0.5 sotm-africa-2021 2021-11-19 2021-11-21 3 00:05 https://pretalx.com UTC Room 1 Keynotes 2021-11-19T09:10:00+00:00 09:10 00:30 sotm-africa-2021-12879-keynote-speech-closing-obliterating-the-gaps Keynotes Isla Haddow-Flood en Whichever way you look at it, Africa has had a raw deal. The efforts of community-based projects such as Open Street Maps and Wikimedia that are concentrated on activating Africa's spaces and knowledges face more challenges than most regions. At times it seems like there are insurmountable odds stacked against them – especially when it comes to access, control, representation, and participation. In this talk I use the Wikipedia work as an example of where we currently stand; hoping that together as aligned communities, we can leap over these challenges, whilst taking the opportunity to do it on our own terms. false SoTMAfrica Keynote Isla HF static slides https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/E9MYM9/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/E9MYM9/feedback/ Room 1 Talk 2021-11-19T09:45:00+00:00 09:45 00:20 __How can we reuse data we create?__ [OSGeoLive](https://live.osgeo.org/en/) is a self-contained bootable DVD, USB thumb drive or Virtual Machine based on Lubuntu, that allows you to try a wide variety of open source geospatial software without installing anything. It is composed entirely of free software such as __QGIS__, __GeoServer__, __JOSM__, __PostGIS__, etc, allowing it to be freely distributed, duplicated and passed around. sotm-africa-2021-11776-beyond-mapping-reusing-openstreetmap-data-and-foss4g Cartography and Data Visualization Enock Seth Nyamador en This presentation will demonstrate OSGeoLive and how to reuse OpenStreetMap, with several Free and Open Source Software for GeoSpatial included. [OSGeoLive](https://live.osgeo.org/en/) is a self-contained bootable DVD, USB thumb drive or Virtual Machine based on Lubuntu, that allows you to try a wide variety of open source geospatial software without installing anything. It is composed entirely of free software, allowing it to be freely distributed, duplicated and passed around. It provides pre-configured applications for a range of geospatial use cases, including storage, publishing, viewing, analysis and manipulation of data. Not only that, but it also contains sample datasets (such as OpenStreetMap, etc.,) and documentation. The [Open Source Geospatial Foundation](https://www.osgeo.org/about/) (OSGeo) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to foster global adoption of open geospatial technology by being an inclusive software foundation devoted to an open philosophy and participatory community driven development. The foundation provides financial, organizational and legal support to the broader open source geospatial community. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/BYKTU8/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/BYKTU8/feedback/ Room 1 Talk 2021-11-19T10:10:00+00:00 10:10 00:20 From mid-2020 to 2021, a number of mappers in both Uganda and the DRC joined a participatory buildings footprint import. The data was produced by Ecopia based on an imagery mosaic provided by Maxar and contained more than 6.6 millions building footprints. During this session, we’ll explain what worked well and less well and what we learned from the process of integrating this data into the OpenStreetMap database. sotm-africa-2021-11538-lessons-learned-from-a-building-footprints-import Mapping Claire Halleux en The import process coordinated by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT), together with HOT Uganda and OSM DRC, involved the use of the OSM wiki, the HOT Tasking Manager and OSM Sharp server. For editing, the contributors used JOSM Editor with several plugins to ease the conflation process. The instructions were developed to ensure that the import would result in data which would be as good, if not better, than what is usually produced by manual digitizing/traditional remote mapping. Each building proposed for import was to be compared with the project-specific Maxar mosaic and with the data already existing in OSM. We’ll describe the OSM import guidelines that were followed, then the specific challenges met with this dataset extracted through machine learning will be explained. Considering the growing availability of such AI-related datasets, we’ll review common errors and how we adapted to them and to other issues such as imagery offsets, heterogeneity of existing data and other context specific challenges. Eventually we’ll propose recommendations regarding this type of editing and aspects to consider before starting such imports. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/HF8TQG/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/HF8TQG/feedback/ Room 1 Talk 2021-11-19T10:35:00+00:00 10:35 00:20 In Tanzania for the last year our team has been working on digitizing the road network in ten regions including Zanzibar using Artificial Intelligence. Formerly these regions had sparse coverage of OSM data, which made accessibility difficult for the people and businesses across the country. In the end we managed to generate the most comprehensive dataset of roads in Tanzania. Our talk will go into details on the methodology, tools, and technology behind the project. sotm-africa-2021-11527-leveraging-ai-for-road-mapping-in-tanzania Mapping Tonny JohnDorice Lucas MawonaChristina ReubenNeema Alphonce en For the past few years contributing to OpenStreetMap (OSM), the process of creating accurate maps has been a painstaking, time consuming and manual process. Even with the access of satellite imagery and mapping softwares like JOSM and QGIS, the process has still been slow. To help solve this problem, researchers, engineers and developers have developed a new method (Map With AI) that uses deep learning techniques to predict features like buildings and road networks from commercially available high resolution satellite imagery. Map With AI also offers a new set of specialized map-editing services and tools. It includes an editor interface (RapiD) which allows mapping experts to easily review, verify and adjust the map as needed. As OpenMap Development Tanzania (OMDTZ) we have been mapping several tasks that involve Artificial Intelligence data in road networks. Based on the objectives and the core goals of the project only roads were mapped. Mapping activities were first done remotely and later we sent a team to do ground verification in one of the aforementioned regions (Dodoma). The ground truthing was important because it allowed us to verify the remote work, and also add additional data only obtainable from the ground. Starting with remote mapping, we used special edition of the OSM Tasking Manager, JOSM software (customized with presets, validation rules, map paint styles) and installed with the MapWithAI plugin (for adding predicted roads to the OSM layer). To ensure high data quality, a professional workflow has been deployed: editing, reviewing, publishing and final checking. During remote mapping, some features were unclear from the imagery so there was a need to go to the field for verification and add value to the imported road data. Since the imagery we had for the Dodoma region was unclear, it was selected to be the first region for ground truthing. Different road attributes, including street names, the nature of the surface (paved and unpaved), road condition and public transport stops were also mapped to make the mapping more impactful. In data collection various field mapping tools and mobile applications were deployed to facilitate the task such as OpenDataKit (ODK), Mapillary, and mobile phone cameras. Data collected were uploaded to OSM and to Mapillary. With respect to the survey conducted in Dodoma the following were the achievements: verification of unclear objects, gaining new skills of data collection to Youth Mappers and community members, new added road attributes to the map, and developed relationships with Institute of Rural Development Planning (IRDP) and the Tanzania Rural and Urban Roads Authority (TARURA). Despite the achievements mentioned above there are also some challenges encountered during the survey such as accessing some Points of Interest (POI) which were remote and hard to reach, capturing street view images on busy roads was very challenging, and some locations had restricted access. We plan on completing the remaining regions by the end of the year, and are optimistic about the many ways that the road networks in Tanzania will impact communities and businesses across the country. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/C3EBQP/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/C3EBQP/feedback/ Room 1 Talk 2021-11-19T11:00:00+00:00 11:00 00:20 Communities are complex and continually evolving. Pressures such as population growth, climate change, migratory and age based demographic change and the push to be competitive in a global environment. Maps and spatial analysis can be used to better understand projects in terms of the impact on people and places. Analysing past and present data changes can help in decision making process and better Planning. whilst making use of a variety of available existing data platforms and software to come up with integrated solutions and making sure there is full use of existing platforms. sotm-africa-2021-11737-journey-towards-building-a-sustainable-osm-malawi-community Data Analysis Christine Mhone en To be successful, economic developers need to understand their community's strengths, whether it's an educated and diverse workforce, affordable housing, lower cost of living, great transportation, or a thriving local economy. Leaders can use location intelligence(such as OSM, GeOSM, etc) to visualize and analyze business and community growth potential, combining data about demographics, lifestyle, and spending. This strategic approach helps communities create jobs, identify opportunities for economic gardening, and attract new business. Maps provide community leaders, businesses, and investors with key data and iterative development plans in real time. Spatial analysis and mapping can empower critical decisions about residential or commercial areas, land use, transportation, emergency preparedness and public spaces. The goal is to help build resilient, sustainable communities with long term economic and environmental sustainability by empowering critical decision making through provision of tailor made decisions. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/QHP8YT/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/QHP8YT/feedback/ Room 1 Workshop 2021-11-19T11:25:00+00:00 11:25 01:00 The Workshop aims to gather and engage different open geospatial communities and members to crowdsource learning experiences and best practices in designing and/or co-designing virtual sessions (such as mapathons, workshops, webinars, etc) to create meaningful engagement and open dialogues for and with the participants. This is also a venue to discuss how we can ensure inclusive and accessible online sessions for all. sotm-africa-2021-11754-best-practices-for-meaningful-online-sessions-with-open-geospatial-communities Community Geoffrey KatereggaArnalie VicarioCan UnenDamilola Ayomide Olufemi en To avoid physical contact during the pandemic, various organizations and communities switched to online or virtual events to conduct workshops or seminars (“webinar”), training and workshops. Even before the pandemic, the HOT* Community Working has been conducting online events such as mapathons, workshops and webinars to provide space for and with local communities to present and showcase local projects, as well as to open spaces for dialogues and debate about pressing issues with the open mapping ecosystem. The HOT* Community Working has documented some learnings in conducting engaging and collaborative online events (link: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Community_webinar_learnings), and we would like to share it with other open geospatial communities, as well as to learn from them. We aim to crowdsource positive learning experiences and best practices in designing and implementing engaging and accessible virtual sessions for and with the global open geospatial community. We also aim to discuss how we can ensure welcoming and inclusive online sessions (mapathons, workshops, webinars, etc), in terms of language, platforms used, time zones, among others, and how to gather feedback from our participants. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/VEDQHX/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/VEDQHX/feedback/ Room 1 Panel 2021-11-19T13:35:00+00:00 13:35 01:00 This panel discussion will bring together leaders from the Eastern and Southern Africa region to dissect the progress of OpenStreetMap in the regions. Facilitated by the Eastern and Southern Africa Open Mapping regional hub, the panel discussion will look at challenges and opportunities of OSM in the region through discussions with panelists from OSM Communities, INGOs, regional bloc bodies, national disaster agencies and government. Panelists will share their candid challenges and opportunities for transformation of their work through mapping, GIS and open data in regard to OpenStreetMap in their nations and region at large. sotm-africa-2021-11755-growing-osm-in-eastern-and-southern-africa-challenges-and-opportunities Mapping David Luswata en Since its inception in 2004, OpenStreetMap has been growing steadily in Africa, through the work of different actors, from OSM communities, to YouthMappers chapters, to humanitarian organisations, development actors and government agencies who use the data. This panel discussion will bring together leaders from the Eastern and Southern Africa region to dissect the progress of OpenStreetMap in the regions. Facilitated by the Eastern and Southern Africa Open Mapping regional hub, the panel discussion will look at challenges and opportunities of OSM in the region through discussions with panelists from OSM Communities, INGOs, regional bloc bodies, national disaster agencies and government. Panelists will share their candid challenges and opportunities for transformation of their work through mapping, GIS and open data in regard to OpenStreetMap in their nations and region at large. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/QQDMJL/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/QQDMJL/feedback/ Room 1 Talk 2021-11-19T14:40:00+00:00 14:40 00:20 OSMdata (https://demo.openstreetmap.fr) : valorize the very heterogeneous data of OSM and equip communities and organizations with SOM. Return of experience in France with OSM France. We will see how OSM DATA works in France, the team behind, how to create a rendering and visualize some of the renderings already present. sotm-africa-2021-10786-osmdata-valorize-osm-equip-communities-and-organizations-with-osm Scientific Computing Karl TAYOU en OSMdata (https://demo.openstreetmap.fr) : valorize the very heterogeneous data of OSM and equip communities and organizations with SOM. Return of experience in France with OSM France. OpenStreetMap is a free geographic database of the world; one can find there data going from a street (crosswalk, traffic lights, etc.) to those of a territory (ground occupation, administrative divisions, buildings, etc.). This database is used a lot for the creation of maps. Only each map created with OpenStreetMap, shows only the data that the creator wanted to show according to the need he wants to cover. OSM DATA is a space where you can let your imagination create cartographic renderings on OSM data. The renderings are customizable thanks to QGIS, which allows to take advantage of the rendering engine of this software. OSM DATA is a demonstrator because it shows and convinces on the level of maturity of the OSM contribution at the scale of France with more than 365 layers (more than one layer per day in the year)! Finally, OSM DATA is a viewer because it allows you to understand in a user-friendly way how the expertise of the communities of contributors is distributed. We will see how OSM DATA works in France, the team behind, how to create a rendering and visualize some of the renderings already present. The link of the portal : (https://demo.openstreetmap.fr) For more information, you can also read this article : https://www.openstreetmap.fr/osmdata-le-portail-de-la-donnee-osm false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/7QAPVS/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/7QAPVS/feedback/ Room 1 Talk 2021-11-19T15:05:00+00:00 15:05 00:20 C'est un système d'information géographique permettant de recueillir, stocker, traiter, analyser, gérer et présenter tous les types de données spatiales et géographiques. Il permet également de mettre en relation les données qui peuvent, sur papier, sembler très éloignées. Sur la carte on peut également y trouver des informations pouvant aider à la prise de décision. sotm-africa-2021-11721-utilisation-de-osm-dans-le-plan-de-contingence-covid19 Cartography and Data Visualization Mediabox fr Mediabox, à travers les données collectées via Open Street Map a pu contribuer à la surveillance de covid19 à travers le système d'informations qui équipe le Centre d'Alerte et de Réponse Précoce à covid 19. Ce système permet en effet de moniter la situation relative à la covid 19 dans le but d'éviter toute sorte de propagation et en alertant les autorités habilitées pour une intervention rapide et immédiate. En effet, en cas de déclaration d'un nouveau cas positif, le système identifie et géo localise le cas en question. Ensuite il permet d'alerter toutes les personnes pouvant intervenir ainsi que le centre de situation chargé de monitorer au quotidien la situation, via un système d'alerte et notifications intégré dans la plateforme/système. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/A39RZR/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/A39RZR/feedback/ Room 1 Talk 2021-11-19T15:30:00+00:00 15:30 00:20 L'ONG Geosynapse Guinée à l'instar des organisations non gouvernementales nationale participe avec l'appui de l'ambassade des États-Unis à la réponses contre la covid19 en cartographiant sur OSM la ville de Conakry et les structures de santé. Le Projet est réalisé en partenariat avec les 5 communes de la ville de Conakry sotm-africa-2021-11782-donnees-ouvertes-pour-la-riposte-contre-la-covid19-a-conakry Cartography and Data Visualization Tino Raphaël TOUPANE fr L'ONG Geosynapse Guinée à l'instar des organisations non gouvernementales nationale participe avec l'appui de l'ambassade des États-Unis à la réponses contre la covid19 en cartographiant sur OSM la ville de Conakry et les structures de santé. Le Projet à pour objectif de : - finaliser la cartographie de Conakry sur OSM ; - Cartographier les structures de dépistages et les centres de traitements ; - faire une cartographie des aires sanitaires de la ville de Conakry; - former les acteurs de la sociétés civile à l'usage de kobotoolbox pour le suivi des activités. Les données produites sont publiées sur OSM et les cartes distribuées aux autorités des 5 communes de la ville de Conakry. Une carte dynamique web est aussi produite pour les l'usage des collectivités territoriales. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/G9TWDB/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/G9TWDB/feedback/ Room 1 Talk 2021-11-19T15:55:00+00:00 15:55 00:20 Mugumu is a small town in Northern Part of Tanzania, Facing many challenges one of them is access of Health Center facilities, many pregnant women have been delivery at their Household due to distance travel to reach a near Health center facility, some of them don't even know how to differentiate the services provided between Hospital, Dispensary, Clinic and Pharmacy sotm-africa-2021-11724-community-mapping-of-health-center-facilities-in-mugumu-serengeti Innovation Herry Kasunga en With the Challenges of access of Health center facilities that Mugumu - Serengeti community are facing, we designed a questionnaires that will help in collecting the necessary information of Health center facilities available in our community like name of Health center, whether it's Government or Private, services they provide, distance from the center of the village to a Health center, Capacity of victim they can afford to provide services, number of Doctor and nurses they have,Does it provide free services for Pregnant Women or Elders or People with HIV positive, and also take a co ordinate of the Health center. Creating a map of Mugumu-Serengeti showing Health center facilities available and Services provided, and also create a map of Health Center facilities of each Village with services provide and put them to Village Executive Officers office for people to visualize their maps. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/NWDTTA/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/NWDTTA/feedback/ Room 1 Lightning Talks. 2021-11-19T16:20:00+00:00 16:20 00:35 sotm-africa-2021-13435-lightning-talks-i OSM Africa Working Group en ## Don't Forget To Re-Survey ###Ilya Zverev Casual Mapper is a new iOS and Android app that simplifies a task of keeping the map updated. With it you go outside and refresh all the data in just a few hours. No need for walking papers or photos, and you always know how much you've done and how much you missed. ## Cartographier tout seul chez soi ? ###Claire Halleux Lorsqu'une crise frappe et que les rassemblements et les mouvements sont restreints, les mapathons et cartoparties se retrouvent annulés, de quelle manière peut-on continuer à (trouver du plaisir à) contribuer à OSM ? Autant la pandémie que d'autres événements sont susceptibles d'impacter les activités collectives, comment les contributeurs se sont-ils adaptés pour poursuivre leur passion malgré les restrictions ? ##My dreams for OpenStreetMap in eSwatini ###Nombuso I have a dream! My dream is to see an OpenStreetMap community in eSwatini. The OpenStreetMap community is just starting up in eSwatini with a group of 10 volunteers and a YouthMappers chapter in place, we are having big plans to grow the community. Some of these plans were hampered by COVID, but we are working around it. In this session, we share our plans, challenges, and opportunities faced on our journey so far. ##The MapLesotho project and its legacy ###Mzwandile Thokoane This talk will give an overview of the MapLesotho project which introduced Lesotho to open street map, by highlighting its success story in achieving a map that covers the entire country, the things that were learnt throughout the project. Also, the challenges currently facing the continuation of its legacy following its end in 2018. ##Structures de santé et pharmacies à Kinshasa ###Amos Il s'agit d'un projet réalisé pendant la période de crise du Covid 19, pour répertoirer les structures de santé et pharmacies ouvertes pendant les heures de restriction tels que couvre feu et confinement ou encore en cas d'urgence sanitaire dans le but d'obtenir une carte interactive false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/JGNZX7/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/JGNZX7/feedback/ Room 2 Talk 2021-11-19T09:45:00+00:00 09:45 00:20 Bouaké ville durable (Bouaké V-D) est un projet co-financé par l'Union Européen dans le cadre d'un partenariat avec la Mairie de Bouaké. L'idée est de placer la ville de Bouaké deuxième plus grand agglomération de la côte d'ivoire, au rang de Smart-City et de ville durable. Les outils numérique et principalement la cartographie via les solutions opensources et OpenStreeetMap constitue un pilier important pour la réussite du projet. sotm-africa-2021-11537-bouake-ville-durable-bouake-la-smart-city Cartography and Data Visualization COULIO NIGNO ZIE fr La Mairie de Bouaké a la volonté de promouvoir et d’encourager des actions de développement durable et de lutte contre le changement climatique. L'un des défis des villes émergentes et en développement est de se saisir du numérique. Facteur d’accélération pour l’atteinte des Objectifs de développement durable, les outils numériques offrent en effet des opportunités puissantes pour le développement urbain. La Mairie, dans la vision de faire de Bouaké une ville intelligente et durable, a décidé d’axer sa politique sur le développement de solutions numériques pour se rapprocher de sa population et impulser sa politique de gouvernance inclusive et participative. Ainsi des solutions de cartographie numérique participative, axées sur des solutions "Open Source" et gratuites sont utilisées. OpenStreet Map, Ushahidi, Kobotoolbox, Umap, Qfield ainsi que des technologies de pointes (Drone Matrice 300 RTK équipé de capteur photogrammétrique et capteur de mesure de la qualité de l'air PM, application de collecte de taxe) ont été déployées pour la cartographie des services urbains proposés et établir un diagnostic de la ville en terme de développement. La géomatique a pour vocation ici de permettre à la mairie d'avoir une meilleure connaissance de son territoire, une meilleure collecte des ressources fiscales et de proposer des services urbains de qualité. Les outils numériques utilisés ont pour objectif de permettre une meilleure implication et inclusion des populations dans les processus décisionnels et renforcer dans le même temps les capacités opérationnels des agents de la Mairie. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/FA89RP/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/FA89RP/feedback/ Room 2 Talk 2021-11-19T10:10:00+00:00 10:10 00:20 This year 2021, about 121 local government areas in 27 states of Nigeria were declared highly flood risk communities by the Nigerian Hydrological Service Agency. Hence, the urgent response to save lives and properties before the peak of the disastrous flood season. This paper provides an analysis of building footprints contributed by volunteers as well as its challenges and opportunities for sustainable geospatial data Infrastructure. The Unique Mappers Network mandate for open map data development in Nigeria using the OpenStreetMap project is a sustainable development action to be leveraged upon by all stakeholders for disaster risk reduction in Nigeria. . sotm-africa-2021-11777-the-emerging-flood-vulnerable-building-footprint-in-openstreetmap-nigeria-metrics Community Victor N.Sunday en The emerging trend of crowdsourced mapping in developing countries of Africa and Nigeria in particular is a paradigm shift for a proactive response to the critical needs of geospatial data infrastructure by the citizenry. The global impact of the OpenStreetMap project as a geospatial database of the people, created by the people and for the people is a measurable driving force for community engagement at local levels. In Nigeria, flood disaster is seasonal, ravaging vulnerable communities annually. This year 2021, about 121 local government areas in 27 states of Nigeria were declared highly vulnerable flood risk communities by the Nigerian Hydrological Service Agency. These communities need urgent response to save lives and properties before the peak of the disastrous flood season. Without critical geospatial data that unveils the estimated population by household at risk to the imminent flood, a proactive rapid response would not be achieved. This paper, therefore, provides an analysis of building footprints contributed by volunteer mappers using the HOT Tasking Manager project as well as its challenges and opportunities for sustainable geographic data infrastructure in Nigeria. The Unique Mappers Network mandate for open map data development in Nigeria using the OpenStreetMap Project is a sustainable development action to be leveraged upon by all stakeholders for disaster risk reduction in Nigeria. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/EQSAZ3/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/EQSAZ3/feedback/ Room 2 Talk 2021-11-19T10:35:00+00:00 10:35 00:20 The long periods of the rising water levels along these Lakes has generated a humanitarian crisis with displacement of approximately 75,987 households across the affected thirteen (13) Counties with a total population of 379,935 requiring urgent humanitarian assistance. The affected people have endured disruptions of their livelihoods because of loss of assets such as homes, grazing lands and farming fields that have been destroyed and/or marooned by the flood waters. The people largely rely on farming and fishing for livelihood. The rising waters levels have destroyed social amenities like the learning institutions sotm-africa-2021-11548-the-rising-water-levels-in-lake-turkana-kenya Cartography and Data Visualization JAMES MAGIGE en This report is intended to highlight the adverse effects of the rising water levels on the affected population and setbacks on the developmental gains. These setbacks are captured in terms of losses of lives and livelihoods, injury, disease outbreak, legal issues, security, and safety implications among others. The negative effects of the setbacks on human physical, mental and social well-being, together with loss of services, socio-economic disruption and ecological or environmental degradation is also brought out in the report. The report shows evidence that the impacts are aggravated by recurrent extreme climate change events, widespread poverty, demographics (rapid population growth and increasing densities) as well as ecological, hydro-meteorological and human-induced factors. This report outlines six (6) main areas covering Introduction; Impact Assessment and Key Findings; Causes of the Lakes Level Rise; Summary of Key Issues; Recommended Interventions; and Recommendations and Conclusions. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/GP7QJM/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/GP7QJM/feedback/ Room 2 Talk 2021-11-19T11:00:00+00:00 11:00 00:20 Ces dernières années, nous avons constaté un intérêt croissant pour l'acquisition d'images actualisées au niveau de la rue. D'un point de vue technologique, et bien que les détails puissent varier selon le type et la précision requise des produits finaux, la pierre angulaire est toujours l'acquisition d'images géoréférencées. Mindearth, une startup suisse, a développé un outil de collecte de données street-view à bas coût et une méthodologie adaptée à l'environnement complexe des villes africaines. Cette présentation mettra en lumière le travail effectué en appliquant la méthode street-view dans deux villes africaines. sotm-africa-2021-11536-les-donnees-streetview-pour-la-resilience-des-villes-africaines Scientific Computing Guy Pacome AdingraAlessandra Feliciotti en Dans le cadre du projet de la Banque Mondiale "Cartographie de l'exposition et de la vulnérabilité aux inondations par l'acquisition automatique d'images de rue et l'apprentissage automatique à Brazzaville et Pointe-Noire, République du Congo", une campagne de relevé d'images de rue a été menée par Mindearth, en s'appuyant sur une approche originale préalablement testée dans différentes villes d'Afrique centrale telles qu'Abidjan et Kinshas. Le travail réalisé vise à extraire des informations géo-spatiales précises sur les bâtiments, les routes et l'occupation des sols, qui peuvent être utilisées pour évaluer l'exposition aux risques dans ces environnements urbains, tout en impliquant les communautés locales dans le processus de collecte, d'extraction et d'exploration des images géo-référencées. Dans cette présentation, nous illustrerons les outils et méthodes utilisés lors de ces campagnes de collecte de données streetview et présenterons les résultats de ces efforts de cartographie collaborative. En outre, nous commenterons l'importance de l'implication des populations locales, en particulier des jeunes et des communautés OSM existant dans ces villes, l'utilisation des données Openstreetmap et de la communauté OSM dans toutes les phases de collecte, d'étiquetage, de validation et d'extraction des données. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/AKMPSQ/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/AKMPSQ/feedback/ Room 2 Talk 2021-11-19T11:25:00+00:00 11:25 00:20 Mapping remote Nepal is a part of the emergency preparedness and response project implemented by the United Nations World Food Programme Nepal, focused on tracing local trail routes and mapping community infrastructures and hazards in some of the most remote districts (Humla, Bajhang and Bajura) of far west Nepal. Collection of spatial data on local trails, risk hazards, constraints and infrastructures relevant to emergency preparedness through capacity development of local human resources and making the data and outputs available to local governments, humanitarian agencies and relevant stakeholders through OpenStreetMap were the major scope of work under this project. sotm-africa-2021-11521-mapping-remote-nepal-for-emergency-preparedness-and-disaster-response Mapping Neelam Thapa MagarShweta Khanal en Humla, Bajhang and Bajura are Nepal’s some of the most isolated, food insecure and vulnerable districts to various disaster hazards such as landslides and earthquakes and lack data and emergency preparedness to respond to disaster impacts as well as plan during a crisis. Difficult geographical terrain adds more stresses on emergency preparedness and disaster management in the districts. Similarly, lack of proper road networks, vulnerable and risky trails pose critical challenges in management of logistics and delivery of emergency relief and support to the affected region during crises. Hence, these districts were in extreme need of identifying and mapping existing trails and infrastructures to enhance emergency preparedness and effective response during an emergency. During the project period (2019-2020), over 80 local people including local government officials, security forces, ground level emergency responders, women and other community members from these three districts were sensitized on the importance of mapping and data preparedness for disaster. A selected group of 63 local people (local youths, women and emergency responders) were provided hands-on training on the use of digital tools such as OSMTracker and GPS for field based data collection. As a result, over 4000 data points (education, health amenities, security, trail network, river crossings, market centers, hazards, constraints, settlements, utilities, landing zones and others) and their attributes were collected and over 1700 km of local trails were mapped in these districts. These collected datasets have also been uploaded to OSM, shared to respective local governments, humanitarian and relevant agencies for wider dissemination. In addition, these data points have also been plotted in thematic GIS maps and compiled in the form of atlas map books and shared at local levels for better data visualization. This project primarily required the participatory involvement of local governments and relevant stakeholders and their engagement in the project since its commencement have led to recognition of the importance of data, data preparedness and emergency preparedness to respond to crises. Identifying data gaps and the need of intervention to bridge data gaps have now become one of the major priorities at local level. Similarly, the involvement of local people from these districts has also developed a sense of ownership on the data and collective outputs generated during the project. These activities are aimed at creating a strong database for effective planning and decision making relevant to DRR at local and municipal levels in the district. Moreover, capacity building at local level and mobilization of local human resources to collect data for DRR reflects data preparedness at local level and the sustainable approach of this project. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/JMN3NL/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/JMN3NL/feedback/ Room 2 Talk 2021-11-19T11:50:00+00:00 11:50 00:20 Geohazard Risk Mapping Initiative is a group of indigenous volunteers who contributes to the mapping buildings and other critical infrastructure of various flood-prone communities in Nigeria. The initiative contributes to open data mapping to enhanced disaster preparedness and effective flood response in Nigeria. In the year 2021, the initiative hosted numerous mapathon events and training on the use of OSM for the new members, GRMI also collaborates with other International Youthmappers to collectively map various communities. Those mapped buildings are further used to build interactive flood early warning maps which are accessible to the public. sotm-africa-2021-11738-community-mapping-to-improve-flood-preparedness-in-nigeria Community Taiwo OgunwumiOpeyemi Olatunde en Flooding is a natural hazard that inflicted devastating consequences to so many communities in the Nigeria; it occurs every year and causes loss of life and property to the most vulnerable communities. Geohazard Risk Mapping Initiative (GRMI) is an initiative that brings together volunteer to contribute to the mapping of locations that are susceptible to flood during the 2021 rainy season. Those flood prediction maps are made with the goal of sharing with the communities and emergency management agencies so as facilitate flood preparedness. The output of the flood prediction analysis demands information on the location of buildings and road networks, which are to be shown on the map as the potential building and infrastructure that might be affected by the predicted flood. Hence, GRMI conducted numerous remote mapathon events that entail the mapping of those areas that are susceptible to flooding in Nigeria. Aside from the mapping of buildings by the indigene of Nigeria, GRMI also collaborates with other International Youth mappers to host mapathon event all in the effort of contributing to open data mapping which is critical for effective flood preparedness and response to the most vulnerable communities in Nigeria. Those contributed open data are then used by the GRMI to develop interactive flood early warning maps (https://bit.ly/3i3o1UP), through this webmap which indicate various flood risk level, the communities member can easily query and search of their house and see the level of risk to flood. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/N3DZXE/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/N3DZXE/feedback/ Room 2 Talk 2021-11-19T12:15:00+00:00 12:15 00:20 Primary effects of disasters accounts also for secondary impacts. Spread of diseases such as cholera is one of the impacts that is accompanied with floods. This visualization describes the use of field data of trash points collected to design the best waste collection route. The output is base map that targets to serve as the guide for waste collectors and the municipal to enhance community resilience during disasters. sotm-africa-2021-11432-geospatial-data-for-improving-secondary-effects-mitigation-during-disasters Cartography and Data Visualization Erick Mnyali en Solomon mahlangu Campus of sokoine university of agriculture has been experiencing yearly flood due to overflow of the river that passes in between the university and the residents. This project was granted to students in the university to explorer field practice and solve the challenges that are accompanied by floods. Early stages of the project involved community mapping processes where students went to the field and met with the community members where they collected trash points data in every households. Most of the participants were from youth mappers chapter in the university. This project was also accompanied by workshops and webinars to share the outputs with the community to elucidate them on the insights of the project. In the workshops demonstration of the methodology used and final datasets after validation. Also this project was not only conducted by students but also experts in the field of mapping and use of open data. One of the organisation was open map development Tanzania and geospatial technology and the environment from Tanzania. The methodology made use of open source tools such as Application programming interface from Github and quantum geographical information system as a tool for data analysis and visualization. The last phase was making this datasets available for the public and used as open data were anyone can have access to the data. The criteria used for analysis of the best route was waste accessibility from the households to the dump site ( foot, cart or truck). This project was supervised by university mentor Dr Mwalilino. This was a successful project with future scope to cover more details of the problem stated and the report generated shall be presented to local government to be used in the future design of waste collection routes. false presentation document https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/FHGAK3/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/FHGAK3/feedback/ Room 2 Panel 2021-11-19T13:35:00+00:00 13:35 01:00 A lack of spatial data covering built and natural environments in informal settlements is a serious issue when it comes to advocacy for and planning of settlement upgrades, provision of services and community resilience programmes (amongst other things). This panel session brings together experts by experience to discuss in what ways community-led, participatory mapping can address this barrier to action through the provision of high quality and relevant data as well as the challenges that they have experienced. sotm-africa-2021-11771-planning-with-us-not-for-us-community-informal-settlement-mapping Community Lucy FondoHumanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)Florian MaremboAlessandra FigueiredoAnni Rosalen Beukes en The Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia (SDFN), in collaboration with the Humanitarian Open Mapping Community Working Group (CWG), propose this panel discussion to explore how communities living in informal settlements and open mapping communities in Africa are collaborating to generate and use spatial data that can lead to local impact. Quote from Floriam Marembo from SDFN: “From Namibia's perspective, we can testify that OSM is important, especially as a source of spatial data. We have realized that mapping is key to knowing and understanding infrastructure. Through OSM we map not only to have access to spatial data but also to make it accessible and available. Quality data may just be what we need as inhabitants of informal settlements to create platforms of discussion on upgrading.” The session will likely include short case study presentations from panelists (tbc), followed by a curated discussion on the successes, challenges and lessons learnt experienced by communities leveraging geospatial data (including OpenStreetMap) to try to solve priority issues for inhabitants of informal settlements, as well as exploring the importance of partnerships and coalitions in this process. The purpose of the session is to: share and amplify knowledge around mapping of informal settlements by local community groups; highlight the importance of community leadership in this process; and to understand the role that OpenStreetMap data and communities can play in support of positive social change for people living in informal settlements. Our panel of experts for the session are: Florian Marembo, graduate of the University of Namibia and a student at the Namibia University of Science and Technology, founder and director of Marembo Charity Foundation, member of Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia and OSM facilitator. Lucy Fondo, a trained Community Participatory Mapper with Map Kibera in Kenya. She has been a Mapper since its inception in 2009 and is currently a HOT Data Quality Intern. Alessandra Figueiredo, a civil engineering student at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and part of the UrbeLatAm project. The session will be hosted and moderated by Anni Beukes, currently a Junior Researcher at the Bonn International Graduate School for Development Research, a past Fellow of the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation and Visiting Fellow at the Neubauer Collegium, both at the University of Chicago. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/JPSNU8/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/JPSNU8/feedback/ Room 2 Talk 2021-11-19T14:40:00+00:00 14:40 00:20 OpenStreetMap, drones, and other open geospatial technologies are being used by the Dzaleka mapping project to map out facilities in vulnerable and marginalized populations such as refugee camps. The project will generate geospatial data from within the camp, such as education centers, health care centers, water stations, and buildings/housing, in order to highlight the provision of fundamental/basic services with the use of data. sotm-africa-2021-11743-osm-mapping-for-people-living-in-protracted-crisis-dzaleka-malawi Community Ndapile MkuwuZola Manyungwa en Dzaleka refugee camp is the largest camp in Malawi that was established in 1994 by UNHCR in response to a surge of forcibly displaced people fleeing genocide, violence, and wars in Burundi, Rwanda, and the D.R. Congo. It was meant to house 10,000 people but has reached its maximum absorption and now has over 43,000 registered refugees and asylum seekers. This increase means that the resources in the camp barely cater to the needs of the already vulnerable population. The Dzaleka mapping project aims at generating geospatial data by integrating drones, OpenStreetMap and other geospatial technologies. The data generated will show the provision of basic needs at the refugee camp. Mapping out the different centers together with their relevant statistics will allow us and any interested party to get a picture of the extent to which people living in the camp have access to the different amenities. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/WMHJPE/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/WMHJPE/feedback/ Room 2 Talk 2021-11-19T15:05:00+00:00 15:05 00:20 This talk is based on the experiences from the Resilience Academy project in Tanzania, where students are engaged in a mass-internship program for a period of 8-12 weeks. The student internship model of the Resilience Academy is designed to work with the local organisations to conduct geospatial data collection campaigns based on the use of various open-source data and tools combined with community mapping and digital online working. Simultaneously, students’ exposure to practical training during the internship provides them with relevant applied geospatial skills, which increase their future employment opportunities and participation in informed decision-making. sotm-africa-2021-11762-student-internship-model-as-an-innovative-way-to-enhance-skills Mapping Msilikale Msilanga en Urbanization challenges Africa’s young labour force, which needs to be skilled to solve problems caused by unplanned urbanization. Looking to many African cities, urbanization challenges is increasing over the past years that lead to increased urban disasters among other challenges such as Flooding (Bapari, Haque et al. 2016). Due to the increase of these challenges, local skills for solving these challenges is needed in order to be able to find a solution during the rise of these challenges. Provision of skills to young university students is currently based on the basic university curriculum training that is not necessarily looking on the current urban challenges. Hence there is no long-term sustainability to using the local skills to finding urban solutions. Young, graduated experts need to be able to steer urbanization to sustainable trajectories with digital skills of geospatial data and technologies, which enable urban transformation. Therefore, this is a major opportunity for African universities and their students’ future employment. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/9ZKVMJ/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/9ZKVMJ/feedback/ Room 2 Talk 2021-11-19T15:30:00+00:00 15:30 00:20 We will present the outcomes of the Cities Covid Mitigation and Mapping project from the US Department of State. Map Kibera and GroundTruth Initiative mapped impacts of Covid-19 in the sectors of education (school closings, and economic impacts on families and school staff), water (water shortages in the slums during key times in the pandemic), and sanitation (curfews and other disruptions to toilet access). The data in OSM shows how residents of informal settlements had uneven access to services and how Covid-19 caused major challenges beyond health impacts. sotm-africa-2021-11532-mapping-impacts-of-covid-19-in-nairobi Mapping Zacharia MuindiErica Hagen en The Covid-19 pandemic has had many impacts beyond health - economic, social, etc. The Cities Covid Mitigation and Mapping (C2M2) project, from the US Department of State's MapGive initiative, sought to map and help direct policy around these secondary impacts of Covid in several countries globally. Map Kibera and GroundTruth Initiative worked to track these impacts in Nairobi, focusing on the themes of education, water and sanitation. This talk will present the outcomes of the project, which focused on the mapping in OSM of schools, water points, and toilet facilities in the informal settlements of Kibera and Mathare. These updates to existing OSM data help show how the pandemic affected these sectors by looking historically at changes. Additionally, individual surveys about access to water during shortages and impacts of school closings and disruptions help paint a picture of how Nairobi's lower income residents have been particularly impacted by the pandemic. There is also a strong gender component to the impacts which will be highlighted. The project used a combination of tools, which will also be presented: Kobo Toolbox for mapping and individual survey collection, OSM for map data, and data analysis in QGIS. The Kenya team was supported by many other team members from the C2M2 project for data analysis. Additionally, participants in Africa included Bukavu in the DRC and Pemba in Mozambique; we will briefly share their map outcomes as well. The "Africa Hub" which included Nairobi, Pemba and Bukavu showed that across the continent, economic and social impacts of Covid-19 on vulnerable groups were particularly challenging. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/7N8NX8/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/7N8NX8/feedback/ Room 2 Talk 2021-11-19T15:55:00+00:00 15:55 00:20 The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) launched the Community Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness Program (CP3) in 2017. CP3 currently runs in: Indonesia, Cameroon, Kenya, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Mali. The program focuses on three workstreams: Preparing Communities, Preparing Red Cross/Red Crescent National Societies, and Preparing Stakeholders and Business Partners. sotm-africa-2021-11901-community-epidemic-and-pandemic-preparedness-program-for-covid-19-support Cartography and Data Visualization Ashley SchmeltzerSteve Kenei en Data and information management are key to the success of these objectives in each workstream; “data readiness” therefore has been a focus of CP3 in Kenya, Uganda, DRC, Guinea, and Indonesia. This work has centered around making existing secondary datasets available via open source platforms and collecting data via remote and field data collection sessions to fill in data gaps to OSM in target CP3 areas. It additionally supports integrating this data, and information management workflows, into Red Cross National Society and CP3 program needs. As a program centered around epidemic and pandemic preparedness, COVID-19 has brought to the forefront the relevance of data for food distribution, border screening, installation of handwashing stations, and health facilities. The data and map products made available for National Society Covid-19 planning and response were the result of not just the availability of individual cartographers, but also the data collection and open source advocacy that has been central in CP3 in Guinea, Uganda, DRC, Kenya, and Indonesia. This talk will highlight key examples from Uganda and Guinea on the workflow of: Field data collection methodology that brought together communities using open source tools to add and geolocate data points on the map (OSM) Building National Society capacity through supporting Covid-19 activities, such as volunteer deployment and setting up hand-washing stations, with timely, accurate, and available data and information products Lessons learned and next steps to scaling these workflows false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/DMEGAM/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/DMEGAM/feedback/ Room 1 Keynotes 2021-11-20T09:10:00+00:00 09:10 00:30 sotm-africa-2021-12877-keynote-speech Keynotes Monica Nthiga en false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/EBKTHH/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/EBKTHH/feedback/ Room 1 Mapathon 2021-11-20T09:45:00+00:00 09:45 02:00 The OSM Africa Monthly Mapathon is an initiative to support community development in Africa. The aim is to bring OSM communities across Africa together to learn from each other, network, and grow the spirit of collaboration while contributing data to OpenStreetMap. The November mapathon will be hosted by OSM Ghana at the State of the Map the Map Africa 2021 conference. sotm-africa-2021-12918-osm-africa-monthly-mapathon Mapping OSM Africa Working Group en The OSM Africa Monthly Mapathon is an initiative to support community development in Africa. The aim is to bring OSM communities across Africa together to learn from each other, network, and grow the spirit of collaboration while contributing data to OpenStreetMap. The November mapathon will be hosted by OSM Ghana at the State of the Map the Map Africa 2021 conference. Join the mapathon to contribute to mapping projects in Ghana and interact or learn from other mappers. Join the September edition hosted by the OSM Uganda community as we contribute to one of their ongoing projects. In this event, you will be able to: - Join breakout rooms according to mapping experience. Beginner mappers will learn how to map; - Join breakout rooms according to language( English, French, Swahili, and Arabic) - Network with OSM Africa community members from all over the continent; This mapathon is coordinated by OSM Africa with support from the Open Mapping Hub - Eastern and Southern Africa. Join the marathon with a laptop ready map false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/WJEQ7Z/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/WJEQ7Z/feedback/ Room 1 Keynotes 2021-11-20T12:45:00+00:00 12:45 00:30 sotm-africa-2021-12884-keynote-speech Keynotes Bitange Ndemo en false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/C9MXNX/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/C9MXNX/feedback/ Room 1 Lightning Talks. 2021-11-20T13:20:00+00:00 13:20 00:35 sotm-africa-2021-13434-lightning-talks-ii OSM Africa Working Group en ##Importance des données Ouvertes en milieux ruraux ###Muluba Cartographie détaillées de la zone de santé rurale de Kalunuguta au Nord-Kivu en RDC, a apporté beaucoup plus d'amélioration dans la santé publique en milieu rural en utilisant les outils open source dans la collecte des données cartographiques et sanitaire. Dans le secteur sanitaires, les informations sur les origines des patients dans une aire de santé, ont apporté des améliorations dans le service des personnels soignants dans beaucoup de structures sanitaires. ##Meet the OSM DRC community ###Claire Halleux OpenStreetMap is built by people for people. Beyond the data, meet the people who are making the map in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa). From the Kivus to Moanda via Kinshasa, from Lubumbashi to Bunia through Kamina, discover the mappers, how they map and get organized, and how they deal with their local challenges. ##Podcasting: Promoting Awareness of Open Geo in Africa ###Africa GeoConvo There has always been a need to promote awareness of open geo including Openstreetmap by using different communication channels, especially in Africa. When people don't have information they need, they miss out on a lot of opportunities, ultimately resulting in low morale. Creating a content library of podcast is a great strategy to promote and disseminate useful information to the community - this is what we are doing with Africa Geospatial Conversation (Africa Geoconvo). ##5 Tips for Building Local OSMCommunities in Low Income Economies ###Thando Mathe This talk explores 5 ideas on how to build sustainable OSM Communities of local mappers in low economically developed countries in Africa. To start mapping, one needs access to a computer and internet. These aren’t readily available and accessible for most young mapping enthusiasts due to high costs of data and the likes. This means a select few have the opportunity to fully participate consistently as an organised group of mapping community. To circumnavigate these challenges 5 basic approaches are proposed including partnering with local institutions, hosting scheduled events, creating specific micro-objectives, and working in small groups. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/9DV9BQ/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/9DV9BQ/feedback/ Room 1 Workshop 2021-11-20T14:00:00+00:00 14:00 01:00 The OSM wiki is a core part of OpenStreetMap. It serves as a reference and a precious container for OSM documentation, tagging and history of community decisions. However as described in a previous edition of the State of the Map Africa, there is a significative gap in contextualization of the content in non Western countries and in other languages than English. Therefore this bilingual workshop proposed by OSM DRC local chapter aims to provide some tips and allow participants to start with their first OSM wiki edits. sotm-africa-2021-11540-translating-and-writing-on-the-osm-wiki-en-fr Community Claire Halleux fr The OSM wiki is a core part of OpenStreetMap. It serves as a reference and a precious container for OSM documentation, tagging and history of community decisions. However as described in a previous edition of the State of the Map Africa, there is a significative gap in contextualization of the content in non Western countries and in other languages than English. Additionally in some countries, IPs from usual Internet providers are blacklisted by the wiki system, which becomes an additional obstacle to start contributing to the wiki. Therefore this bilingual workshop proposed by OSM DRC local chapter aims to provide some tips and allow participants to start with their first OSM wiki edits. Participants will also learn how to translate an existing page in another language, how to add pictures etc. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/VU3CUB/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/VU3CUB/feedback/ Room 1 Workshop 2021-11-20T15:05:00+00:00 15:05 01:00 This workshop will cover the basics of using Kobo toolbox, Open Data Kit and JOSM to do basic field mapping in OSM. Map Kibera has been using Kobo and ODK and working with Kobo to create better ways to get data into JOSM for field mapping. The workshop will share these tools with a hands on approach. sotm-africa-2021-11535-using-kobo-toolbox-for-osm-mapping Mapping Zacharia MuindiErica Hagen en The workshop will provide an opportunity to learn how to use Kobo Toolbox (humanitarian version) to easily field map, and then create data exports that are easier to work with in JOSM. The workshop assumes some experience with JOSM. We will share tools that we have been creating with Kobo to used OSM as a tagging language in Kobo, and to export in various ways for a more streamlined integration with JOSM. You will not need to know how to use Kobo prior to the workshop. We hope this virtual workshop can help you do more and better mobile field mapping. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/DHUJKC/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/DHUJKC/feedback/ Room 1 Talk 2021-11-20T16:10:00+00:00 16:10 00:20 Cette session présente les actions de construction de communautés resilientes à l'aide de projets que réalisent l'Association OPenStreetMap Mali et ses partenaires au Mali à travers la Cartographie Numérique Collaborative OpenStreetMap. Cette session permettra donc d’exposer les travaux avec les acteurs communautaires dans la conduite des projets mais aussi de partager les expériences avec les aux autres Communautés OpenStreetMap d'Afrique et celles du monde. sotm-africa-2021-11748-openstreetmap-construction-de-communautes-resilientes-au-mali Community Nathalie SIDIBE fr Cette session vise à présenter les projets de cartographies réalisés ou en cours au Mali pilotés par l’Association OpenStreetMap Mali et ses partenaires et qui mettent l'accent sur la construction de compétences des communautés locales. La mise en œuvre de ces différents projets privilégie la compréhension des communautés locales sur les problématiques dont elles font face et leur implication dans la réflexion, planification et gestions de ces défis à travers la cartographie participative et la mise à jour des données. Cette session permettra donc d’exposer les travaux avec les acteurs communautaires dans la conduite des projets mais aussi de partager les expériences avec les aux autres Communautés OpenStreetMap d'Afrique et celles du monde. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/ADQGHK/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/ADQGHK/feedback/ Room 1 Talk 2021-11-20T16:35:00+00:00 16:35 00:20 Beyond community mapping and humanitarian services OSM maps can be used in a wide range of business applications. One of them is location based businesses promotion and information portal. Hence AddisMap.com or Map.et was founded. It works by adding custom map layer containing relevant business information for each individual POIs. It creates a standard business/information page for every POI/location added. sotm-africa-2021-11731-openstreetmap-for-business-in-ethiopia-the-case-of-addismap Innovation Alazar Tekle en Before all of these the AddisMap project was initiated in 2008 as a means to start OSM mapping in Ethiopia and expand the knowledge towards the larger community specially through organization of Mapping Party, presenting OSM at the WhereCampAfrica (e-Learning) forum and at the monthly ICT-CrackerBarrel that was being organized by GIZ and British Council that brings together various professionals. We also have been able to map out 90% of Addis Ababa and major towns across Ethiopia using GPS Loggers, Garmin Devices and Bing Satellite Imagery. Although this is the main foundation story of OSM implementation, there are several major tasks carried out by the AddisMap team. Some that are worth mentioning are YeneGuzo App (Public Transport Application based on OpenTripPlanner and Trufi), Route-to-Market (RTM) services, EDS (Every Dealer Survey) and Mobile Money Agents Mapping for Ethio-Telecom's TeleBirr service. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/G7MHZD/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/G7MHZD/feedback/ Room 2 Panel 2021-11-20T14:00:00+00:00 14:00 01:00 This panel discussion will look into the opportunities and barriers around becoming a local chapter from the perspective of OSM communities in Africa as well as share best practices to bring together multiple groups that are contributing to OpenStreetMap in the same country to form a national level local chapter. And lastly, dig into the issue of doing paid work as a local OSM community and the best ways to handle it so it benefits the community. sotm-africa-2021-11772-from-local-communities-to-local-chapters Community Geoffrey Kateregga en OpenStreetMap Local Chapters are country-level or region-level not-for-profit organizations affiliated to the OSM Foundation that represent the area's map and mappers when dealing with local government, business, and media. Currently, there are 15 local chapters affiliated with the OpenStreetMap Foundation with 1 in Oceania, 1 in Africa, 11 in Europe, 1 in North America, and 1 in Latin America. This panel discussion will look into the opportunities and barriers around becoming a local chapter from the perspective of OSM communities in Africa as well as share best practices to bring together multiple groups that are contributing to OpenStreetMap in the same country to form a national level local chapter. And lastly, dig into the issue of doing paid work as a local OSM community and the best ways to handle it so it benefits the community. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/KYUEZ9/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/KYUEZ9/feedback/ Room 2 Talk 2021-11-20T15:05:00+00:00 15:05 00:20 OpenStreetMap Uganda (MapUganda) is a Ugandan registered NGO whose major activities involve promoting community mapping, GIS awareness, actively contributing to open data, and building a network of enthusiastic community mappers in Uganda. The New Cities project is trying to address the challenge of unemployment through our internship programs that aim at skilling our students with actual marketable skills in the Job Market by providing a platform for individuals to learn, grow and develop in their careers that can be a stepping stone for these graduates to have a fresh start whether in the employment or self-employment industry. sotm-africa-2021-11551-the-new-cities-project-uganda Mapping Julius Ivan en Over the years, MapUganda, has worked on various projects that include the Open Mapping program that involved using open source GIS tools for disaster reduction and recovery assessment in Kampala, The Kampala Para-transit Project which involved mapping of the major transport routes, taxi/bus stops, stages and frequency counts involving taxis and bus rapid transit; which would provide safe, equitable, and efficient transport options to public transport users. MapUganda is currently working on the New Cities project which is a mapping campaign to remotely map the various cities of Uganda. This project is also aimed at growing and increasing the number of community mappers in Uganda as well as improving and updating the data contributed on OSM. OpenStreetMap Uganda also aims to absorb some of these interns into their programs and projects and also to outsource or connect these interns to other industries where they can continue to grow in their respective careers. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/HEPDCT/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/HEPDCT/feedback/ Room 2 Talk 2021-11-20T15:30:00+00:00 15:30 00:20 Photomapping Uganda's New cities is a continuous project that looks at using using street-level Mapillary photos to add details to remotely mapped data for Uganda's New Cities. Previously, MapUganda executed a project for Mapping New Cities where all newly elevated cities were remotely mapped on OpenStreetMap to create Open Basemap data and maps to be used for city planners and administrators. sotm-africa-2021-13432-photomapping-uganda-s-new-cities Mapping Samson Ngumenawe en Photomapping Uganda's New Cities is a project that was developed after remote mapping of the New Cities. The project looked at creating and adding more local detail to OpenStreetMap through the use of street-level photos captured through Mapillary. Under this project, three cities in Uganda were piloted and extensive Mapillary campaigns were carried out to capture over 100000 photos with street details. These Cities included Masaka in the Central, Lira in the North, and Mbale city in the East. A combined effort of the MapUganda Community, YouthMappers from different chapters in Uganda, and the city administrators made this project possible. The project involves two phases that are Mapillary photo capture and JOSM Mapping. After the photos are captured, uploaded, and published on Mapillary, then tasks are created on the HOT Tasking manager to organize the mapping. Mapillary Plugin is then downloaded and configured in JOSM and the captured photos are then used to add details to the existing remotely mapped data. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/ADBDEF/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/ADBDEF/feedback/ Room 2 Talk 2021-11-20T15:55:00+00:00 15:55 00:20 This talk is generally about the utility of open street level imagery in local development, with a focus on environmental issues, namely Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Initially, the work will focus on preparing a demo research model for the use case of Municipal Solid Waste MSW Detection With Machin Learning using Street-Level imagery open data collected by OpenStreetMap Libya contributors and Kartaview volunteer teams. sotm-africa-2021-11529-utilising-street-level-imagery-to-detect-municipal-solid-waste Innovation /media/sotm-africa-2021/submissions/EF9WNM/ABDURAHMAN_AL_FURJANI_OSM_Libya_Utilising_Street_Lev_8WntpND.png Abdurahman AL Furjani en As a result of the activity of the of street level imagery contributors, a huge database of imagery was cultivated, sifting through the imagery to validate quality we noticed a huge environmental issue, which is Municipal Solid Waste on the side of the roads within and at the outskirts of cities, so we had to take action regarding the issue by creating a working model to automatically detect MSW and highlight the areas and question, to help aid local government and bring attention to the environmental disaster. General concept Initially, the work will focus on preparing a demo research model for the use case of Municipal Solid Waste MSW Detection With Machin Learning using Street-Level imagery open data collected by OpenStreetMap Libya contributors and Kartaview volunteer teams. This use case could be developed to be one of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure layers in Libya. It could also provide an Urban Support system or tool for smart city management. In addition to the environmental gains, public health, sanitation, and The general appearance, many business models could benefit from the usage of this model. The added value of the research model The principal added value of the model is to highlight the power and the importance of the contribution of citizens and the social engagement in the phase of the spatial data collection to build the base map and support the national spatial data infrastructure. Another added value of the research model is to explore the benefits of open source tools and crowdsourced spatial datasets. Finally is to valorize the efforts of collective intelligence-based models in a practical and actual use case that could contribute to finding reliable solutions for the Municipal Solid Waste Management, which challenging nowadays. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/EF9WNM/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/EF9WNM/feedback/ Room 2 Talk 2021-11-20T16:20:00+00:00 16:20 00:20 Sensor.Community is a contributors driven global sensor network that creates Open Environmental Data. Our mission is to inspire and enrich people’s lives by offering a platform for the collective curiosity in nature that is genuine, joyful and positive. We receive Air-Quality Data from >14.000 sensors in >70 countries each 2 ½ minutes and have generated > 13.000.000.000 data-points (July 2021). Everything ever measured is available as Open Data. Check out the live view here: http://maps.sensor.community/#2/0.0/0.0 sotm-africa-2021-11694-sensor-community-open-environmental-data Community Lukas Mocek en Hello👋 everyone Sensor.Community is a contributors driven global sensor network that creates Open Environmental Data. Check out -> Maps.Sensor.Community Our mission is to inspire and enrich people’s lives by offering a platform for the collective curiosity in nature that is genuine, joyful and positive. Sensor.Community: • Open-Source Database • Environmental Open Data Community • Global Air-Quality sensor network We receive Air-Quality Data from >14.000 sensors in >70 countries each 2 1⁄2 minutes and have generated > 13.000.000.000 data-points (July 2021). We invite you to become part of the community. Build a sensor, collect Open Data, share it in a continuous stream with the network and join forces in local Sensor.Community groups to analyze it. Find like minded people which care about the environment and the implications on our health. Stay informed and exchange with your neighbours. Everything ever measured is available as Open Data. We would love to collaborate with you and bring this data to even more people around the world. Our Guides are available in 24 languages on: https://sensor.community/en/ false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/ZYPNAM/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/ZYPNAM/feedback/ Room 1 Lightning Talks. 2021-11-21T09:10:00+00:00 09:10 00:35 sotm-africa-2021-13436-lightning-talks-iii OSM Africa Working Group en ##How mapping can help protect girls from Female Genital Mutilation ###Janet Chapman An overview of what Crowd2Map has achieved over the last 6 years in building a volunteer mapping community in Tanzania and beyond, and lessons learnt. We will cover some of the challenges involved in helping rural women get online for the first time, and how we overcame them. We will also offer pointers for others wishing to replicate such a project in their countries. ##Apport des femmes à la cartographie mondiale ###Mumbere Kombi Jackson Ce sujet traitera l'apport des femmes à la cartographie pour sortir de la pandémie mondiale, les objectifs seraient de collecter toutes les informations géographique des villages des lieux publics, identifier les zones de santé, ou autres plus petite unité sanitaire en vue de bien suivre la situation épidémiologique dans chaque pays, province (district), zones de santé, et aussi l'intégration des données dans openstreetmap. ##My Mapping Experience During A Pandemic ###Micheal Kaluba It started as a joke! Until it became too serious leading to a total lockdown, no internet cafés, no Gatherings, and everything became online. But amidst all came a greater need for even more mapping to generate data needed to cab the spread! Started with mapping the border districts of Uganda and I was a validator on that project with support from OpenStreetMap Uganda, Then after that, there were 2 projects by the ResilienceMapper mapping unplanned settlements in Kampala and a field mapping of Dumping Sites, Hospitals and Schools. ##Création d'un Média de tourisme ###Michael Ifidé Relever le défis de la cartographie du territoire n'est pas chose facile mais lorsque l'intervention est ciblée, on y arrive. C'est en ce sens que nous, avons axé notre intervention dans la cartographie de tous les acteurs du domaine du Tourisme, des Loisirs et de l'Artisanat des pays du continent africain, à commencer par la Cote d'Ivoire. Comment redynamiser le secteur du Tourisme, des Loisirs et de l'Artisanat en période Post-COVID-19. C'est à cette problématique que nous voulons répondre en créant un notre média ##Open Data for resilience initiative in Comoros ###Ismael zainaba l'évaluation des besoins et la conception de la stratégie. le pays, l'évaluation des besoins et la conception d'une stratégie pour la mise en œuvre du projet. Déploiement de la plateforme de partage de données du Géoportail o Déployer une plateforme de partage de données Geoportal, pour partager les données géospatiales DRM et les documents associés, basée sur le logiciel libre Geoportal.ceci entre également dans le cadre de la sécurisation des données pour répondre en cas des besoins.le projet vise également l'intégration de la prévention et la gestion de risque dans les politiques nationales en mettant l'accent sur le renforcement des capacités institutionnelles, systèmatique et individuelle. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/QEUGKT/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/QEUGKT/feedback/ Room 1 Panel 2021-11-21T09:50:00+00:00 09:50 01:00 OpenMap Development Tanzania (OMDTZ) with support from the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) is supporting OpenStreetMap (OSM) communities across Tanzania through the OMDTZ Community Impact Microgrants. The purpose of these microgrants is to expand Tanzania’s local community involvement in open mapping and support them with the necessary resources they need to grow. This is a support program for local communities in Tanzania to leverage OSM data and tools and help them to solve local challenges. sotm-africa-2021-11763-leveraging-the-use-of-osm-data-and-tools-in-tanzania Community Amour Nyalusi en OMDTZ is providing community impact microgrants to seven OSM communities in Tanzania. The grants provided will support these communities to leverage the use of OSM and mapping to help solve different community challenges and improve the use of OSM data in Tanzania. The communities selected will implement their project in a duration of 3 to 6 months. The projects supported include Schools mapping to improve the education system in Zanzibar, Solid wastes mapping for flood resilience, Community mapping to improve nutrition status in Bukoba, Community mapping for gender-based violence, Community mapping for disease outbreaks e.g. ebola, Infrastructural mapping, and Health facilities mapping. The selected communities will leverage OSM and tools to create datasets that will support solving community challenges through open mapping. The data collected is expected to support informed decisions towards sustainable solutions. Also, creation of awareness and involvement of potential OSM data users such as government authorities, public and private organizations, community-based organizations etc. The grants provided are also expected to support creating new OSM communities that will foster the growth and expansion of OSM communities in Tanzania that are conversant with open mapping and the use of different tools for data collection. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/XJ9MN3/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/XJ9MN3/feedback/ Room 1 Talk 2021-11-21T10:55:00+00:00 10:55 00:20 The review of the current datasets shows that most education data in the OSM have been lastly modified since four years ago. Those schools available schools currently in OSM miss important information like names, address and other education facilities. They also lack consistency due to the reason that different persons enter data in the OSM using different tools and features. Even though individual contribution in OSM is allowed, schools data and data for other educational facilities need to be collected and validated by authorised users before putting it to the OSM to ensure quality and relevance of the data set. sotm-africa-2021-11773-zanzibar-schools-ict-data-collection Mapping Raya en As a SUZA Youthmappers mentor, I will organize the mapping of the schools by starting with the Urban region where most of the schools are located. So far, we are continuing to offer training to new members of the chapters, and create more awareness about Youthmappers in SUZA. As more students are joining the movements, they will take part in the mapping of the schools, by dividing the students into groups, each with a leader who is an intermediate or have some experience in the mapping activities. Luckily some of the students participated in the Resilience Academy Internship Program for a period of two weeks, a program I myself was coordinating. In this program, students performed field mapping, and few of them worked with Spatial collective to validate the data into the OSM. Resilience Academy is a program under the Tanzanian Urban Resilience Program (More info at https://resilienceacademy.ac.tz/). In addition to the members of the SUZA Youthmappers in which about 50 active mappers can participate in the mapping activities, there is also SUMAIT University chapter, in which there are students who are really willing to work with SUZA Youthmappers chapter, but they lack computers and are completely new to the field. We hope to include about 10 members from their chapter so that they get an insight on how the mapping activities are conducted. With this activity, we are planning to start with the urban region and we are planning to map about 1500 schools across Zanzibar. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/3MR9VT/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/3MR9VT/feedback/ Room 1 Talk 2021-11-21T11:20:00+00:00 11:20 00:20 Unite Maps, a program led by the United Nations Global Service Center, is leveraging OpenStreetMap data to deliver geoservices and cartographic products to UN Peacekeeping missions in Africa. The initiative supports peacekeepers in their operational efforts (as navigation and security) in areas torn by conflict. Unite Maps contributes to the extraction of OSM data as well as community support and capacity building of OSM communities under the umbrella of the UN Mappers network. sotm-africa-2021-11530-openstreetmap-for-un-peacekeeping-missions-unite-maps-un-mappers Community Michael Montani en [Unite Maps](https://bit.ly/UniteMaps) is a mapping initiative that aims to assist [UN Peacekeeping missions](https://peacekeeping.un.org/en) in their field endeavors, such as peace and security, navigation and logistics, by providing its peacekeepers with topographic maps that will help them in their tactical and operational activities. Through this initiative, the [Department of Operational Support (DOS)](https://operationalsupport.un.org/en) of the [United Nations](https://un.org/) helps countries torn by conflict to create the necessary conditions for lasting peace. Building upon previous initiatives in which the main objective was the production of topographic maps, the [United Nations Global Service Centre (UNGSC)](https://www.unlb.org/), the [United Nations Geospatial Information Section in New York](https://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm), and three peacekeeping missions - UNSOS, MONUSCO and MINUSCA - established in August 2019 the foundation of this new and wider global initiative. At the moment, Unite Maps is supporting the activities of 6 UN peacekeeping missions: [UNSOS](https://unsos.unmissions.org/) (Somalia), [MONUSCO](https://monusco.unmissions.org/en) (Democratic Republic of the Congo), [MINUSCA](https://minusca.unmissions.org/en) (Central African Republic), [MINUSMA](https://minusma.unmissions.org/en) (Mali), [UNMISS](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/) (South Sudan), [UNISFA](https://unisfa.unmissions.org/) (region of Abyei). Within this framework, UN personnel on the field is requesting the editing of specific areas of interest on OpenStreetMap. Even non GIS professionals are enabled to produce cartographic products as topographic, urban and site maps directly from the Maps On Demand (MOD) application. These products use OpenStreetMap baseline data mixed with UN authoritative data for sensible features. Unite Maps provides OSM data as an organised editing activity and we inform, contact and collaborate with the local communities living and editing in the areas where we map too. When possible and approved by the overall OSM community, Unite Maps organizes imports of data from UN Peacekeeping missions internal databases. Unite Maps contributes to OSM data extraction both editing with an internal mapping facility and crowdsourcing with a network of mappers, the [UN Mappers](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Unite_Maps_Initiative/UN_Mappers). UN Mappers is a thriving community ranging from UN personnel on the field (GIS groups, UN offices, military and police) to academia (highschools and universities), from local communities and NGOs to any remote volunteer in the world. The crowdsourcing team is organising collaborative editing events, trainings and mapping parties, as well as working on the production of educational material on OSM in different languages, delivered publicly through the Unite Maps Learning Hub. It also constantly interacts with local communities, by doing capacity building and helping in growing their community basis and outreach. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/YSPFNY/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/YSPFNY/feedback/ Room 1 Talk 2021-11-21T11:45:00+00:00 11:45 00:20 The objective is to tell you how OSM has impacted my life, I made it a lifestyle. OSM is a real opportunity to express our social responsibility. Beyond a database, beyond a technology, it's a way of thinking ! OSM is a real opportunity to express our social responsibility. Beyond a database, beyond a technology, it's a way of thinking ! sotm-africa-2021-11546-this-is-how-osm-changed-my-life Community SOB Willy Franck en Today's economy is dominated by the frantic search for short-term gains. Global society can only find its balance and salvation if each actor is aware of his or her share of collective responsibility and acts accordingly. It is to contribute to the emergence of a new economic and social coherence that I really invested myself in the OpenStreetMap project. The dynamics that we have initiated through GeOsm Family are part of this movement with the will to give the OSM project an innovative character and an exceptional dimension for an inclusive and sustainable development. OSM is a real opportunity to express our social responsibility. Beyond a database, beyond a technology, it's a way of thinking ! false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/9QSKPT/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/9QSKPT/feedback/ Room 1 Talk 2021-11-21T13:05:00+00:00 13:05 00:20 The Center for Life Change & Development (CLCD) in partnership with MapUganda is executing a community-driven project on Using OSM tools to end Gender-Based Violence in Western Uganda. The project's main goal is for the community to be able to use Maps.Me to report GBV cases, create a team of mappers in western Uganda, and train Police Officers on how to respond to reported cases using Maps.Me sotm-africa-2021-11544-using-osm-tools-to-fight-gbv-in-western-uganda Community Dativah Nuwashaba en After the 1st wave of Covid-19, western Uganda experienced a lot of Gender-based violence cases reported as a result of covid-19. The Center for Life change and development which is a community-based organization operating in Western Uganda won a grant from the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) to raise awareness on Gender-based violence, create open map data, and conduct training for the Police, Social workers, and the entire community on how to use OpenStreetMap tools to respond and fight GBV cases in their communities. The project is being executed in Bushenyi District at subcounty level. Projects have been created on the Tasking manager and a team of volunteers from Kampala International University Western Campus have been trained on OpenStreetMap, JOSM, and Tasking Manager to carryout mapping for the created GBV projects. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/ZHY7NQ/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/ZHY7NQ/feedback/ Room 1 Talk 2021-11-21T13:30:00+00:00 13:30 00:20 The lake Chad region (Nigeria, Chad, Cameroun, Niger) has witnessed insurgency attacks since 2013, which has greatly affected the people of the region especially children and women. Currently, the BAY (Borno, Adamawa, Yobe) states are the most affected. In view of the already degenerated socio-economic and health conditions of the internally displaced persons in north-eastern Nigeria, it is crucial to deploy sustainable solutions that will mitigate the effect especially with the current COVID-19 pandemic sotm-africa-2021-11751-community-mapping-insecure-region-during-covid19 Community Kazeem Owolabi en The lake chad region (Nigeria, Chad, Cameroun, Niger) has witness insurgency attacks since 2013, which has greatly affected the people of the region especially children and women. Currently, the BAY (Borno, Adamawa, Yobe) states are the most affected. In view of the already degenerated socio-economic and health conditions of the internally displaced persons in northeastern Nigeria, it is crucial as a preventive and responsive measure to COVID-19 outbreak to clearly 1 To train member of the community especially people from Borno, Yobe and Adamawa on the use and benefit of OpenStreetMap through knowledge and skill transfer, thereby ensuring sustainability 2 Identify and map infrastructures in the north east that support prompt response to COVID-19 incidences, such as health facilities, isolation centers, treatment centers, safe places, and quarantine centers among others. 3 To establish digitize road to support mechanism for the state COVID-19 taskforce in managing cases and referrals through efficient utilization of OSMAnd navigation app by ambulance drivers while responding to transfer of patients 4 To train ambulance driver on the use of OSMAnd app for navigation to support COVID_19 emergency response 5 To set up youth mappers club at the University of Maiduguri and Ramat Polytechnic 6 To continuously organize mapping and capacity development session with the community mappers to ensure that their continuity in the activities of OpenStreetMap in Nigeria as well as support other mapping activities in the region false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/79QLUG/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/79QLUG/feedback/ Room 1 Talk 2021-11-21T13:55:00+00:00 13:55 00:20 Our presentation will briefly introduce the Digital Transport for Africa (DT4A) project and the project principles, the benefits one can get from the DT4A platforms, discuss the importance of a collaborative approach in transit data collection and mapping projects to overcome the challenges in the sector, the challenges we faced while undertaking data collection and mapping projects and the opportunities we foresee. We will end the presentation by announcing the DT4A innovation challenge and inviting the audience to participate in the challenge. sotm-africa-2021-13690-digital-transport-for-africa-dt4a-project Mapping Agraw Ali en Lack of data on transit systems present a massive barrier for cities, transit users and operators hoping to navigate and plan more efficient, high-quality transit. Lack of data also makes measuring progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) impossible. SDG 11.2 calls for “safe, affordable, accessible, and sustainable transport systems for all” and parallels other global targets to reduce air pollution and decarbonize the transport sector. In other words, in order to design better, safer, cleaner and more inclusive transit we need data. In 2017, as an initial response to this challenge, partners from World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities (WRI), the French Development Agency (AFD), Columbia University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) created DigitalTransport4Africa—a collaborative digital commons and global network that works to scale up and support urban mobility projects through open standardized data, open-source software and peer-to-peer knowledge sharing. It provides support for government, tech companies and civil society actors to map city transit networks and foster ecosystems and skills that enable cities to leverage data for critical transport improvements. DT4A aims to create such data to: 1) foster universal access to opportunities, with an emphasis on vulnerable groups including women and children, people living with disabilities and those living in extreme poverty 2) improve efficiency through reliable, affordable, and quality transit services, inclusive of all formal, semi-formal and informal transit providers 3) enhance safety to reduce traffic-related fatalities, injuries and crashes 4) to minimize the negative environmental impact of mobility, which includes Greenhouse Gas emissions and air pollution 5) adhere to principles of Open Data and transit data standards. Currently, the project is a consortium of 14 international and regional partners who pledge towards open data on transit in African cities. In addition to the partners, the project works closely with diverse network of city authorities and residents, academic institutions, private civic technology companies and local mapping communities across the continent. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/T3SAQX/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/T3SAQX/feedback/ Room 1 Talk 2021-11-21T14:20:00+00:00 14:20 00:20 There are many interesting things about contributing to OpenStreetMap, one of them I am personally fascinated about is __Your first edit / changeset__. The OSM Ecosystem has several tools and approaches for creating data. Which of these methods, and what actually do you map? This talk is about some best practices in mapping / introducing mappers to OpenStreetMap that we sometimes ignore and recommendations. sotm-africa-2021-11774-learning-to-map-why-and-what-do-you-map Mapping Enock Seth Nyamador en It is no doubt that everyone can edit OpenStreetMap, this allows some mistakes to be easily made even though commonly used editors such JOSM, iD, etc., can flag some of these issues, they are sometimes missed. Notwithstanding, this project has been running for long, thanks to the good faith of many volunteer contributors. In this presentation, I will explore some commonly ignored best practices. It is my hope to be able to convince you enough to take responsibility of data you add to OpenStreetMap or whenever you teach others about OpenStreetMap. Some useful links: - [Good practice](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Good_practice) - [How to map a...](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/How_to_map_a) - [Good changeset comment](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Good_changeset_comments) false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/D7WGNU/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/D7WGNU/feedback/ Room 1 Workshop 2021-11-21T14:45:00+00:00 14:45 01:00 Teaching OpenStreetMap and open mapping in schools has shown tremendous potential to bolster the learning of geography and technology while preparing students for STEM careers around the world. This Birds of a Feather session will bring together those that are interested in growing the next generation of mappers by using OpenStreetMap in school settings and create space to hear lessons from different groups, such as OpenStreetMap Uganda, who have experience teaching OpenStreetMap in the classroom. sotm-africa-2021-11539-learning-across-borders-openstreetmap-in-schools Community Kiggudde DeogratiusJess BeutlerSteven Johnson en Join this Birds of a Feather session to discuss how we can use OpenStreetMap in the classroom to improve learning experiences for students while training a new generation of skilled mappers and geographers. As COVID-19 disrupted learning around the world, unequal access to education and technology has only become more urgent to address. OpenStreetMap, as a global movement with a low barrier of entry, has the potential to support learning of geography and technology while reducing the impact of this inequity. We’ll also discuss and share ideas on: - How can we overcome barriers such as access to technology and the internet to ensure that all students have an opportunity to learn through OpenStreetMap? - What successes have you achieved in teaching OpenStreetMap to students and vocational learners? - What challenges do you have or have you experienced in introducing OpenStreetMap in and other learning environments? - How can schools collaborate across borders and use OpenStreetMap to learn from each other? This Birds of a Feather will also serve as a listening session for TeachOSM organizers to hear how they can better support and collaborate with OSM Africa communities to integrate OpenStreetMap into schools. Started in 2013 as a grassroots project by educators for educators, TeachOSM provides educator training, content and curriculum for integrating OpenStreetMap in the classroom, and advocates for OpenStreetMap in educational settings. This session will be co-facilitated by MapUganda Acting Executive Director Kiggudde Deogratias alongside TeachOSM organizers Steven Johnson and Jess Beutler. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/PQVKXL/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/PQVKXL/feedback/ Room 1 Talk 2021-11-21T15:50:00+00:00 15:50 00:20 Agri Thamani Foundation is an NGO focused on using innovative and sustainable interventions in adding value to fight malnutrition in Tanzania. Agri Thamani joined the OSM Community through HOTSM Community Micro Grant granted by OMDTZ. The 20 minutes’ panel discussion will spotlight how Agri Thamani uses QGIS tool to generate maps as an advocacy tool which can be used in its efforts of ending malnutrition. This talk will include strategies used to ensure no one is left behind fighting malnutrition, amidst COVID-19. sotm-africa-2021-11761-using-open-map-gis-to-inform-advocacy-for-malnutrition-reduction Cartography and Data Visualization Hon. Neema Lugangira (MP.)Bahati Samson en Tanzania has the 3rd highest number of stunted children in Africa, which is unacceptably high and Agri Thamani identified gaps in linking agricultural activities to improve nutrition outcomes in regions with high rates of malnutrition such as Kagera. In efforts of bridging these gaps Agri Thamani needed authentic data to be used in its evidence-based advocacy and this is where the need for data comes in. Accordingly, Agri Thamani became part of OSM Community through the HOTSM Micro Grant by Open Map Development Tanzania (OMDTZ) under the project known as; “Mapping Nutrition Interventions and the Most Vulnerable Households in Bukoba Municipal”. Through this project, we will be mapping and collecting different data from vulnerable households, secondary schools, health centres and communities in streets ODK, monitor field officers using Kobo Tool Box, upload the generated data using JOSM, and lastly, using spatial data (QGIS) to develop evidence-based advocacy to multi-stakeholders. In our presentation, we will also share how Agri Thamani used OSM tool and how we used the GIS to develop powerful advocacy maps and telling a story of interventions through maps, which enabled us to achieve buy-in from decision makers. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/UF3QEM/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/UF3QEM/feedback/ Room 1 Talk 2021-11-21T16:15:00+00:00 16:15 00:20 Mnadani is one of the wards which found in Dodoma Urban District at Dodoma Region. This ward includes 4 streets includes (Mnadani, Ndachi, Mbwanga and Karume). Mnadani ward is surrounded by other nearby wards like Miyuji, Msalato, Kizota, Chang’ombe, Nala and Mbalawala. Despite of this ward to be located in town, but there some problems and challenges which still continue to plague its community like having poor infrastructure and services. In that case, after experience the condition the IRDP YouthMappers Chapter started to made some initiatives which will help to get rid of those problems and challenges. sotm-africa-2021-11750-mnadani-community-mapping-project-irdp-youthmapper-chapter-dodoma Mapping Shabani Magawila en This project aims to track all challenges and problems facing the community of Mnadani Ward. Mappers from IRDP YouthMappers together with community members were participated to ensure their problems are revealed and get solution. Tracked features were all infrastructures and social services found at Mnadani Wards, includes Road Conditions, Building, Electricity Coverage, Public Offices, Health Services, Education and so on. Open Source technology were used so as to help the achievement of the activities such as JOSM and ID editor for Remote Mapping, ODK and Mapillary for Physical Data Collection, QGIS for Maps designing. But also IRDP YouthMappers prepared training and workshop which help youthmappers and Mnadani Community to have good understand to the project activities. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/N9JSGN/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/N9JSGN/feedback/ Room 1 Talk 2021-11-21T16:40:00+00:00 16:40 00:20 Data availability plays a great role in informing decisions in most sectors. In Tanzania, there has been a huge data gap especially in open data to support decisions and make a visible analysis of the situation and to what extent different geographical locations are affected differently by such problems. Mapping mills across the country will help actors understand the specific locations, distribution and capacity of each mill in the country and in turn help to analyze food situations in terms of storage and security within places moved by Sustainable Development Goal “Zero hunger” and “Good health and well-being. sotm-africa-2021-11760-mills-mapping-across-the-country Mapping Johanes Petro Machela en Conducting a national-wide mills survey needs a rigorous approach and implementation strategies that will ensure the project sustainability but also create an accurate database that can easily be updated. OMDTZ will use a community mapping approach to carry out activities in the field i.e Engaging local community members and agricultural officers during data collection. Local knowledge from community members will not only ensure timely data collection in specific locations but also create a sense of data ownership and develop a sustainable relationship. Use of open source tools/software to collect data; to train, carry out a successful field campaign and leave sustainable data and mapping methodology with the local community. Open-source software will be used so that the engaged communities can replicate the knowledge to update the database. The idea behind this is to develop an environment to create a network of mapping volunteers and champions. The tools include OpenDataKit Collect (ODK) for data collection, JavaOpenStreetMap Editor (JOSM) for data cleaning and upload to OSM, Quantum GIS (QGIS) for processing the data, etc. Education to agricultural and extension officers on how the mapping is conducted and maps are produced can inform decision-making in food security and influence policies. This will ensure the incorporation of maps and data as needed tools to plan and make decisions to visit and provide professional advice to farmers and ensure appropriate knowledge and sustainable production and storage. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/NU9HZZ/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/NU9HZZ/feedback/ Room 1 Keynotes 2021-11-21T17:05:00+00:00 17:05 00:30 sotm-africa-2021-12878-keynote-speech-closing-remarks Keynotes Patricia Solis en false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/WLRVS3/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/WLRVS3/feedback/ Room 2 Panel 2021-11-21T09:50:00+00:00 09:50 01:00 The goal of GeOsm initiative is to make an open source platform available for the whole digital community. We believe a reliable open spatial data infrastructure will initiate many economic activities. It will facilitate the creation of an ecosystem of companies, start-ups and civil society initiatives that will develop innovations based on those newly accessible spatial data. While their activities grow, those users will enrich this shared infrastructure. sotm-africa-2021-11545-geosm-the-first-mapping-data-based-social-network Innovation SOB Willy Franck en Access to data should not be a luxury ! It's a path to greater equality, everywhere in the world. It's an opportunity for civic engagement and an essential way to access critical services. Open data improves educational attainment, access to basic social services, helps people grow more food, and find or create new jobs and opportunities. Our goal is to create a mapping data-based social network for territory stakeholders.It is a complicated process to bring a geoplatform with up-to-date and reliable data to communities around the world. It's a path to greater equality, everywhere in the world. It's an opportunity for civic engagement and an essential way to access critical services. Open data improves educational attainment, access to basic social services, helps people grow more food, and find or create new jobs and opportunities. We want to work with different actors of the digital ecosystem to facilitate the promotion of our tool to those who need it. And it will be up to each community to appropriate the approach in an innovative way to help states, associations, people, companies and the environment. Because access to information is synonymous with progress, we have created the first mapping data-based social network to connect and empower communities. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/FCDM8G/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/FCDM8G/feedback/ Room 2 Talk 2021-11-21T10:55:00+00:00 10:55 00:20 Une équipe de volontaires OSM Mauritanie a travaillé en collaboration avec Trufi Association pour tracer une carte intégrée des itinéraires de transport public en Nouakchott, ces itinéraires incluent tous les itinéraires utilisés par les transports publics formels et informels, tels que les bus de STP, les minibus, les taxis, et tiktok. - Kilométrage *: 400 - Nombre d'heures *: 55 - itinéraires de bus et de taxi tracées: 59 - tracés GPS: 61 * Approximatif sotm-africa-2021-10747-la-cartographie-des-transports-publics-en-periode-de-pandemie Mapping Vetah MOHAMED EL MOCTAR fr Pendant 16 jours, du 22 mars au 08 avril, une équipe de volontaires de l'OSM Mauritanie a tracé les itinéraires des transports public pour les bus appartenant à STP, ainsi que les minibus et les taxis. il a tracé une carte intégrée des lignes de transport public pour toute la ville de Nouakchott, ce qui contribuera grandement à résoudre le problème du transports public et à orienter également le flux des voitures. Pour réaliser la cartographie, l'équipe locale a utilisé des outils simples: un smartphone avec une caméra et un GPS. Les images et les données cartographiques ont été collectées sans connexion Internet à l'aide d'application du smartphone OSMTracker for Android et sont ensuite téléchargées sur le site Web https://www.openstreetmap.org/ en tant que traces GPS. En traçant toutes les lignes, tous les POI de chaque itinéraire sont enregistrés, tels que ( lhôpitaux, écoles, universités, administrations publiques ...), ce qui permet d'augmenter le volume de données collectées sur chaque itinéraire. Parallèlement au trace d'itinéraires à l'aide d'un smartphone, des questionnaires sont remplis par des données complémentaires telles que ( nom de la ligne, Nom de Point de départ + nom de point d'arrêt, listes des stations, coût/prix, heure de début/ fin de service, durée total du trajet sur la ligne...). Tous les soirs pendant cette période, l'équipe de travail se réunit pour telécharger les résultats du travail quotidien et remplir le fichier Excel préparé par Trufi sur Drive par les métadonnées de chaque ligne tracée. Dans la phase suivante, toutes les itinéraires tracées dans la première phase ont été cartographies par Mapillary, et les données Mapillary ont été utilisées par l'équipe technique de Trufi pour déterminer les points de concentration des véhicules sur les itinéraires tracées. ces données va utiliser encore par OSM Mauritanie comme données de terrain importantes dans le processus de cartographie réalisé à Nouakchott. Les itinéraires tracés et les données collectées par l'équipe OSM Mauritanie en collaboration avec Trufi fourniront aux responsables de Nouakchott et aux personnes intéressées par les transports publics dans le pays des informations précieuses qui pourront être transformées en actions éclairées pour améliorer la vie à Nouakchott. Alors que ce sont des données open-source qui seront publiées sur OpenStreetMap et d'autres plates-formes de données ouvertes (open source). la carte réalisée : https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/es/map/traces-trufi-local-team-nouakchoot_590316#13/18.0471/-15.9424 false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/CDX3PG/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/CDX3PG/feedback/ Room 2 Talk 2021-11-21T11:20:00+00:00 11:20 00:20 La Fabrique des Mobilités, en collaboration avec MobilityData, a réalisé un recensement des projets de cartographie du transport public et de production de données ouvertes (au format GTFS) sur le continent africain ; ainsi que des entretiens auprès des porteurs de projet localement. Cette étude s’inscrit dans la continuité des travaux de la Fabrique des Mobilités sur DigitalTransport4Africa qui avait impliqué le développement d’un centre de ressources et la publication de jeux de données GTFS sur celui-ci (https://digitaltransport4africa.org/). sotm-africa-2021-11428-understanding-existing-transit-data-and-tools-available-across-africa Cartography and Data Visualization Malou Charenton fr La Fabrique des Mobilités (https://lafabriquedesmobilites.fr/) est une association dont les missions principales sont de faire évoluer les pratiques de mobilité à grande échelle au travers des modèles ouverts, fédérer les acteurs public et privés du secteur des mobilités dans une culture commune d'innovation ouverte, favoriser l'émergence de ressources ouvertes et pérennes dans le domaine de la mobilité ainsi que d'encourager la diffusion de ce modèle à l'international. L'étude réalisée en 2021 a notamment pour objectif de préciser ses connaissances sur les dynamiques partenariales en place, de l’échelle locale à internationale, le rôle du transport informel ainsi que les usages qui ont pu être faits de ces jeux de données; pour mieux comprendre l'écosystème de la mobilité et les enjeux spécifiques au continent. Elle se propose de présenter les résultats de l’étude : - la première phase de recensement et de description de 19 projets, en fonction de critères d'analyse prédéfinis (formats obtenus, acteurs décisionnaires et collecteurs de données, financeurs, état actuel du projet, dernière mise à jour, applications produites, service de transport cartographié, méthodologie...) et les constats réalisés. - la deuxième phase d’approfondissement de quatre d’entre eux (Le Caire, Bamako, Addis-Abeba, Accra) inscrivant davantage ces projets dans le contexte territorial grâce à une identification par les acteurs locaux des défis rencontrés et des suites à donner à ces travaux. Elle évoquera ensuite les enjeux identifiés pour la production et l'utilisation de ces données dans un contexte africain, et défendra la nécessité de constituer un réseau d'échange et de transfert de compétences entre gouvernements locaux et/ou nationaux sur le continent pour favoriser la collaboration entre villes, en s'appuyant sur des outils open source et les communautés OpenStreetMap. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/DXDESV/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/DXDESV/feedback/ Room 2 Talk 2021-11-21T11:45:00+00:00 11:45 00:20 osmnx is a python package to that lets you download OpenStreetMap data and gives you the ability to create street networks easily. It automatically creates edges and nodes which are useful when trying to find the shortest route between two places. In this talk, we'll see how to use it to create a web API service that accepts two points and returns the shortest n number of routes. sotm-africa-2021-11317-using-python-and-openstreetmaps-to-create-a-shortest-path-api Innovation Douglas Bett en We are going to have an overview of the various ways of downloading the data from OpenStreetMap and create network graphs then show how to find nearest n paths using osmnx. osmnx(https://github.com/gboeing/osmnx) makes it easy to create spatial network graphs from OpenStreetMap data and has a number of functions we can use to download osm data, create network graphs, save network graphs and query the network graphs. It also offers an easy to use API which we're going to have an overview about. Many people normally use Google Maps API to find the shortest route e.g for delivering goods,shipping applications etc. In this talk, we'll show a free alternative way of finding a number of shortest paths between two coordinates which works for all road networks.(Bikes tracks, foot-paths, highways) and how to filter which street networks you want. We'll use Cape Town as the area of interest but the technique can be used anywhere OpenStreetMap covers. We'll first see the various ways of downloading osm data using point buffers and by using bounding boxes, then see how to create network graphs and finally query the graph to find the shortest paths. We're going to use extract shapely linestrings from the graph which we can use to when sending the response on the API. Finally we'll use fastapi to create one API endpoint which accepts an origin and destination, and returns data as geojson. We're going to use geojson-pydantic to automatically jsonify the linestring. We'll also show an alternative way of using grpc to transmit geospatial data. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/7YHERU/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/7YHERU/feedback/ Room 2 Panel 2021-11-21T13:05:00+00:00 13:05 01:00 We discuss the impact on outreach and the opportunities that have prevailed to help YouthMappers chapters active. School closures due to COVID-19 have brought significant disruptions to education across global. Emerging evidence from some of the region’s highest-income countries indicates that the pandemic is giving rise to learning losses and increases in inequality. One of the limitations of emergency remote learning is the lack of personal interaction between teacher and student. However, several universities have shown initiative by using other methods to improve the remote educational experience, including social media, email, telephone, and even meeting applications. sotm-africa-2021-11781-bridging-youthmappers-through-the-pandemic-opportunities-and-challenges Community Jariatou JallowRaya AhmadaStellamaris W, NakacwaGuy Pacome Adingra en Bridging YouthMappers through the Pandemic: Covid-19 has affected the activities of YouthMappers, in Universities and Colleges. The COVID-19 pandemic is primarily a health crisis that has changed the tradition way of doing things. Many countries have decided to close schools, colleges, and universities. The crisis crystallizes the dilemma policymakers are facing between closing schools (reducing contact and saving lives) and keeping them open (allowing workers to work and maintaining the economy). Many families around the world feel the severe short-term disruption; home schooling is not only a massive shock to parents’ epically in Africa, but also to student’s social life and learning. Teaching is moving online on an untested and unprecedented scale. Regardless of determinations to replace schools with remote learning, these days of learning loss has led to desperation but many counties in Africa have been trying to ensure that they find ways to get as many students to go back to school as soon as possible. This crisis has fostered intangible goodwill that could materialize in significant education reforms provided we seize every opportunity to learn lessons from the pandemic. We discuss the challenges of covid-19, its impact on outreach, and the opportunities that have helped YouthMappers chapters to prevailed and remain active. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/N8XB8N/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/N8XB8N/feedback/ Room 2 Talk 2021-11-21T14:20:00+00:00 14:20 00:20 OpenStreetMap is a fairly young and rapidly growing community, in both numbers and awareness, the community is motivated and passionate about mapping, truly diverse and innovative. being a driven and competitive community, OpenStreetMap Libya have mapped most of Libya, and captured thousands of kilometres of street level imagery, making it to top ten contributors. in this talk we tell the story of how the OpenStreetMap Libya community formed, the motivations, the contributions, the challenges, and the road ahead. sotm-africa-2021-11528-openstreetmap-libya-a-community-building-roadmap Community Abdurahman AL Furjani en OpenStreetMap Libya team was born and developed during hard times in the country, and absolutely unsafe and truly unbearable, yet every individual in the community striving for building a better future, got on mapping, and roamed the streets to collect and update the street level imagery, namely KartaView. About OSM Libya teams, - The OpenStreetMap Libya project aims to form, document and protect the digital identity of Libyan territory, and build spatial databases in accordance with standard technical specifications and international standards by building modern base maps on digital geographic platforms, to support GIS and setting the legal framework regulating the work of open data platforms under the supervision of the sovereign authorities in the country concerned with national mapping projects, In preparation for comprehensive digital transformation for smarter cities, better quality of life and sustainable development across the country - OpenStreetCam (KartaView team) This group aims to capture and maintain the street level imagery database for Libyan cities on the open street camera platform OpenStreetMap Libya have mapped most of Libya, and captured thousands of kilometres of street level imagery, making it to top ten contributors. The diversity in the community and the relationships created within, made the work more than just putting Libya on the map, but a way to make the change needed, cultural move changing our prospective. this talk is a brief about the journey of the community, the role of women in the geospatial realm and especially in the OSM Libya team, presenting the community achievements, discussing its nature and how to make it more effective and beneficial. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/FGCQ9G/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/FGCQ9G/feedback/ Room 2 Workshop 2021-11-21T14:45:00+00:00 14:45 01:00 In this workshop, we will guide you in your first steps using MapRoulette. The workshop will consist of two parts. In the first part, we will look at MapRoulette from a mapper’s perspective. We will show how to search for interesting tasks to solve, and how to use the features of MapRoulette to make the tool work for you. In the second part, we will look at creating your own tasks to share with the mapping community. This does not require programming skills, but you do need a good understanding of the OSM map, tagging, and the Overpass API. sotm-africa-2021-11689-your-first-steps-with-maproulette Mapping Martijn van Exel en In this workshop, MapRoulette creator Martijn van Exel will guide you in your first steps using MapRoulette. The workshop will consist of two parts: Mapping with MapRoulette and Creating Tasks with MapRoulette ## Mapping with MapRoulette We will look at MapRoulette from a mapper’s perspective. We will show how to search for interesting tasks to solve, and how to use the features of MapRoulette to make the tool work for you and collaborate with other mappers, for example at events: Virtual Challenges, Leaderboards, Reviewing. ## Creating Tasks with MapRoulette In the second part, we will look at creating your own tasks to share with the mapping community. This does not require programming skills, but you do need a good understanding of the OSM map, tagging, and ideally the Overpass API. Using the MapRoulette Challenge Wizard, we will work through a specific topic for creating a new MapRoulette challenge from scratch. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/WQR7DD/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/WQR7DD/feedback/ Room 2 Talk 2021-11-21T15:50:00+00:00 15:50 00:20 Women in Geospatial+ is a professional network to promote gender-equality and diversity in the geospatial industry and academia. We are a vibrant and active community with more than 2,200 registered members from all over the world. Our aim is to inspire, unite and empower individuals and the community. It brings together women and people from underrepresented gender by providing a safe platform on for open communication and exchange. We promote and foster professional development of our members by sharing geospatial news, job vacancies, articles about diversity and tips about leadership and career development. sotm-africa-2021-11739-creating-community-empowering-underrepresented-geospatial-professionals-at-women-in-geospatial Community Sharon Omoja en Women in Geospatial+ is a professional network to promote gender-equality and diversity in the geospatial industry and academia. We are a vibrant and active community with more than 2,200 registered members from all over the world and over 14,000 followers on Twitter & LinkedIn. We have a range of activities all with the aim to inspire, unite and empower us as individuals but also us as a community. This community brings together women and people from underrepresented gender backgrounds in the geospatial field by providing a safe platform on Slack for open communication and exchange, which is especially crucial for networking during the COVID-19 era. We promote and foster professional development of our members by sharing geospatial news, job vacancies, articles about diversity and tips on leadership and career development. We regularly run online career development workshops and panel discussions. Each week, we post a profile on LinkedIn to feature the work and achievements of women in geospatial. In 2020, our second international mentorship programme grew to over 110 participants. We also launched a global speakers database which allows event organizers to search for and invite speakers from underrepresented gender backgrounds. This presentation will highlight key activities of the Women in Geospatial+ network, some current facts and figures on diversity in the geospatial field and explain how to join the community contribute to its success and expansion. Let us change the status quo together by creating a strong network of Women in Geospatial+ leaders and change-makers. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/SQBKZG/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/SQBKZG/feedback/ Room 2 Talk 2021-11-21T16:15:00+00:00 16:15 00:20 OSM activities have started with the National Agency for Civil Security with simply digitization of a few infrastructure in the country. However, while different initiatives were undertaken to advance these activities, OSM has failed to take off. This talk will present Open Street Map activities in Comoros, the challenges and opportunities to advance it further as a community tool for the country development and for disaster risk reduction. sotm-africa-2021-11742-osm-in-comoros-challenges-and-opportunities Community Abdoul Oubeidillah en OSM activities in Comoros with simple digitization of local infrastructure in the Center for Information Analysis and Treatment of the National Agency for Civil Security. In 2016, a pilot project funded by the World Bank under the project Open Data for Resilience Initiative introduced OpenStreetMap to the Agency. In this project, a number of local government agents, mainly from the Civil Security Agency and the Urbanism Ministry were trained in OSM tools and conducted some field surveys in 2 pilot villages. However, after that pilot project, despite different initiatives undertaken to continue and build on its achievements including the creation of OpenStreetMap Comoros, OSM failed to take off. This presentation will discuss the challenges and opportunities to advance this community drive as a tool for development and for disaster risk reduction. false https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/T9NMJS/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/T9NMJS/feedback/ Room 2 Poster presentations 2021-11-21T16:40:00+00:00 16:40 00:45 sotm-africa-2021-13437-poster-presentation OSM Africa Working Group en ##Plateforme de génération de preset pour JOSM ###KASSALOUWA Hermann & GOUNTENI DAMBE TCHIMBIANDJA Ce projet à pour ambition d'aider la communauté OpenStreetMap à constituer un écosystème plus harmonieux. La plateforme web que nous voulons mettre en place permettra aux utilisateurs (contributeurs OSM) de générer aisément un preset ou de faire une proposition de tag à la communauté pour faciliter la cartographie des éléments. ##YouthMappers Field work program to address flash flood vulnerabilities ###Frank, Marthad Khojama Most urban floods are accompanied by either poor design of drainage systems or invading of livelihood along waterways. Morogoro region specifically Morogoro urban district is among of them. The delaying deployment of mitigations is accompanied by either presence of outdated data or completely lack of data in areas around the region. The scarcity of data such as trashes generation rate, types of waste produced, distribution and distance of trash point from drains together with the altitude of delivering the architectural plans of the urban forced urban planners to blindly architect the urban to withstand hydrological calamities. false Flood Poster https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/FP8WSK/ https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2021/talk/FP8WSK/feedback/