philanthropic ideal.
>
> I wish we had a coordinator for this connectivity, and I try to build the
> capacity into all of our projects. Currently in Uganda (Sudanese refugee
> settlements), my chosen focal point for this kind of connection is Deo
> Kiggudde, whom I am trying to capacitate in the global connectivity of our
> community support network. I am convinced that communication of realities
> of the field is one of the keys to retention. Impact of remote mapping is
> clear through these relationships.
>
> Couple that with the type of local OSM community members (aspirational,
> bright, tech-savvy), and their interest in self-improvement as well as
> community improvement, and you have a good formula. It just needs
> implementing. Rebecca Firth, who does an amazing job globally, and I will
> try my best to keep connecting people in relationships more locally as I
> set up more intercultural/interactional WhatsApp groups.
>
> Best,
>
> Rupert
>
> On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Bjoern Hassler <bjohas...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear friends,
>>
>> Not in direct response to John, but on a tangent.
>>
>> Do people who organise mapathons have a sense of how many people come
>> again vs. those who only come once? Do you have specific strategies to
>> encourage people to come back?
>>
>> Do you have a plan for progression moving people onto JOSM, or as John
>> suggests starting some/all on JOSM? Then moving people to validation?
>>
>> Would be interested to hear!
>> Bjoern
>>
>> On Sat, 18 Nov 2017 at 00:20, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not a great person for maperthons, the last one I attended could
>>> have gone a little smoother, there was a time delay before mapping.  They
>>> were mapping buildings and highways and although they were mapping for some
>>> time no tiles were completed.
>>>
>>> Recently there was another one locally which I drifted down to and I did
>>> the patter.  I took two laptops with JOSM preinstalled and set them up.
>>>
>>> As new mappers came in I just asked them to sit down at the laptops and
>>> start mapping with the building tool.  Then we set up their laptops with
>>> JOSM and they continued on their own machines installing JOSM, I think one
>>> needed to download JAVA and I had JOSM an a DVD.  They then continued
>>> mapping.  We had them mapping their first building within minutes.  The big
>>> delay was setting up an OSM account and logging into the task manager.
>>>
>>> 12-15 people registered we had six mappers eventually, four were new to
>>> JOSM.  They mapped buildings quite quickly and I guarantee all were square,
>>> all were correctly tagged and none were more than six inches out of place.
>>> Most were spot on in Bing.  Tiles were completed and not just ones without
>>> buildings in them we deliberately pointed them to tiles that had a fair
>>> number of buildings in them.
>>>
>>> As they mapped they became more adventurous in drawing two squares on an
>>> L shaped building and joining them together.  We knew that one section was
>>> a caravan park so the mapper explored the tags and found
>>> building=static_caravan and was delighted to find they could select all the
>>> static_caravans and retag them all at once.
>>>
>>> One new mapper was a teacher so since we had a very experienced iD
>>> mapper there after she had been mapping in JOSM for a period of time I got
>>> him to show her how to map in iD.  Her comment was not so complex to set up
>>> in that you didn't need to start JOSM first but per building it was more
>>> mouse clicks involved and more to remember.
>>>
>>> I don't know

Re: [HOT] Progression, Re: Mapping buildings with new mappers at a maperthon

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ldings was high.
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Fantastic! This looks great. Look forward to reading all about it. Thanks
for your work Samalia.
Rupert

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On 10 Nov 2017 20:40, "Samaila Alio" <ilasolt...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Pete,
>
> Thank you very much for suggestion. I'll write a blog at the end of
> activities.
>
> Warm greetings,
>
> Samaila
>
> On Nov 10, 2017 18:16, "Pete Masters" <pedrito1...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> This sounds fantastic, Samaila. If you can write a blog post or something
> afterwards, would be great to read about how it goes...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pete
>
> On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Samaila Alio <ilasolt...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> OSM Niger is moving to Dosso, Niger to conduct a training and awareness
>> camp on digital cartography (OSM), free geomatics and open data (opendata)
>> from 10 to 12 November 2017 in the Regional Direction of the environment.
>> The beneficiaries of this training are the agents  of the environment
>> department, the students from the University of dosso.
>> The program of this camp is defined on a day of creation of geographic
>> data data via JOSM, ID editor, field data collection via GPS terminals,
>> smartphones (OsmAnd, OSMtracker) and field papers.
>> The 2nd day will be devoted to the export of data and their reuse via
>> QGIS, uMap, MapContrib
>> The third and final day will be dedicated to the creation of mass data
>> through a Mapathon on the Diffa Region for contribution to OSMGéoWeek.
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [HOT] OSM Polygon drawing App at field level

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Thanks John. Yes, was going to look at Vespucci and also GeoMap Tool
/GeoBingAn
Bests,
Rupert

On 4 Nov 2017 16:39, "john whelan" <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote:

> walking papers or is it called field papers?  Do it on paper would be the
> suggestion.
>
> I have used Vespucci before now it's usable but the screen size isn't
> nice.
>
> Cheerio John
>
> On 19 October 2017 at 04:45, Rupert Allan <rupertmaesg...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> We are strategising about 'feedback-mapping' whilst doing 'non-camp
>> refugee' data collection in the Northern Uganda refugee settlements. I am
>> trying to identify a tool which can edit polygons by smartphone from the
>> field. The imagery will be too old for the new settlements to show in, say,
>> JOSM. The reality on the ground for us is one of dynamic mapping in this
>> ever-expanding settlement context, and Maps.Me, OSMAND, OSM Tracker, OMK
>> and other tools in discussion are fine to input points, but we are stumped
>> by how to 'draw' whilst in the field... Does anybody know where this is
>> up-to?
>>
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We are strategising about 'feedback-mapping' whilst doing 'non-camp 
refugee' data collection in the Northern Uganda refugee settlements. I 
am trying to identify a tool which can edit polygons by smartphone from 
the field. The imagery will be too old for the new settlements to show 
in, say, JOSM. The reality on the ground for us is one of dynamic 
mapping in this ever-expanding settlement context, and Maps.Me, OSMAND, 
OSM Tracker, OMK and other tools in discussion are fine to input points, 
but we are stumped by how to 'draw' whilst in the field... Does anybody 
know where this is up-to?


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Re: [HOT] Total Edits Counting

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Hi Mohamed, and Hi Clifford!
Copying-in Deo from our team here in Uganda. Thanks for your kind offer
here:
I run a personal copy of the changeset database running on postgresql and
can easily pull the numbers for you. Just give me the parameters you are
looking for and I'll send you the results. I'll need the project hashtag(s)
you are looking for and the date the project started. I can either give you
a summary of the data, or the raw data in a spreadsheet.

If you want to do it yourself, Toby Murray's ChangesetMD, https://github.
com/ToeBee/ChangesetMD, provides you everything needed to get up and
running. (except for computers and internet )
That would be great if you could help. felling like our workload is big, so
help would be really great at this stage.
Deo, perhaps we can get Clifford these parameters?
Once again, Thank you so much.
Hopefully this is useful to you too Mohamed.
All the best from Kampala,
Rupert

On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 8:28 AM, Mohamed Najar <mohamed.na...@hotosm.org>
wrote:

> Hi Rupert Allan,
>
> I'm experiencing the same issue getting the total number of map edits. to
> get over this problem, I'm taking a screenshot for the total map edits
> every 30 days (1/month). I hope the tech. team can provide us with a better
> solution.
>
> Regards,
>
> *Mohamed NAJAR*
>
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>
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> On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Rupert Allan <rupert.al...@hotosm.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Can anyone give us a quick refresher on how to get the total number of
>> Map edits with #MapGive hashtag for more than 30 days back? We are trying
>> to get a complete number for all OSM edits in North Uganda Refugee
>> Settlements. Thanks all!
>> Rupert (HOT Uganda)
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Can anyone give us a quick refresher on how to get the total number of Map
edits with #MapGive hashtag for more than 30 days back? We are trying to
get a complete number for all OSM edits in North Uganda Refugee
Settlements. Thanks all!
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Re: [HOT] Field papers grids for OSMand

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Thanks for all of this, Guys. That seems to work well. The next project 
is to tray to apply border shapes to osm using JOSM and then export them 
into OSMand, in the same way, to delineate 'districts'.

I shall try to keep you updated.
Thanks again,
Rupert

On 24/03/16 14:48, Blake Girardot wrote:


Hi Claire,

I had no luck importing geojson files into JOSM, I have the latest 
version of JOSM and the plugins, including the OpenData Plugin.


However, I just looked and there is a plugin that makes use of the 
opendata plugin called:


josm-geojson

And it seems to work great. No idea how long it has been there, but 
there it is :)


yay!

Cheers,
blake


On 3/24/2016 2:38 PM, Claire Halleux wrote:

Hi Rupert,

The technique I was using during my last field trips was :
- download the geojson file,
- open it in JOSM,
- write the letters and numbers of reference (of your field papers)
manually within the rectangles,
- save your layer as gpx file,
- upload it into your osmand folder.
And it was actually working very well here.

Best,

Claire

ps: In JOSM it will require the open data plugin.

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On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 1:43 PM, Blake Girardot <bgirar...@gmail.com
<mailto:bgirar...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Hi Rupert,

I can not say for sure, but maybe you have to download the JSON and
then convert that to a shapefile.

JOSM can't open geojson files so you would need to use a website 
like:


http://geojson.io/

To convert the json file to shp.

That is my guess at least from reading the directions, it sounds
like maybe the previous version of the field papers website
supported shp files but the current version uses geojson instead.

Regards,
blake

On 3/24/2016 1:20 PM, Rupert Allan wrote:

Hi all!

I'm wanting to be sure some wiki stuff is working before a field
trip to
Sierra Leone.

It is at this wiki:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Field_Papers#How_to_use_with_OsmAnd


When I try to follow this,
http://fieldpapers.org/atlases/g9zo56e5#

... the instructions aren't working with Field papers because I
can't
download the shape file. Can anybody tell me how to find it, so
I can
make a grid to use in OSMand in the field?
Thanks!


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Hi all!

I'm wanting to be sure some wiki stuff is working before a field trip 
to Sierra Leone.


It is at this wiki:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Field_Papers#How_to_use_with_OsmAnd


When I try to follow this,
http://fieldpapers.org/atlases/g9zo56e5#

... the instructions aren't working with Field papers because I can't 
download the shape file. Can anybody tell me how to find it, so I can 
make a grid to use in OSMand in the field?

Thanks!


Rupert

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[HOT] Queries on how best to use inconsistent address chains in Epworth Missing Maps inputting.

[Rupert Allan]

Hi All,
I just wanted to check for feedback on conclusions reached at last 
nigfhts Missing Maps Mapathon. Epworth addresses have grown organically, 
so there are key gaps in address chains, which are unresolvable. Apart 
from limiting software interfacees in JOSM, can anyone see a problem 
with leaving Keys empty of values?

Details are here:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/rupertmaesglas/diary
Does anyone know of similar anomalies?
For ref., here is the wiki:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Missing_Maps_Epworth_Zimbabwe_Field_Mapping_2015_live
Thanks all,
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[HOT] Epworth Field Papers - The Zimbabwe Connection. Advice on JOSM categorisation.

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Hi All,
I'm Rupert, and I work with MSF as Field Mapping Coordinator. In March 
and April Kieran O'Sullivan and I worked on a Missing Maps project in 
the Epworth, Harare, Zimbabwe, where MSF are struggling to trace 
patients in order to deliver repeated treatment and follow-up for HIV, 
MDRTB (Multi-Drug Resistant TB). This is crucial in the epidemiological 
struggle (HIV at 15%), but also Epworth is an extremely vulnerable 
community, and our new OSM community there now hold the key to Epworth's 
self-representation and its accessibility to Humanitarian logistical 
efforts, in a place where sanitation is a geological nightmare, mobility 
is perenial, and housing consistently disappears in man-made and natural 
disasters.


We discovered that the population was up to five times its official 
count, so we split the 840 field papers into NE, SE, SW, and NW quarters 
so that Field Papers software could deal with it.
Now we have a few hundred papers coming in ready to input, and many more 
on the way, although hampered by WiFi and hardware access.
In different parts of Epworth, address formats differ from others, so it 
involves careful thought about how to deploy keys/values.
I mention in the Wiki cid:part1.01020905.03010509@rupertallan.com, 
that this has evolved a degree of protection and 'anonymity' for the 
unofficial majority there. Ethics are key, as they need to be protected 
from certain factors and protected BY other factors (i.e. their 
visibility to the world as a community). So its an important project, 
considering where they are in history right now.


The main issue is to input and tag 'block' boundaries, and figure out 
which administrative level to tag them on. It would be great to discuss 
and agree a bit with experienced JOSMers. The addresses depend on 
numbers, names and qualifiers of small 6-10 house areas, often with a 
community leader as the most definitive 'name' value.
Somebody mentioned the 'Hamlet' tag. Cells are used in some addresses, 
but not others. The field papers are informative, but the addresses are 
defined differently in different parts of Epworth. This serves to 
protect communities. It's all very interesting...


I am still learning JOSM, but maybe they fit into a 'multiple-choice' 
style of categorising. Almost all have numbers, but an address could be 
identical to another, except in a different ward, so miles away, or in a 
different 'block', or might hint obliquely to status as 'unofficial'. 
The numbers, by the way, are non-sequential/randomised. But it could all 
be cascade-searched with the right OSM keys/admin level or tag.


Any thoughts?

Thanks, Rupert

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Re: [HOT] HOT Summit Idea - Panel on Academic Research HOT

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This is a really interesting area re. ethnography and visualisation, and 
directly affects how locals perceive what they are mapping, not to 
mention the ethical perspectives of 'colonial gaze'. Would love to see 
careful discussion on this. Thanks for the idea.


R

On 23/03/2015 00:07, Martin Dittus wrote:

Thank you so much for proposing this, I think this would be well worth 
organising! It’s an opportune moment as well to set some basic expectations.

With other communities I’ve experienced that as they mature they can develop a 
greater resistance against outside researchers, often as a result of bad 
experiences. Maybe there’s an opportunity to articulate early what a healthy 
researcher/community relationship can look like. I’ve some experiences from 
this and other communities I can share.

(I also sent you an email off-list.)

m.




On 22 Mar 2015, at 21:48, Robert Soden robert.so...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi all,

I'm thinking about submitting a panel proposal for the HOT Summit on academic 
partnerships with HOT.  Potential topics for discussion could include research 
ethics, opportunities for documenting HOT's efforts, and the kinds of questions 
that the HOT community would see benefit from having academic investigation 
into.

There is tremendous scholarly interest in OpenStreetMap these days and HOT is 
an important reason for that.  I think it could be useful for us as a community 
to articulate what partnership with academic researchers might look like and 
what we might hope to gain from this.

If you have interest in participating in this panel or just have thoughts that 
you would like to see covered, please drop me a line here or off-list.  Look 
forward to seeing everyone at the Summit.

Thanks!
Robert

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