Re: Map Kibera volunteers

[Mikel Maron]

Thanks all .. looks like we have a good group of volunteer techies forming.

We're going to meet Sunday afternoon, around 3pm, at the Java House downtown.
This is especially to introduce OSM software to Kennedy and Evans, who are new to it (but very familiar with GIS).
If anyone else would like to attend, please feel welcome.

On 11/4/09, Mikel Maron <mikel...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Greetings all
>
> Map Kibera is on the verge of starting. Thanks much for your interest in
> helping out. We're building a high caliber team of young people from Kibera
> to map, but they're still going to need support to get started with the
> OpenStreetMap software. That's where I'm hoping you all -- experienced in
> software development, GIS, and OSM -- can play a key part in making the
> project work well.
>
> Here's the rough plan for the next three weeks...
>
> On Monday, November 9, we are having a day long kick-off Mapping Party at
> Carolina for Kibera offices. This will cover mostly surveying, which I think
> can be quickly grasped without too much help. But it's going to be a fun
> introduction, and if you're interested to come please please do.
>
> On Tuesday, we'll be in the offices of SODNet, for training on the OSM
> stack. We'll take the data collected the day before, and teach people here
> to use JOSM. This is where it would be great to have your support. Even if
> you haven't contributed to OSM before, your experience is going to allow to
> quickly get up to speed, and help others, or at least help to communicate my
> instruction in more detail.
>
> From Wednesday until the end of the month, we'll have a daily cycle of
> collecting data in the morning, and editing in the afternoon. In the
> afternoons, especially during the first week, it would be great to have your
> support.
>
> SO please let me know soon if you are interested in taking part, and what
> your availability would look like.
>
> Best
> Mikel
>
>  == Mikel Maron ==
> http://mapkibera.org/
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> mi...@osmfoundation.org
>