A quick discussion about project #MapLesotho inlcuding engagement strategy in Lesotho, in an Irish school and on the wider hot and osm networks

1. #MapLesotho

2. Who am I?

3. Where is Lesotho?

5. REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE 2012
“.....we would like to be assisted
with training in GIS. The Division
has computers but neither a licence
nor sufficient skills to take advantage
of open source software on the
internet.”

6. Memorandum of Understanding Signing

7. The detailed request 2013
1. Support a new Planning system
2. Survey the country
3. Digitise this data
4. Ensure Quality Control
5. Visualise Maps
6. Strengthen GIS use
7. Suggest data modelling
8. Monitor progress
9. Publicise the success

8. OpenStreetMap

12. Field Papers - Survey at Lencer’s Gap

13. Task
Manager

14. Drive or Walk around the
street and capture images
using the Mapillary mobile
phone application. The
pictures help us see more
that can be added to the
map.

15. Crowdsource
#MapLesotho

19. Osmose error checker finds over 70
error types

20. MapBox

21. QGIS

22. ● Three million edits by
Tshedy!!!
● Mappers ranked 2-5 not
Mosotho
● Approximately 60% of
the mapping is done
from outside Lesotho
● Lesotho has more nodes
per Square KM and per
Capita than any other
nation in Africa

23. Summary
● Openstreetmap
● Crowdsource
● Hotosm task manager
● QGIS
● MapBox
● Field Papers
● Mapillary
● Osmose/Keepright/OSMI

24. tshedy Greatness
in Mapping Award
2018

25. #MapLesotho