Map Kibera is on the verge of starting. We’re building a high caliber team of young people from Kibera to map, but they’re still going to need support to get started with the OpenStreetMap software. That’s where I’m hoping technical folks in Nairobi — can play a key part in making the project work well.
Are you experienced in software development, GIS, and OSM? Come help us out!
Here’s the rough plan for the next three weeks…
On Monday, November 9, we are having a day long kick-off Mapping Party at Carolina for Kibera offices. This will cover mostly surveying, which I think can be quickly grasped without too much help. But it’s going to be a fun introduction, and if you’re interested to come please please contact us.
On Tuesday, we’ll be in the offices of SODNet, for training on OpenStreetMap software. We’ll take the data collected the day before, and teach people here to use the OSM editor, JOSM. This is where it would be great to have your support. Even if you haven’t contributed to OSM before, your experience is going to allow to quickly get up to speed, and help others, or at least help to communicate my instruction in more detail.
From Wednesday until the end of the month, we’ll have a daily cycle of collecting data in the morning, and editing in the afternoon. In the afternoons, especially during the first week, it would be great to have your support by working directly with mappers and helping them edit.
SO please let me know soon if you are interested in taking part, and what your availability would look like. Our email is contact [at] mapkibera [dot] org
hi am an experienced software developer(Vb.Net,Vb 6.0,C,C++,PHP,ASP.Net,ASP etc) but i have no clue on GIS and OSM though i have a keen interest in taking part and i would like to impact my knowledge on this noble project .
Hillary Otati