OSM Africa Meeting 1st June, 2020 === ###### tags: Meeting` :::info - **Location:** Mumble, OSM Africa Room - **Date:** June 1, 2020 16:00PM (UTC) - **Agenda** 1. State of the Map Libya Update 2. Country Updates and introduction of new members 3. State of the Map 2020 update 4. AOB - **Participants:** - Geoffrey (Uganda) - Claire (DRC) - Kiggudde (Uganda) - Michael Yani - Idoumou (Mauritania) - Karl (Cameroon) - Sidi - Micheal Yani (South Sudan) - Softmap (Algeria) - Tommy (OSM Sierra Leone) - Faneva - WillyFrankSOB (Cameroon) - Marie (Cameroon) - ELSAEH - AKEAmazen (Togo) - AKOUETE (Togo) - Lusdavo (Uganda - Victor N.Sunday (Nigeria) - Ezugwu Victor (Nigeria) - **Reference:** - ::: ## Notes ## State of the Map Libya Update - We are partnering with 16 universities in Libya - We set up an organization with countries in Northern Africa, to enhance the communities - We are trying to connect to different communities across Africa - We are working with Universities to ensure high quality data - We are working with Universities to have OpenStreetMap in their curriculum when preparing their - We want to create content in multiple languages, which is sup - We have invited 16 universities to be part of the scientific committee for the conference, they will become our ambaassadors Softmap - it may not be very easy to make this approach at University Level. I took a survey with university students. We need to make L ### Country Updates and introduction of new members ### State of the Map Libya Update **Uganda - Deogratias** I have been mapping around my place. The OSM Community in Uganda has received a Microgrant from HOT for COVID-19 mapping, border towns in Uganda. **South Sudan** We are working with volunteers who are interested in Mapping south Sudan. Ours is a new community, we are also winners of HOT Microgrant in 2020, training refugees in based in Uganda. Because of COVID-19, it has delayed our activities. **Cameroun** WillyFrank. We are using sentinel and machine learning. We want to use AI in mapping, but it needs good resolution imagery. Our country will be the first country to do landuse mapping for the whole country. We have built a group to control the quality. We are also involving some experts in the country. Cameroon has 95% of the African soil in one country. - We will be producing a wikipage about the project - We are trying to do it for the whole country **Algeria** Me and my friends are mapping, we are focusing on points of interest and roads. - We met in a mutual group on facebook, everyone lives in a different city **Madagascar** We dont have any activity because of COVID-19. There is a webinar with the OSM Community in Madagascar happening in June. **Togo** AKE. Because of covid we dont have any activies. OSM Togo started in 2015, and we have done a lot of activities, and projects on mapping. We have around 50 members who are regular **Nigeria** Victor: We have had several online trainings with our community members. - If the design is made available, we can eeasily do the printing **DRC** We are preparing a data import ## State of the Map 2020 update Geoffrey: State of the Map 2020 was meant to happen in Cape Town in South Africa, but because of COVID-19 it was changed into a virtual online conference happening on 3rd-4th July 2020 - This is an opportunity to mobilize our OSM communities to join this free online conference - There is a call for posters, which you can take advantage of to showcase your work https://2020.stateofthemap.org/calls/posters/ - There will be conference Tshirts, if you want to get involved in the distribution of the Tshirts, add your name to the Wiki here https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_of_the_Map_2020/Tshirt_shop_organization ### AOB - To request for your OSM Community to be set up as an organization on the HOT Tasking manager, fill this [Tasking Manager Request Form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf5uZ062CPP0AbfsOBVeJimbZdLbc-ywT1gtBhT-On8chW8PQ/viewform)
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OSM Africa Monthly Mapathon [English]

Why There are many OpenStreetMap communities across Africa, with varying capacity levels, some are active, some are dormant, some are very just beginning, and in some countries there are no existing communities at all. All these communities can learn from each other and grow. A continent wide monthly mapathon will help grow cohesion across countries on the continent and grow the spirit of collaboration while contributing data to OpenStreetMap. How Each of the 12 mapathons will be hosted by a different country, who will also choose the place and purpose of the mapping and will give a short presentation about their community at the beginning of the mapathon. After the presentation will break out into the following rooms according to language and mapping experience. There will be a room for beginners mappers to learn how to map, and a room for experienced mappers to do validation, and mapping. Registration for the event will be done via Eventbrite in different languages to ensure it can reach many people, and a call for mapathon hosts will be shared in advance to schedule events for the whole year in advance.

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About OpenStreetMap Africa

OpenStreetMap Africa is a network of local OpenStreetMap communities from all over Africa with an intention of joining hands to share resources and collaborate to grow and produce a complete and well detailed map of Africa on OpenStreetMap in order to advance the quality, completeness and sustainability of geospatial data in Africa. À propos d'OpenStreetMap Africa OpenStreetMap Africa est un réseau de communautés locales OpenStreetMap de toute l'Afrique qui ont l'intention de se donner la main pour partager des ressources et collaborer pour se développer et produire une carte complète et bien détaillée de l'Afrique sur OpenStreetMap afin de faire progresser la qualité, l'exhaustivité et la durabilité des données géospatiales en Afrique. Activities Organizing the State of the Map Africa conference https://stateofthemap.africa/ [name=Oumar Mohamed Dembe]

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