State of the Map Asia (SotM-Asia) is the annual regional conference of OpenStreetMap (OSM) organized by OSM communities in Asia. First SotM-Asia was organized in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2015, and the second was organized in Manila, Philippines in 2016. This year’s conference, third in the series, was organized in Kathmandu, Nepal on September 23 – 24, 2017 at Park Village Resort, Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu, Nepal. We brought nearly 200 Open Mapping enthusiasts from Asia and beyond to this year’s SotM-Asia. The event provided an opportunity to share knowledge and experience among mappers; expand their network; and generate ideas to expand map coverage and effective use of OSM data in Asian continent. We chose ‘from creation to use of OSM data’ as the theme of this year’s conference, emphasizing on the effective use of OSM data. We also brought together a government panel from four different countries in this year’s SotM-Asia. We believe this event will deepen the bond and enhance collaboration among OSM communities across Asia. More information about the conference can be found on: http://stateofthemap.asia.

1. The Journey of
YouthMappers
By YouthMappers Fellows

3. • 4,000 university student mappers organized in
74 campus chapters across 24 countries.
• Youthmappers are contributing more than 16.6
million map changes to OpenStreetMap.

4. Founding consortium

5. 2017 YouthMappers Leadership Fellows Initiative
❑ The YouthMappers Leadership
Workshop took place from May
21-28, 2017 in Kathmandu,
Nepal.
❑ Twenty students (10 Male, 10
Female) from 15 universities
in 11 countries were selected as
Leadership Fellows to
participate in the workshop and
community building.
❑ The event hosted by
Kathmandu Living Labs (KLL).

6. GEOCACHING ACITIVITY
(MAPS.ME) QGIS training & JOSM validation
Some Activities during the workshop

7. Using KOBO Toolbox Mapiliary Activity

8. Fellows are working in five different teams to finalize a toolkit

10. Let Girls Map is a YouthMappers campaign
active from International Women’s Day March 8
to International Day of the Girl October 11 to
feature mapping efforts that support women and
girls issues and to build inclusive mapping
communities for female student mappers around
the world

12. 74 registered
Youthmappers chapters
in the world

13. In Asia we have only 8 Chapters
• YouthMappers DhakaCollege
• OpenstreetMap Dhaka University
• YouthMappers at AUW
• OpenStreetMap Khulna University
• Geomatics Engineering Students' Association
of Nepal
• Institute of Crisis Management Studies -
Youth Mappers, Nepal
• Geographical Society ,Bhutan
• Ccim at Ahmedabad, India

14. Ahasanul Hoque
GIS & RS Data Mgt Specialist
Vice Precident: Humanitarian
OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
Pioneer of
OpenStreetMap &
youthmappers in
Bangladesh

16. Dhaka College Chapter approval date
was 15 October 2016

17. Contribution
• Arrange 3 Mapathon
• 1 training
• Lot of field mapping
• Participate in HOT “ Mapping to end
Malaria Challenge” Competition
• Mapping all over the Universe

18. 1st Mapathon
2 October,2016

27. OpenStreetMap Training

30. Field Mapping

32. Creation

33. Achievement

34. “ Mapping to end Malaria Challenge”
Competition
youthmappers Dhaka College took 3rd position

36. The chapter establishment date is 26th
November, 2016

38. 1 workshop conducted by
Ahasanul Haque

40. They received HOT Microgrant
on
Arsenic contaminated well mapping at
Sitakunda, Bangladesh.

41. Arsenic Wells Mapping Workshop

42. Presented
by
Md. Manjurul Islam
Youthmappers Leadership Fellow-2017

43. ICMS YouthMappers Activities
• Sensitize about OSM,
• Motivate ICMS
YouthMappers Members,
• Training of ICMS
YouthMappers,
• Friday Mapping ICMS
YouthMappers ,
• Organize Mapping Activities
as per the News circular of
YouthMappers
• Request other country Youth
Mappers Chapters, Map for
Nepal During Disaster.

44. chapter
at
Institute of Engineering, Pashchimanchal Campus,
Pokhara, Nepal
Geomatics Engineering Students’ Association of
Nepal(GESAN)
Presented by:
Saurav Gautam
YouthMappers Fellow 2017

46. What we do?
-Organize mapathons.
-Use OSM as a tool in
study/projects.

47. Coordination with 2C project in Pokhara Geonode training by Prof. Dr. Melinda Laituri

48. What’s Next!
More collaborations, more mapping!

49. With the motto“ we don’t build map, we build mappers”
,different chapters from different countries have started their
journey as youthmappers chapters. Bangladesh, Bhutan, India
and Nepal has chapters of youth mappers.
• Tribhuvan University, Institute of
Engineering,Pashchimanchal Campus,Pokhara Nepal,
• Sherubtse College, Royal University of Bhutan, Kanglung,
Bhutan,
• Khulna University,Bangladesh, University of Dhaka,
Bangladesh, Dhaka College,Bangladesh,
• Guzrat university, India

50. Ahasanul Haque
Deena Wahid
Bangladesh: Chapters and
Contributions

51. Workshop: Organized by youth mappers, Dhaka university
Chapter.

53. • Involving Young
generations in
innovative mapping.
• Female Mappers
• Enhancing Geospatial
knowledge.
Contributions of
Youth Mappers

54. Youth Mappers Fellows Leadership Workshop-Kathmandu
Nepal, in May, 2017 (Participant from Bangladesh)

55. Opportunities:
• Involving youth in mapping and enhancing their
geographic knowledge.
• Spreading new technology skills.
• Adopting new perspectives on Global citizenship
• Practicing leadership and presenting their own
communities around the world.

56. Challenges:
• Assembling new mappers from different disciplines,
locations and experience levels.
• Maintaining the quality of contributed data as per
demand.
• Offering meaningful and critical learning experiences
through widely distributed network
• Involving youth in mapping and building sustainable
communities.

57. Conclusion:
Youth mappers is a new platform for developing
geographic as well as leadership skills. We are hoping
that within next few years, youth mappers will extend
it’s hand in Asia and open new dimensions for youth
around the world.

58. Thank you