Oops sorry I misinterpreted your email Stefan - hope I didn't cause offence :)!
We haven't set a task yet - suggestions welcome. If there is an active beginner task on the HOT Tasking manager, we may do this. Or maybe some parts of Northern Malawi where I work on risk from natural hazards like earthquakes (through the Teach OSM tasking manager). Best wishes, Faith On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 at 19:55, Andreas <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Faith, > > Stefan asked for the topic of the mapathon and not what it is. There > were few mapathons in Austria in the past. > > I only attended one which was organized by the Red Cross organisation > and we had to map some place at Ethiopia for a water ressource project. > > Kind regards > Andreas as Geologist > > Am 28.01.19 um 10:02 schrieb Faith Taylor: > > Hi Stefan, > > > > Thanks for your interest. A mapathon is a mapping party ('mapping > > marathon'). These are quite popular in > > London: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAcsCmvG2hs > > > > A group gets together to work on mapping an area through the HOT Tasking > > Manager, and usually pizza is served :) > > > > If these don't already, it would be great if these were a regular event > > in Austria. They are a good way to meet other people interested in GIS > > and OSM. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Faith > > > > On Fri, 25 Jan 2019 at 17:28, Stefan Tauner <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 23 Jan 2019 16:34:32 +0000 > > Faith Taylor <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > Hello OSM Austria, > > > > > > Myself and four colleagues are planning a mapathon at the European > > > Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna the week of the > > 8th-12th April > > > (exact date TBC). > > > > > > It would be wonderful if some of the OSM Austria team are able to > > help us > > > in this activity. > > > > > > Over 10,000 earth scientists attend the conference (although the > > number at > > > the mapathon will be less - maybe 100 - 200!). Some of them like > > us will be > > > experienced mappers, others will be quite new to this. We are very > > excited > > > that this is the first time a mapathon has taken place at the > > conference. > > > > Hi Faith, > > > > I probably won't attend or help out but I was still wondering if the > > mapathon has some kind of topic already or if it is more like a > general > > OSM (introdcution) workshop. Knowing the general direction of the > event > > might spark more interesting ;) > > > > -- > > Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner > > > > > > > > -- > > Dr Faith Taylor > > > > Lecturer in Geographic Information Science > > University of Portsmouth > > > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > +44 (0)23 9284 2477 > > @faithatron <https://twitter.com/faithatron?lang=en> > > > > Recent papers: > > Dodman, D., Adelekan, I., Brown, D., Leck, H., Manda, M., Mberu, M., > > Pelling, M., Rusca, M., Satterthwaite, D., Taylor, FE (2018) 'A Spectrum > > of Methods for a Spectrum of Risk: Generating Evidence to Understand and > > Reduce Urban Risk in Sub-Saharan Africa' > > /Area/, https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12510 > > > > Taylor, FE, Malamud, BD, Witt, A., Guzzetti, F. (2018) 'Landslide > > Ellipticity, Shape and Length to Width Ratio' /Earth Surface Processes > > and Landforms/. Free read-only version available > > here: https://rdcu.be/9BHa > > < > http://em.rdcu.be/wf/click?upn=lMZy1lernSJ7apc5DgYM8bRf3hn7zaNsWCyl4n9oyIY-3D_jKM7w0C95uGRDpHNQQ-2BK7JFVtU-2FdjCHKtvHK6mBow-2FXb2wfJN4wdhxrPy1baJlvAu5-2F1VaKmsFjDOQcq8Phf1nUkrs2eqN3OAbNJ0T2cR05R22vKMgW1DMQwyNUs013vGj0gQdLfwhky8l8oY6WwDhiJClMw9JP-2BbW1MKfsQQyzskcWO8juBlrLdqcGiCC-2FW-2BS6ZvjvjO9iix6X-2FCAmfNzCHKaoPzrtfPNR5DdZF8595fsxkdJpCCOF6hPwobu5HJED0uZZaCXUoAVWx2wX2Fg-3D-3D > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-at mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-at > > > > > -- Dr Faith Taylor Lecturer in Geographic Information Science University of Portsmouth [email protected] +44 (0)23 9284 2477 @faithatron <https://twitter.com/faithatron?lang=en> Recent papers: Dodman, D., Adelekan, I., Brown, D., Leck, H., Manda, M., Mberu, M., Pelling, M., Rusca, M., Satterthwaite, D., Taylor, FE (2018) 'A Spectrum of Methods for a Spectrum of Risk: Generating Evidence to Understand and Reduce Urban Risk in Sub-Saharan Africa' *Area*, https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12510 Taylor, FE, Malamud, BD, Witt, A., Guzzetti, F. (2018) 'Landslide Ellipticity, Shape and Length to Width Ratio' *Earth Surface Processes and Landforms*. Free read-only version available here: https://rdcu.be/9BHa <http://em.rdcu.be/wf/click?upn=lMZy1lernSJ7apc5DgYM8bRf3hn7zaNsWCyl4n9oyIY-3D_jKM7w0C95uGRDpHNQQ-2BK7JFVtU-2FdjCHKtvHK6mBow-2FXb2wfJN4wdhxrPy1baJlvAu5-2F1VaKmsFjDOQcq8Phf1nUkrs2eqN3OAbNJ0T2cR05R22vKMgW1DMQwyNUs013vGj0gQdLfwhky8l8oY6WwDhiJClMw9JP-2BbW1MKfsQQyzskcWO8juBlrLdqcGiCC-2FW-2BS6ZvjvjO9iix6X-2FCAmfNzCHKaoPzrtfPNR5DdZF8595fsxkdJpCCOF6hPwobu5HJED0uZZaCXUoAVWx2wX2Fg-3D-3D>
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