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I am Niruta Neupane from Nepal. This diary entry captures my journey, experiences, and the profound impact of the Open Mapping Guru Fellowship.

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MY FELLOWSHIP JOURNEY

Introduction

“Hello Mappers, I’m Bendita Vilar Moreira Leite from Timor-Leste. I’m excited to share a glimpse into my fellowship journey through this diary post, where I’ll recount my training experience, reflect on my learning, and explore the impact of learn.

As a young Timorese individual, my journey in digital mapping began on February 3rd 2023. It marked my initial foray into mapping for open-source data, although initially, I struggled to grasp its intricacies. However, my passion for mapping truly ignited through my involvement with the G-SIG association. It was there that I found the inspiration and encouragement to delve deeper into this field.

My participation in OMGuru Fellowship

My participation in the OMGuru fellowship in January 2024 was a remarkable opportunity that I seized eagerly. Despite having some prior knowledge of mapping through platforms like OSM OpenStreetMap and Tasking Manager, I realized that I still had much to learn to become a proficient mapping. However, the fellowship provided an excellent platform for growth. Through engaging capacity-building sessions conducted via Google Meet, our trainers shared valuable insights and lessons related to open-source platforms. Additionally, they created a dedicated G-Classroom where we could access course materials and assignments. These resources proved invaluable in enhancing our skills and knowledge in the field of mapping.

An amazing experience that I found through OMGuru fellowship journey

Participating in the OMGuru fellowship provided me with invaluable experiences. Through their comprehensive capacity-building sessions, I not only learned the intricacies of proper mapping techniques but also gained skills in data analysis and validation. The fellowship introduced me to various open-source platforms such as Tasking Manager, JOSM, Osmosse, Maproulatte, and OsmCha, each aimed at enhancing the quality of data on OpenStreetMap. It was a stroke of luck to have received such a golden opportunity.

The influence and positive impact of this study on my personal growth and professional skills

The benefits of participating in this fellowship were manifold. Not only did it help me achieve my goal of becoming a proficient mapping, but it also broadened my horizons with new experiences. Even I know that to be a professional mapper it’s really hard to me to learnt new things of mapping but I still try to understand and do my best to achieve my goals of learning. I am eager to share the knowledge and skills acquired through these open-source platforms, especially with fellow youths in our nation, encouraging them to contribute to our country’s a positivity data.

I’m thrilled to be participating in this fellowship. As I reflect on my journey of learning and growth, I want to extend my heartfelt gratitude to OMGuru for the invaluable opportunity and the rich experience and skills I’ve acquired. By the end of this fellowship, my aspiration is to acquire new mapping skills and learn how to contribute to open-source data. I’m eager to share my knowledge with those in need.

• Contact me on:
• Email : benditamoreira@gmail.com
• Facebook : Bendita M

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I was in a hurry today and I was hoping on a small village, but Stropckë proved to be quite big. Stropckë is a village with a population of around 1200.

“#100villagesin100days #Day9”

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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.

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

Qerret (18/40.56564/20.40550) was pretty well mapped but while searching for Qerret, many villages with the same name came up, so i decided to map a couple of them.

• 
  Qerret (Kavaje) 18/41.21660/19.52769, mapped most of it.
  
• 
  Qerret (Gramsh) 18/40.90477/20.16848, mapped most of it.
  
• 
  Qerret (Elbasan) 18/41.21761/20.19745, added some buildings.

I just realized that instead of adding the tag “#100villagesin100days” under Hashtags i have been adding under Sources… I do not know if there is any way to correct the mistake.

“#100villagesin100days #day8”

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My name is NISENGWE Claudette and I go by nicyK20 in open street map. I joined OSM in March, it was in in ,mapathon organized by OSM Rwanda community to celebrate International women day. I saw a link in a WhatsApp group, I applied and they selected me. At time I didn’t know what mapping was, but they explained to us what they do and I became interested. I took their contact, they gave me more information. OSM Rwanda community is a very good community and I like how they make me feel included. much respect to its founder Rebecca and all mentors.

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Introduction

My name is Lelio de Jesus Alves, and I am from Timor-Leste. I have been using OSM since 2022 and am currently participating in the OMGuru Fellowship 2024. I am excited to share my journey into open-mapping, what I find fascinating about the fellowship, my experiences, the lessons I have learned, and the impact it has had on me.

How I got involved with Open-Mapping

My journey into open-mapping began during my fourth year of university when I stumbled upon OpenStreetMap (OSM). Fascinated by the intersection of technology and geography, I joined an OSM workshop. The idea of contributing to a global, freely accessible map captivated me. I started by mapping my hometown, identifying missing roads, buildings, and other key features. This initial involvement opened doors to various mapping projects and eventually led me to apply for the Guru Fellowship.

Interesting/Fascinating about being the Guru Fellowship

What fascinates me most about the OMGuru Fellowship is the opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals who are equally passionate about mapping and geospatial technology. The fellowship is a unique platform that not only enhances my mapping skills but also connects me with a network of dedicated mappers and developers from around the world. One of the most fascinating aspects is the collaborative nature of the community. Despite geographical distances, we work together to improve the quality and coverage of OSM data. Ensuring data quality in OSM is particularly gratifying, as it enhances the map’s usability and builds user trust. This global collaboration embodies the spirit of open-source and community-driven projects, making it a truly enriching experience. By validating and improving data accuracy, I feel I am making a significant contribution to the global mapping community and supporting projects that rely on precise and dependable geographic information.

Define My experience as a Guru

Being a Guru has been an enriching experience where I’ve had the chance to participate in meaningful projects that have real-world impacts. One significant aspect has been the focus on enhancing technical skills, particularly in utilizing various mapping platforms like Tasking Manager, JOSM, Osmose, MapRoulette, and OSMCha. These tools have allowed me to ensure the accuracy and reliability of data within OpenStreetMap, which is crucial for its usability in various applications. Additionally, being involved in projects such as disaster relief mapping and improving urban infrastructure has provided a sense of fulfillment, knowing that my contributions directly support humanitarian efforts and community development. The supportive community and guidance from the fellowship have been invaluable, facilitating my growth and learning throughout this journey of exploration and mastery.

Biggest lesson or Achievement

One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned from the fellowship is the importance of persistence and adaptability. Navigating and mastering new platforms like OSMCha and Osmose initially presented challenges, but these experiences have taught me to be resilient and resourceful. Ensuring the quality of data from mappers proved to be quite challenging, yet my biggest achievement lies in successfully overcoming these obstacles and contributing to the overall quality and accuracy of OSM data. Moreover, this journey has provided invaluable hands-on experience, broadening my professional skill set and reinforcing the significance of continuous learning and growth within the mapping community. It’s been a rewarding journey of both personal and professional development, highlighting the transformative power of perseverance and adaptability in achieving our goals.

Conclusion

The Guru Fellowship has been a transformative journey, enriching my understanding of open-mapping and its potential to drive positive change. The skills, connections, and experiences gained will continue to inspire and guide my contributions to the OSM community and beyond.

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Dag voor examen, hier zijn we. Clutch dag, hele dag aan OSM meegewerkt. Giving back to the community.

Meest trotse punten: Kluisbos, heel veel warboel en ongemarkeerde paden verwerkt. Gavers, foute ruitersroete rechtgezet Gavers, Eikstraat heraanleg

hi openstreet map

i will be developing knocknacarra on open street maps

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Imus Place

As a resident Imus City (Philippines) is names is are find is mapped, was required maps from the developer, has place are in cavite amenities and was damage in bacoor.

The Generous Open Mapping-Data Quality Focused

Open mapping is a powerful tool for creating and sharing geographic data in a collaborative and open manner. Its benefits include increased data accuracy, improved data integration, and enhanced data visualization capabilities. However, it also has some limitations that need to be considered, such as data quality and security concerns. Open mapping has been instrumental in various initiatives, such as humanitarian aid, disaster response, and urban planning, and has become a vital resource for many organizations and individuals. While open mapping has many benefits, there are also some limitations to consider:

• Data Quality: Open mapping data may not always be accurate or up-to-date, as it relies on contributions from a community of volunteers.
• Data Integration: Open mapping data may not always be easily integrated with other data sources, as it may use different formats or standards.
• Data Security: Open mapping data may be vulnerable to security risks, as it is publicly available and can be accessed by anyone. Data quality is a critical aspect of open mapping initiatives. By understanding the challenges and implementing best practices, open mapping communities can improve data quality and ensure the accuracy and reliability of the data.

I am passionate about geospatial data especially in data quality assurance and having met a platform where I can contribute to a global mapping initiative and humanitarian service that helps respond to resilient communities I became highly motivated. I get Involved with Open-Mapping Validator Fellowship is as a part of Asia- Pacific contributor and stand to support The Open Mapping Hub - Asia-Pacific (AP Hub) envisions creating a sustainable OpenStreetMap (OSM) ecosystem in the region where hopefully I can contribute more in OSM data quality assurances to support open mapping movement by ensuring that the data can be “trusted”, fit for purpose, good enough quality and completeness of data, data and geometry features conform to certain technical requirements.

Contributing since 2019 and participating actively and has generated tens of thousands of buildings and hundreds of kilometers of roads, especially in the Road Mapping Project with Meta and OpenStreetMap Indonesia in all regions of Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Pilot Team Disaster Response Turkey-Syria Earthquake road networking, El Nino Kenya Mapper, Disaster Response Earthquake Cianjur-Indonesia, and other activities. Becoming the representative from Indonesia at HOT Data Quality Internship 2022 and participating actively in disaster mapping as a disaster activator and Global Validator Team gives me much experience in managing data quality of OSM Data.

Ever since I completed my Validation Open Mapping Guru Fellowship during 2024, I consider it as a gift to my experiences in Validation OMGuru Fellowship and being provided with an opportunity stand to gain my additional exposure, experience, and close guidance from the AP Hub open-mapping initiatives across the Asia-Pacific region and empowers me to build up my OSM skills experience to emerge as contributing open mapping community members in the future The Fellowship has different takeaways for every individual person - it is a unique and complete experience in itself. I thoroughly enjoyed my involvement with the Validating Fellow OMGuru Team, where I gained invaluable experience in data validating by various methods. Learn some quality assurance tool i.e:

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  OSMose. Osmose-QA is a quality assurance tool that detects issues in OpenStreetMap data. It detects a very wide range of issue types. It is also useful for integrating third-party data sets by conflation. This tool is great for collecting specific types of issues because it can detect a wide range of issues. Osmose monitors multiple quality control issues in OSM including feature geometry such as overlapping buildings/nodes, incomplete features, and duplications common tagging issues such as missing, unsuitable or poorly formatted tags
  
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  OSM Inspector. OSM Inspector is a web based debugging tool for advanced OpenStreetMap users offered by Geofabrik. On a map you can see several themed views, each with several layers, showing specific details of the OSM data, often with highlighted errors. Layers can be switched on and off, details about any feature is available on mouse click and links lead to your favourite editor so that you can fix problems easily.
  
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  MapRoulette. MapRoulette gives you small Tasks you can complete in under a minute to improve OpenStreetMap. Anyone can create groups of tasks, called Challenges, that the community can complete together. More than 4 million tasks available worldwide that Integrates with JOSM and iD editors
  
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  OSMCha as OpenStreetMap Changeset Analyzer. OSMCha is a web tool to help mappers analyze and review data changes to OSM. The objective of the tool is to help detect vandalism and act on bad changes to the map data. OSMCha is an advanced changeset explorer. Changesets on OpenStreetMap have timestamp, editor used, changeset comment, bounding box of the changeset, username of the author and other metadata

At first, I never knew it was hard somehow using MapRoulette because I used MapRoulette only for validating some challenge in it. In this program I learnt to build my own challenge fixing some spesific issues in OSM Data especially in my country. Learning how to build my own challenge using it in MapRoulette during my last period of my fellowship was hard, stressful and luckily helpful in the end. I’d love to use Maproulette then!

It was really a good and great feeling being part of the Validator OMGuru Fellowship, I am really excited about it and can’t really express it well. The Fellowship has given me the opportunity to learn from experts by doing some data quality control tools, network and collaborate different people to share ideas, learn and impact our community through OpenStreetMap by providing quality data, I am becoming better day by day, I am gradually Improving on my validating skill in another dimension with just few month of the program, Imagine me in couple of coming month, I am super excited about my improvement.

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.

I travel up here regularly to visit relatives. The existing map is obviously auto-generated and not very accurate. In the near future I’ll record all the local roads in the area and correct the OSM data.

I did most editing of the Building and other allied mine infrastructure of this mining site. This Mine site is managed by Harmony Gold Limited of Africa , which I was an employee as a Mine Surveyor .It was the site I worked for 2 months before I left for another job at Simberi Gold Mine in New Ireland Province. I used the Camp maps supplied by National Catering Services(NCS) to populate the Building names in OSM.

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Lapardha e Sipërme seems to just be a point on top of a hill (i will have to figure out if I can get my hands on some data to map the village area correctly.). I figured out the village has some neighborhoods which are located around the hill. I proceeded mapping Muhollarë (Lapardha), Goxhollarë (Lapardha), Gjole (Lapardha), Myrtallarët (Lapardha). This area is filled with greenhouses, but I mapped only some of them. I will try to map the greenhouses another day and focus only on them.

“#100VillagesIn100Days #Day4”

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Introduction

Hey, I am Mohammad Azharul Islam, an OMGuru fellow from the OMGuru Fellowship Program. During my tenure as a fellow in the validation track of the OMGuru Fellowship, I refined my abilities to assess and verify the precision of data.

Challenges and Responsibilities

As a fellow within the OMGuru Fellowship Program’s validation track, I refined my abilities to assess and verify data precision. This experience allowed me to: i. It had precise validation procedures which were designed and executed to evaluate the quality and consistency of the data. ii. Analyzing and identifying discrepancies within datasets, ensuring their accuracy and adherence to established standards. iii. Collaboration with the OMGuru’s to learn precise validation process and resolve inconsistencies. iv. Had to communicate with the data providers and stakeholders regarding data quality issues and solutions to the problems.

Challenges and Learnings

Participating in data validation proved to be a challenging yet fulfilling endeavor. The complex process required a thorough examination of each structure, road, and even street view, which was not consistently available. Obstructed elements such as the overcast sky or dense foliage further hindered the operation. During these obstacles, I refined my problem-solving abilities and gained vital insights at each stage.

Acknowledgment

During the whole journey, all the GURUs were very supportive and positive. I want to mention about Mikko, Dinar, and Melai, with whom I have interacted directly and they are very generous people I have met. And also the GURUs around the region.

Finally, thanks to OpenMappingHub Asia Pacific and HOT for the opportunity. It’s encouraging for the community and the mappers around our region. I wish for the betterment of our region.

#OMGuru #HOT #OSMBD #youthmappersatbsmrmu #youthmappers #APHub #openmappinghubasiapacific

Mohammad Azharul Islam 
MSc in Oceanography, BSMRMU

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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.