Hej! Jag har tyvärr inte fått några svar så jag har bestämt mig för att ställa in evenemanget i morgon. Jag hjälper gärna till att som volontär ordna HOT-evenemang i Stockholm om det finns intresse. Hör gärna av er om ni har en bra idé eller intresse av att bjudas in. :-) Mvh,
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We need your support. > Subject: Fwd: Möjligt Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team-evenemang 25 juli i > Sthlm > From: karl.wet...@kodapan.se > Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 15:52:58 +0200 > CC: john.anders...@wikimedia.se > To: talk-se@openstreetmap.org > > John söker någon som kan komma till Stockholm den 25:e juli och hjälpa > HOT-nybörjare att kartera. > > Han är inte med på listan, så CC:a gärna honom eller svara privat, så slipper > jag vidarebefodra! ; ) > > > kalle > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: John Andersson <john.anders...@wikimedia.se> > > Subject: RE: Möjligt Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team-evenemang 25 juli i > > Sthlm > > Date: 16 Jul 2014 15:37:07 GMT+2 > > To: Karl Wettin <karl.wet...@kodapan.se> > > Cc: Joakim Fors <joa...@fo.rs> > > > > Hej! > > > > Det får ni gärna göra om ni inte kan! > > > > Om ni skulle vara intresserade av att besöka Stockholm så går det att söka > > ett minibidrag från oss på upp till 2 000 kronor! > > > > Mvh, > > > > John > > - - - - > > John Andersson > > Wikimedia Sverige > > Project Manager > > > > Phone: +46(0)73-3965189 > > Email: john.anders...@wikimedia.se > > Skype: johnandersson86 > > > > Be sure to follow us on Twitter at @WikiEuropeana and @WikimediaSE > > Would you like to support free knowledge and Wikipedia? Please consider > > becoming a member of Wikimedia Sverige! We need your support. > > > > > > > Subject: Re: Möjligt Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team-evenemang 25 juli i > > > Sthlm > > > From: karl.wet...@kodapan.se > > > Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 15:27:18 +0200 > > > CC: joa...@fo.rs > > > To: john.anders...@wikimedia.se > > > > > > Hej John, > > > > > > både Joakim och jag är långt nere i Skåne och min misstanke är att han > > > har lika få möjligheter som mig att ställa upp i Stockholm. Mitt bästa > > > tips är att du går med på mejllistan > > > <https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-se> och ställer samma > > > fråga där. Eller om du vill så kan jag vidarebefodra det här mejlet åt > > > dig dit och be folk svara dig privat. > > > > > > > > > kalle > > > > > > On 16 Jul 2014, at 14:57, John Andersson <john.anders...@wikimedia.se> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hejsan! > > > > > > > > Jag heter John och jobbar för Wikimedia Sverige, men skriver till er > > > > som volontär. Jag har de senaste månaderna börjat bidra lite smått på > > > > HOT, vilket jag tycker är ett helt fantastiskt projekt. Jag har tänkt > > > > att dra ihop ett litet evenemang runt det vid tillfälle och tänkte nu > > > > göra ett första försök. > > > > > > > > På HOT:s mailinglista gick nedanstående mail ut för några dagar sedan > > > > och jag tänkte att nu är det dags att ta tag i det hela. I korthet > > > > handlar det om att det i flera länder kommer att äga rum mapathon som > > > > fokuserar på att kartera Lesotho. > > > > > > > > Saken är dock den att jag själv inte är kunnig nog i OSM och HOT för > > > > att känna mig redo att hålla en presentation och lära andra hur man ska > > > > göra. Jag har dock förstått av mina kollegor att ni är väldigt kunniga > > > > och tänkte höra om ni båda eller någon av er vore intresserade av att > > > > vara med på evenemanget och lära mig och andra nybörjare hur man ska > > > > göra på bästa sätt? Jag tror att det skulle kunna bli riktigt trevligt! > > > > > > > > Jag kan då ordna lokalen och troligtvis fika/pizza/whatever samt > > > > kommunicera ut det i våra kanaler. > > > > > > > > Vad tror ni om detta? Vore det intressant? > > > > > > > > Med vänliga hälsningar, > > > > > > > > John > > > > - - - - > > > > John Andersson > > > > Wikimedia Sverige > > > > Project Manager > > > > > > > > Phone: +46(0)73-3965189 > > > > Email: john.anders...@wikimedia.se > > > > Skype: johnandersson86 > > > > > > > > Be sure to follow us on Twitter at @WikiEuropeana and @WikimediaSE > > > > Would you like to support free knowledge and Wikipedia? Please consider > > > > becoming a member of Wikimedia Sverige! We need your support. > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Severin, > > > > > > > > To answer some of your questions.. > > > > > > > > - The TM jobs should be set up later this week > > > > - They will cover the bulk of the country. The center of Lesotho is > > > > mostly > > > > mountainous so there will likely be very few settlements to be mapped, > > > > but > > > > there will be rivers, streams & roads. The rivers & streams are > > > > important > > > > due to flooding / drought risks that exist in Lesotho. > > > > - Its possible I will create relations to set up the TM jobs, have to > > > > see > > > > what works best (relations or manual) as the rural task will be large, > > > > but > > > > there will be several urban areas (under the second TM job) that may > > > > intersect. To give you an idea, I've been playing with uMap to put a > > > > rough > > > > outline together of where we want to map > > > > http://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/lesotho-mapathon_11639#8/-29.681/29.073 > > > > > > > > Over the last 2 weeks, we have been reaching out to many, many > > > > individuals > > > > and groups. > > > > - Every regional OSM mailing list recieved an email asking for support. > > > > There have been responses but mostly single mappers saying they will > > > > join > > > > in on the 25th. In addition, we started with 3 groups hosting mapathons > > > > (Ireland, Lesotho & Germany) and in recent days we have added 3 more, > > > > one > > > > in Poland, another in the US and most importantly, a 2nd event in > > > > Lesotho > > > > itself on the opposite side of the country > > > > > > > > - Some diary posts outlining the event / plans etc > > > > > > > > - Identified and contacted over 20 NGO's involved in working in Lesotho > > > > in > > > > some capacity, some (MSF) have come back saying they will host their own > > > > mapathon, some others (Help Lesotho) are looking for guidance so I've > > > > tried > > > > steering them to local mappers > > > > > > > > - There are 3 of us spamming twitter on a daily basis which has > > > > resulted in > > > > the numbers growing for the Irish event especially > > > > > > > > - Reached out to open data groups, and one prominent member of that > > > > community, Jason Hare, is organising his own event and has promised to > > > > start tweeting to his followers to get started on their own event - > > > > @jasonmhare. the Irish open data community have also been communicating > > > > about the event for us. > > > > > > > > - I've spoken with Derrick Rethans and he has agreed to make one of his > > > > awesome videos for us. This will be VERY important when Irish OSM > > > > members > > > > (Fingal Council staff) travel to Lesotho again next year as it will be > > > > used, along with other evidence, to show the power of what OSM can do to > > > > officials and locals alike > > > > > > > > - We've had contact from a consultancy firm here in Ireland which is > > > > involved with the Highland Development Agency in Lesotho. They have a > > > > lot > > > > of data on the highland areas, and are currently investigating inhouse > > > > to > > > > see if the data can be released to us (we will do our own due diligence > > > > on > > > > the data if given the approval). Its likely we will pull them into the > > > > mapathon event in Dublin also > > > > > > > > I'm sure I am forgetting things, but that should give you an idea of > > > > where > > > > we are at the moment. We're also starting to see a bump in the numbers > > > > currently mapping Lesotho based on the publicity though I'm aware this > > > > will > > > > die down once the 25th comes and goes. > > > > > > > > One area where we want to gain more traction is with the larger regional > > > > OSM groups e.g. Germany, France, Italy, USA, Russia etc etc, so if > > > > anyone > > > > here are members of those communities I would ask you to publicise this > > > > event to your local members. We are currently estimating just short of > > > > 100 > > > > people will be mapping on the day. The target, however optimistic, is to > > > > push that figure to 250. > > > > > > > > Lastly, does anyone know who I would talk to about getting tweets sent > > > > from > > > > the @openstreetmap account. It would be of benefit to be able to reach > > > > out > > > > to its 25,000 followers > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > OSM - DaCor > > > > Tiwtter - @dacor_ie > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Severin Menard > > > > <severin.men...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Dave, > > > > > > > > > > Please keep up updated especially when the TM jobs are ready. Will > > > > > they > > > > > really cover the whole country? They will be relation-based TM jobs? > > > > > > > > > > Apart the worlwide, online community, is there any other specific > > > > > group or > > > > > universities that would be interested to participate to such a > > > > > Mapathon? > > > > > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > > > > > Severin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 5:13 PM, Dave Corley <davecor...@gmail.com> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> First off, apologies for cross posting, trying to spread the word to > > > > >> as > > > > >> large an audience as possible. > > > > >> > > > > >> tl;dr, a group of Irish OpenStreetMap members are organising a > > > > >> mapathon > > > > >> on 25th July to map large sections of Lesotho and we are looking for > > > > >> individuals or groups to participate from around the world. > > > > >> Presently we > > > > >> have 3 groups participating from Lesotho, Ireland, & Germany. > > > > >> > > > > >> We will be using the HOT tasking manager to coordinate 2 large tasks > > > > >> - Rural - identify and map the outline of settlements, the major > > > > >> routes > > > > >> to and from these settlements and any major features (rivers, lakes > > > > >> etc) > > > > >> - Urban - Trace building outlines and complete road networks > > > > >> > > > > >> A bit of background.... > > > > >> > > > > >> In conjunction with Action Ireland Trust [1], a number of Irish OSM > > > > >> members from Fingal County Council [2] traveled to Lesotho for a > > > > >> number of > > > > >> weeks in 2013 and then again early in 2014 to assist and train > > > > >> district > > > > >> planners in utilising OSM data. This was done in agreement with the > > > > >> Ministry for Local Government and Chieftainship and the Chief > > > > >> Physical > > > > >> Planner of Lesotho. The trip culminated in an historic memorandum of > > > > >> understanding between Lesotho and Fingal County Council [3] > > > > >> > > > > >> Another group are planning to travel in early 2015 with the following > > > > >> objectives as part of their visit: > > > > >> - Create an OSM community in Lesotho by engaging with local > > > > >> communities > > > > >> and providing training and guidance on surveying and updating OSM > > > > >> - Create a basemap of the country for use by all > > > > >> - Create an evidence base for decision makers > > > > >> - Create an awakeness of Urban Design > > > > >> > > > > >> Further details can be found on the wiki page [4] > > > > >> > > > > >> Thanks, > > > > >> Dave (DaCor) > > > > >> > > > > >> [1] - http://actionirelandtrust.ie/ > > > > >> [2] - http://www.fingalcoco.ie/ > > > > >> [3] - > > > > >> http://www.corr.ie/blog/4567078398/Fingal-County-Council-sign-historic-agreement-with-Lesotho-Government/7628289 > > > > >> > > > > >> [4] - http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Lesotho_Mapathon > > > >
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