Introduction to OpenStreetMap and Youthmappers - getting your community on the map
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This document introduces OpenStreetMap (OSM) and how local communities can contribute location data to create maps. It discusses how OSM works as an open-source and collaborative mapping project. Volunteers can map local areas by adding information about roads, buildings and other points of interest. This community-sourced data has helped with humanitarian efforts and rural development in places like Tanzania by mapping villages and adding missing locations. The document encourages joining online mapping communities and provides training resources to help locals learn OSM and map using smartphone apps.
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- 1. Introduction to OpenStreetMap & Youthmappers How to get your community on the map Janet Chapman
- 2. According to Google there is nothing here
- 3. Whereas OSM shows 1000’s of people live here
- 5. This is rural Tanzania: This is Dar es Salaam:
- 6. OPENSTREETMAP OpenStreetMap (OSM) is open data: you are free to use it for any purpose as long as you credit OpenStreetMap and its contributors. OSM is a collaborative project to create a free editable world map. http://www.openstreetmap.org
- 7. HOW OSM WORKS ■ Local knowledge ■ Community driven ■ Inspired by the success of wikipedia ■ Built by a community of mappers that contribute and maintain data about roads, trails, cafés, railway stations, and much more, all over the world.
- 9. HOW OSM WORKS OSM can be used for anything. E.g.: ■ Humanitarian ■ Planning / Preparation ■ Communicating Issues / Problems ■ Business
- 10. HUMANITARIAN Responding to natural disasters E.g. ■ Flooding ■ Earthquakes ■ Hurricanes etc.
- 11. CREATING AN OSM ACCOUNT ■Go to: https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/new ■Fill in email address, username, and password ■Find the confirmation email, click the link to confirm ■Log in
- 17. We are making them!
- 18. Slack channel is good for generating a community, and for volunteers to ask questions and get instant feedback on their 1st mapping attempts etc. Join here https://bit.ly/C2MSlack
- 22. When you achieve 100% you get a badge. Currently we have a quizzes for buildings, and roads, with more to come. https://canvas.instructure.com/enroll/JAHNEB
- 23. Volunteers added clinic locations from Open Government Data
- 24. Using water point location data to add village names. Also useful for COVID contact tracing.
- 25. We have trained over 1600 local activists to map their communities in Tanzania, around 40% female
- 27. MAPPING ON MAPS.ME We train field mappers in rural Tanzania to add their local knowledge to the map using Maps.Me, a free smartphone app that works offline.
- 28. And trained the police and activists to use the maps to quickly find and protect girls at risk. And also add missing places to the map.
- 32. Digital Champions: We have set up digital champions in all 87 villages in Serengeti, with a smartphone for the 1st time, linked in a WhatsApp group. They help us monitor and protect the girls in their village, and report any issues. We thank USAID for the initial $9000 funding for this through WomenConnect.
- 33. New smartphone users see a map of their village for the first time.