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| - | [http://jumpstart-mapping.blogspot.com/2008/09/it-all-starts-in-bethlehem.html]. Several
| + | Kibera is the largest slum in Africa, situated in Nairobi, Kenya. Many UN agencies, including UN-HABITAT, US Government agencies such as USAID, and NGOs, like Carolina for Kibera, have presence nearby in Nairobi, and as a result, Kibera is one of the most well known, researched, and serviced slums anywhere. Despite this focus, Kibera remains literally a blank spot on the map, its patterns of traffic, scarce water resources, limited medial facilities, etc. remain invisible to the outside world, and residents themselves. Without basic knowledge of the geography of Kibera it is impossible to have an informed discussion on how to improve the lives of residents of Kibera. |
| - | local organizations have expressed interest in providing a working venue, and experienced
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| - | international mappers will be on site to facilitate the entire mapping process. Following the
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| - | completion of the map, the raw data will be made freely available for upload into multiple
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| - | collaborative mapping platforms, and GPS units will
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| - | remain with community organizations for continual
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| - | training and data collection.
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| - | Kibera itself has had some pilot mapping projects | + | |
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| - | http://www.mapkiberaproject.org/ The FreeMap India
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| - | project was initiated by C.R.I.T (http://crit.org.in/) in
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| - | data in order for slum dwellers to participate in the
| + | Map Kibera will produce the first complete free and open map of Kibera. This November, local motivated young people will be trained to create maps using OpenStreetMap techniques. This includes surveying with GPS, and digitization of satellite imagery and paper based annotation with Walking Papers. Individuals from the blossoming Nairobi tech scene will help train and make connections with the larger community, and create a sustainable group of map maintainers beyond the initial three week November effort. Data consumers will be consulted for their needs, to help add direction to feature types collected, and aided to immediately make use of the map data. This is being led by OSM's Mikel Maron who recently led a similar mapping project of the Gaza Strip and Jubal Hapster, lead developer of AgCommons and organizer of WhereCampAfrica. |
| - | planning and development process. This led to a series
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| - | of tranings in open source and data tools in Mumbai,
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| - | and throughout India, and the successful catalysation of
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| - | an active OpenStreetMap community in India. In
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| - | conjunction with the FOSS4G (Free and Open Source For
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| - | GIS) conference in Cape Town, South Africa in 2008,
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| - | OpenStreetMap held several events in Southern Africa | + | |
| - | http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenMappingAfrica
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| - | 2008, including the specific successful mapping of the
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| - | Mandela Park township in Hout Bay
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| - | http://porcupinealley.com/entries/2008/oct/09/townshi
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| - | This project has three central goals: | + | |
| - | 1) Raise general awareness of the living conditions in Kibera by mapping, as much as
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| - | possible the extents of navigable streets and other mappable features within the
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| - | informal settlement.
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| - | 2) Catalyze the local community and expand the capabilities local participatory
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| - | mapping, expanding previous work and initiating mapping parties within Africa
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| - | starting with Kibera.
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| - | 3) Test the licensing mechanisms of multiple mapping platforms by making raw data
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| - | freely available and uploading that data into multiple systems.
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| - | Over several weeks, local inhabitants of Kibera along with volunteers identified during the first
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| - | WhereCamp Africa will be trained in techniques of GPS and paper based surveying and map
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| - | creation, and create a comprehensive map of roads and facilities in Africa's largest slum. This
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| - | activity will involve an initial two day intensive training, followed by 2-3 weeks of self-directed
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| - | map making. This is a similar structure to the successful JumpStart Palestine map in Bethlehem
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| - | Multiple Upload and Licensing
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| - | By uploading field collected data into multiple platforms,
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| - | the project can test in a very practical, real and public
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| - | way, any restrictions over use and hopefully encourage a
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| - | meaningful dialogue about the uses of community
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| - | collected map data. Following the announcement by
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| - | Google at WhereCampAfrica in April 2009 of the
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| - | generally availability of downloadable vector data for
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| - | Kenya, the group came away with questions regarding
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| - | the usability of street data and the local impact of
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| - | several competing collaborative street mapping
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| - | initiatives currently underway including OpenStreetMap, gRoads, Google Map Maker and
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| - | Tracts4Africa. Mission critical operations such as those run by the WFP are hesitant to use
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| - | OpenStreetMap data that can be created and maintained by unknown sources. The gRoads
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| - | initiative creates data from known sources but uses a comparatively heavy data model. Google
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| - | Map Maker downloadable data is not available throughout Africa and both Google and
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| - | Tracts4Africa sourced data come with license and redistribution restrictions.
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| - | Data will be made available for the following collaborative mapping projects.
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| - | a. Google Map Maker (http://www.google.com/mapmaker)
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| - | b. gRoads (www.groads.org)
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| - | c. OpenStreetMap (http://www.openstreetmap.org/)
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| - | d. Tracts4Africa (http://www.tracks4africa.com/)
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| - | Timeline
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| - | * Oct 14 CrisisMapping Conference in Cleveland
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| - | * Jubal travelling to region starting September 1
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| - | * Oct 30 WhereKampala
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| - | * Oct 31 Kelele
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| - | * Nov 1 Start Kibera
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| - | * Possible early completion and move to other areas
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| - | * Nov 21 Finish
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| - | * Nov 25-27 AFRICOMM 2009, Mozambique
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| - | Needed .. more solid estimate on time required for this size area
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| - | Volunteers
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| - | * core technically experienced young people from Kibera
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| - | * community outreach
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| - | * open question .. stipends?
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| - | Venue in Kibera
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| - | * established computer lab
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| - | * Nairobi area base of operations/housing
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| - | Related events (mapping parties/talks)
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| - | * WhereKampala
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| - | * Kelele
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| - | * UN talk?
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| - | * Radio series ala Milan
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| - | Equipment
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| - | * GPS(s)
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| - | * computers/laptops. for editing and possible local install
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| - | * printer/scanner(s)
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| - | * Satellite imagery .. need Shapefile and quote ASAP
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| - | * existing map data from Carolina for Kibera, mapkiberaproject
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| - | Media
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| - | * BBC
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| - | * NPR
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| - | Outreach
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| - | * Needs assessment for mapping features
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| - | * Data users
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| - | * Promotion in media, among data users
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| - | * Technical and community support for ongoing mapping
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| - | Contacts, Allies, Partners
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| - | * Ushahidi
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| - | * Carolina For Kibera
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| - | * Kelele
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| - | * Hands on Kenya (-> Megan)
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| - | * Green Belt Movement (-> Megan)
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| - | * Radio Kibera (-> Megan)
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| - | * WFP/ other UN agencies (-> Jon Thompson, to start)
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| - | * jhpiego
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| - | * Patrick Meier
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| - | * H.O.T, Nicolas Chavent
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| - | * DevelopmentSeed
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| - | * JumpStart (anne osullivan, jeff haack, patrick mcgrann, megan latimer)
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| - | * Uzima Foundation
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| - | * Daudi Were
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| - | * David Sasaki, Global Voices
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| - | * OSI
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| - | * World Bank
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| - | * mapkiberaproject
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| - | * Sidarec/AMD/Toby Morning
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| - | * InSTEDD, World Savvy on Kibera and Bayview youth
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| - | * frontlinesms
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| - | * TED
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| - | * wilfred.mworia@live.com; sarah@worthyent.com; judemwenda@gmail.com ?
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| - | * Jubal Harpster
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| - | * Mikel Maron
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| - | Budget
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| - | $15k + 10 possible
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| - | * equipment
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| - | * local stipends (?)
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| - | * incidentals
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| - | * food/parties for participants
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| - | * international flights/accomodation
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| - | * international stipends
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Kibera is the largest slum in Africa, situated in Nairobi, Kenya. Many UN agencies, including UN-HABITAT, US Government agencies such as USAID, and NGOs, like Carolina for Kibera, have presence nearby in Nairobi, and as a result, Kibera is one of the most well known, researched, and serviced slums anywhere. Despite this focus, Kibera remains literally a blank spot on the map, its patterns of traffic, scarce water resources, limited medial facilities, etc. remain invisible to the outside world, and residents themselves. Without basic knowledge of the geography of Kibera it is impossible to have an informed discussion on how to improve the lives of residents of Kibera.
Map Kibera will produce the first complete free and open map of Kibera. This November, local motivated young people will be trained to create maps using OpenStreetMap techniques. This includes surveying with GPS, and digitization of satellite imagery and paper based annotation with Walking Papers. Individuals from the blossoming Nairobi tech scene will help train and make connections with the larger community, and create a sustainable group of map maintainers beyond the initial three week November effort. Data consumers will be consulted for their needs, to help add direction to feature types collected, and aided to immediately make use of the map data. This is being led by OSM's Mikel Maron who recently led a similar mapping project of the Gaza Strip and Jubal Hapster, lead developer of AgCommons and organizer of WhereCampAfrica.
