[Ica-osgeo-labs] OpenStreetMapGeo Week #100mapathons

Thu Oct 22 11:48:09 PDT 2015

Dear all,

I also have asked my students about their interest and time availability to
organize an event here in our OSGeo Lab in Sri Lanka regarding this.
With there responses, I'll contact the team.
Yes- the Uni life is packed with events. Anyway we are in the process of
planning a mapping party before end of the year and hope we can adjust the
time.

Kind regards

Nimalika

On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 12:02 AM, Moreno-sanchez, Rafael <
Rafael.Moreno at ucdenver.edu> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Tyler, thank you for organizing and leading this extremely valuable
> activity.
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> I have forwarded info to the students and faculty in our FOSS4G lab to see
> how we can put together a team to participate.
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> Kind suggestion: It would be helpful to have recurring events in a
> calendar that would allow us all to plan way in advance. You know how it
> goes in universities, many events and activities, faculty and students’
> calendars very load.
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> If set it up as a recurring event during a specific time of the year we
> can make a habit of participating. For example, we have plan in GIS courses
> to set up work that we can shows in GIS Day every year second week of
> November.
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> Thank you
>
> Rafael
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> Rafael Moreno, Ph.D.
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> *From:* ica-osgeo-labs [mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Suchith Anand
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 22, 2015 11:57 AM
> *To:* Tyler Radford; ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] OpenStreetMapGeo Week #100mapathons
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> Tyler - Thank you for sharing this info. on OSM Geo Week . I will also
> share this info through my wider networks.
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> All - Maria Brovelli, Peter Mooney and myself had a telemeeting earlier
> today with Tyler and we see huge synergies for working together for
> supporting the OSM Geo week and also help with the Missing Maps project. I
> request all our colleagues to contribute to this OSM Geo Week and
> also  support the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. Peter Mooney will be the
> key contact from Geo4All for this, so if your university is planning any
> activities for OSM Geo Week please let Peter (email - *peter.mooney at nuim.ie
> <peter.mooney at nuim.ie>* ) know.
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> Best wishes,
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> Suchith
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> *From:* ica-osgeo-labs [ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] on behalf
> of Tyler Radford [tyler.radford at hotosm.org]
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 22, 2015 4:51 PM
> *To:* ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* [Ica-osgeo-labs] OpenStreetMapGeo Week #100mapathons
>
> Dear all,
>
>
>
> November 15th is OSM Geo Week http://osmgeoweek.org/ and presents a great
> opportunity for those in your university to come together and map to
> prepare communities for the next disaster as part of the Missing Maps
> project.
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> *The objective of Missing Maps is simple: to map the most vulnerable
> places in the developing world so that local and international NGOs,
> communities and individuals can use the maps and the data to better respond
> to crises affecting the areas. *The project seeks to literally and
> figuratively put people, and their communities, on the map.
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> Represent your university during OSM Geo Week anytime between November
> 15th-21st as we remotely map areas for projects by various NGOs working in
> the most vulnerable places around the world. We’ll even send you some swag!
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>
> The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and our Missing Maps partners would
> really like to do GeoWeek in a huge way this year and get 100 mapping
> parties, mapathons, mappy hours and mapternoons happening around the world.
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> Tasks are already being planned for Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Kenya,
> Myanmar, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Africa to name a
> few, and will directly support forthcoming Missing Maps efforts on the
> ground. If this sounds like something you would be interested in
> supporting, our team can provide you with all of the materials and remote
> support needed to host a successful mapathon.
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> If you have ever thought it might be fun to get together with co-workers,
> friends, students and/or strangers to share your enthusiasm for the power
> of maps and make a difference while doing it, GeoWeek is the perfect time
> to do it. Events can be any size, some mapathons were as small as 10 people
> and as large as a 150 people. Anyone can do it and we have all the
> materials to help you host your mapathon.
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> http://osmgeoweek.org/
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> *Tyler Radford*
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> Executive Director
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> email: tyler.radford at hotosm.org
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> U.S. mobile: +1 617.285.2009
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Nimalika Fernando
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