UN Mappers x FAO mapping updates

As of last week, we have completely mapped and validated FAO Project 3
With your time and contributions, we have added:
4,839 km of waterways and
1,056 km² of farmland areas

A huge thank you to the 137 volunteers! A record of 848 tasks mapped in 2 weeks

Shoutout to our top mappers and validators

out of projects completed in less than seven weeks

A BIG THANK YOU for giving your time and effort to map with us!

We are down to our last project for the #FAO mapping Southern Mauritania

#23835 https://tasks.hotosm.org/projects/23835
Deadline: 31 August

Community Partner: Nepal Geomatics Engineering Society

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UN Mappers x #FAO mapping updates

As of 4 August, we have mapped 85% and validated 72% of Project 3

We thank YOU for mapping with us

Shoutout to our top contributors for the past week

Map with us and become a UN Mapper!
Priority Project: #23834 https://tasks.hotosm.org/projects/23834

How does FAO use the #opendata we generated?
Check their updates from our July Mappy Hour
https://youtu.be/yLqTjataZFY

#ValidationFriday Mappy Hour is back for August!

Topic: Agricultural features in #OpenStreetMap.
Friday, 1 August at 10:00 UTC
Open to validators (and aspiring ones!)
https://osmcal.org/event/3872/ *
*click the Event Website on the scheduled date and time.

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#UNMappers #UNMaps #foodsecurity #openmapping #agriculture #agriculturalmapping #waterwaysmapping #mappyhour

#UNMappers x #FAO mapping updates

As of 28July, we have completely mapped and validated Project 2

We have added about:
3,203 km of waterways and
904 km² of farmland areas

How does FAO use the #opendata we generated?
Check their updates from last week's #MappyHour
https://youtu.be/yLqTjataZFY

HUGE thank you to our volunteers and top contributors! A record of 800+ tasks mapped in 2weeks

For #ValidationFriday, we are still validating around 40% of the UN Mappers x FAO Project 2!

Practice your skills in verifying agricultural features in #OpenStreetMap
https://tasks.hotosm.org/projects/23833/

We will have a #MappyHour today at 10:00 UTC where #FAO will share how they are using the geodata we are producing.

You can still register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/un-mappers-mappy-hour-tickets-1280527083979?aff=oddtdtcreator

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Happening tomorrow, 25 July!
Join us for our monthly #UNMappers Mappy Hur

Registration: https://tinyurl.com/UNMappyHour

We will have time for mapping + series of lightningtalks!

- FAO will share updates & how they are using the agricultural data we are generating.

- The Quick Mapping Project, a prototyping challenge from #JICA, will have a brief presentation about their initiative.

- We will also share updates about the Ambassadors Initiative

See you!
#UNMaps #OpenStreetMap

In <2weeks, we have mapped 100% and validated more than 50% of Project 2!

Huge THANK YOU for giving your time mapping with us!

Join us as we support #FAO to produce an open-source map of waterways along the Senegal river in southern Mauritania through #OpenStreetMap

For experienced mappers, help validate Project 2:
https://tasks.hotosm.org/projects/23833

For MAPPERS:
#23834 https://tasks.hotosm.org/projects/23834
Deadline: 15 August

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UN Mappers x FAO mapping updates

As of 22 July, we have mapped 80% and validated 44% of Project 2

We thank the 73 mappers who have contributed their time to map with us

Shoutout to our top contributors for the past week

Map with us and become a UN Mapper!
Priority Project: #23833 https://tasks.hotosm.org/projects/23833
https://tinyurl.com/UNMFAOprojMauritania

Stay tuned for more updates!

Moving on to Project 2!

Join us as we support Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in their mission to produce an open-source map of waterways along the Senegal river in southern Mauritania.

Priority Project: #23833 https://tasks.hotosm.org/projects/23833
All projects: https://tinyurl.com/UNMFAOprojMauritania
Deadline: 31 July

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UN Mappers x FAO mapping updates

As of 14 July, we have completely mapped and validated Project 1

With your time and contributions, we have added about:
1,370 km of waterways and
520km² of farmland areas!

#FAO is now using the #opendata for spatial analysis for monitoring and improvements of crop production and food security in southern Mauritania

Our July #UNMappers Mappy Hur is happening on 25 July!

We hope to share recent updates about the UN Mappers community and of'course, to map with you!

Register now and see you there!

https://tinyurl.com/UNMappyHour

Our Mapper of the Month for July is EUthMappers

EUthMappers trained 162 highschool students who have contributed to adding a total 18,240 buildings in Afghanistan. The data generated is part of UNAMA's peacekeeping efforts, and will be used as input for a 3D digital replica of Kandahar city.

We asked Huy Nguyễn, Research Fellow at PoliMi, about their experience teaching students to map in support of the UN
https://tinyurl.com/MOTM0725

UN Mappers x FAO mapping updates

As of 7 July, we are halfway through Project 1

THANK YOU to our incredible mappers and validators!

BIG shoutout to our top contributors who maintain the pace for both mapping validation

Let's keep mapping!
https://tinyurl.com/UNMFAOprojMauritania

Priority Project: #23832 https://tasks.hotosm.org/projects/23832

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We are organizing another co-creation session to discuss about the UN Maps Ambassadors/Chapters Initiative on 10 July at 09:00 UTC!

OSMCal with room link*
https://osmcal.org/event/3873/
*click the Event Website button on the scheduled date and time.