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Hello everyone, I am here again with the 5th Blog of my journey as an Outreachy intern. For those who don’t know me , I am Neelima Mohanty , selected as an Outreachy intern at Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOTOSM) for the May to August Cohort. If you are new to my blog then make sure you read my previous Outreachy Blogs before going through this blog post.

This is the second last week of my Outreachy internship and I almost feel like I am a part of the HOT Community or in other words I feel like I know many members of HOT already. Apart from my mentors Rob Savoye and Petya Kangalova , the list of members whom I know are Kshitij Raj Sharma , Omran Najjar , Susmina Manandhar and Sam Woodcock . Informal chats with all these people made me more familiar with this community. Let me introduce all of them with you and what I have learnt from the informal chats with them.

Kshitij and Omran are part of the dev team for fAIr project of HOT . I learnt a lot from each one of them about backend and frontend of that project and understood their work to implement AI in the process of mapping .

I already have written about my interaction with Sam Woodcock in my 2nd Blog . But that was how we came to know each other for the first time . Whereas when I got selected as an Intern , he sent me a message introducing himself and told me that he would like to help me in my technical documentation work in FMTM if I face any issues . Then I came to know that he had been volunteering for FMTM since a long time.

And finally and very recently I met with Susmina Manandhar from Nepal who work as an Associate Project Manager at NAXA one of the partners of HOT . We together worked for two weeks and prepared the Lightning Talk Video of the FMTM project for Code for All summit. While in these two weeks , we met almost everyday and not just talked about work but she also shared about herself and her University days .

How can I miss the part that every week when I meet with my mentors we always talk about a lot stuff which is informal like Open source conferences , work opportunities and even about coffee 😊. In fact Petya and Rob are the ones who gave me the opportunity to speak in the Lightning Talk at Code for All Summit which is a evidence our Informal chats.

OSM is ChAoS.

OSM is like an unprincipled anarchist society.

OSM is like an anarchic society with a broken system.

Who can revitalize the OSM ecosystem?

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

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OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

Muss ich jetzt auf Google Maps umsteigen? Ich finde in der PC-Version nicht die Möglichkeit, gezielt Campingplätze anzuzeigen. Es fehlt das sogenannte Burgermenü. Wenn ich als Suchbegriff “Campingplatz” eingebe und vorher mühevoll mein Zielgebiet herausgezoomt habe, werde ich mit dem ersten Treffer mit der Nase irgendwo bei Würzburg aufgeprallt und muss mühevoll wieder die Gegend aufzoomen. Usability ist wohl hier ein Fremdwort. Es muss immer möglich sein, “auf dem angezeigten Kartengebiet” zu suchen und die Ergebnisse als Position grafisch anzuzeigen. Denn das brauche ich meist, wenn ich mit Karte arbeite.

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

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OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

Date: August 11, 2023

Hello fellow mappers!

Today, I had a great time exploring the parks in my neighborhood and contributing to OpenStreetMap. I wanted to share my experience and the progress I made during my mapping session.

• Park Name: Cecil Charlton Park
  • I started by visiting Cecil Charlton Park Park, a beautiful green space adjacent to our parish. I surveyed the area and added missing footpaths, to the map. I also marked the playground equipment and tagged them with appropriate tags like “playground” and “swing set.” Additionally, I noticed a water fountain that was not previously mapped, so I added it as a point of interest.

Throughout my mapping session, I made sure to use descriptive tags, accurate coordinates, and provided additional notes where necessary. I also took a few photos to later contribute to the map as well as to document the existing amenities in these parks.

By sharing my experience, I hope to encourage fellow mappers to contribute to OpenStreetMap and help build a more detailed and comprehensive map of our neighborhood. Together, we can provide valuable information for locals and visitors alike, making it easier for everyone to discover and enjoy these wonderful parks.

Happy mapping!

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OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

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On the 9th of August 2023, I participated in the State of the Map Africa scholarship committee in reviewing the application submitted by members of OSM Africa for sponsorship to this year conference that to be held in Cameroun.

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

Create, Cultivate & Thrive: Are We Doing Enough?

Resilience is the ability of a community to continue to live, function, develop and thrive after a crisis. Key elements of enhancing resilience include maximizing social cohesion, collaboration, empowerment, participation and consideration of local characteristics and issues. This means dialogue within, and inputs from, the community itself. Skilled volunteers within the community are then to take the responsibility to rebuild relationships — within the community, with the external stakeholder i.e. organizations, and governments, to revive the buzz again and again, where it was left behind. These relationships form a solid foundation on which other community volunteers can create positive change, by improving their skills and abilities for better contribution. Fresh thinking is also needed more than ever because volunteers have unique attributes that make them essential and put them at the heart of the restoration process.

Like most community-based resilience volunteering, volunteering with the OpenStreetMap community is also uniquely flexible. People from all backgrounds sign up to support a wide range of initiatives, activities & organizational efforts across social, economic, health, logistics, environmental development & humanitarian crisis response by enriching open & sharable geo-data repository through the OpenStreetMap platform. We know from experience that it works as a great support in every context and adds value to every type of program, from Disaster risk reduction & response, public health, protection, wash, education, information management & logistic support, by fueling evidence-based interventions. The approach is universal and adaptable nowadays; community capacity development, operation & program management, mentoring & leadership are the key components to strengthening & sustaining activism.

It is hard-wired in all of us, as social beings, to connect with each other. Even when the pandemic isolated billions of people, it has prompted millions to volunteer in many innovative ways by more actively relying on virtual events & social media presence. History shows that in times of disruption, resilience depends on adaptability and decisiveness. Despite all the challenges, volunteering for others continued to thrive as people find new means of connecting and giving their time and skills. Neither of these concepts is entirely new, but they have come into focus in the recent past as the best ways for volunteers to continue supporting communities, both in their own countries and globally. Despite being challenged with movement restrictions & cancellations of physical community events in the recent past, the virtual trend kept triggering the soul-searching of the community groups and made sure the reduced buzz was a temporary blip linked to the pandemic.

We as a community want to act as a lever of change by playing a key role in that articulation between levels, as a connector of actors and a catalyst for synergies. But to do this, we must understand that the models and methods of working that have helped us so far might not necessarily serve us to address the future. We must strengthen our credibility, become more transparent, listen, and enter into dialogue with society & stakeholders, and review our organized practices and internal governance structures.

We need to keep questioning ourselves, “Are We Doing Enough?”

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

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OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

I asked my first question on the Support Forum. Member Minh Nguyễn was kind to answer it quickly and accurately. I wanted to add a speed limit to a Way but the Way was under a “Boundary” data label.. The solution: Select Edit.. Then on the RIGHT side of map area are icons. By selecting the one called “Map Data” and then clicking on heading called “MAP FEATURES” and then un-checking the box for “Boundaries” then the Map doesn’t display “Boundary Data” With that layer now hidden the WAY was easy to select and add Speed Limit Tags. The OSM ID Editor has many cool features once someone shows me.. :)

Tonight I learned how to designate different Speed Limits on the same road going in different directions. The Forward direction of a “Way” has little guide triangle icons when a Way is selected that act like arrows. These triangle icons point in the Forward Direction. The reverse of Forward is Backward. After selecting a Way, there is a menu on left called TAG’s. I simply press add (+) to create a TAG called maxspeed:forward and maxspeed:backward and assign a speed limit appropriate for that section of Way. It doesn’t populate “mph” so I needed to remember to include that after the speed. I figured that out later and went back and double checked all my Forward and Backward speeds. I like best when a street has the same speed limit in both directions. However many primary streets have sections with different speed limit overlap. ID editor really has some cool features. :)

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

Before I started mapping I didn’t think much about walkability. There are parts of the city that are hard to get to without a car.

Some streets don’t even have a sidewalk. Theres a chance that curbs have no ramp for wheelchair users. I will say though that the city is making things better.

A couple new walking paths were built along the two main roads. Near my house there was also work done to the roads and sidewalks. We now have ramps on the curbs!

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

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OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

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