Merci, Séverin :)

Olá, pedrito1414

I only saw your message today, sorry for the delay! Thank you for your support. Yes, I’m interested in the scientific aspect too (in addition to the humanitarian issue, obviously). In the sense of how data and information are organized and made available in this context of the management for the disaster risk reduction (DRR). Web mapping is my actual research focus and we are developing a methodology for this. Regards.

Prezado Pedro, O projeto OpenOffice tornou-se, na verdade, o ‘Apache OpenOffice’, incorporando o servidor web Apache. Nestes anos, surgiu realmente o LibreOffice, mas não como substituto do OpenOffice (ao contrário do que diz a Wikipedia), mas como uma suíte de escritório adicional. De todo modo, vou acrescentar o LibreOffice no texto, que é o pacote que é oferecido nos repositórios de pacotes que as pessoas procuram para instalação mais simplificada - synaptic, outros… Grata. Veja https://openoffice.apache.org/blog/announcing-apache-openoffice-4-1-15.html e https://openoffice.apache.org/downloads.html

• You present… I can not edit my comment… regards.

Hi, Séverin

You presents a very inportant question…

Did you know? I thought that YouthMappers was producing data for Microsoft Buildings or other mapping companies, like TomTom or Kaart (?), because all of they propose to us (in that moment, I was a newbie) was mapping buildings…

They said: “it is because you are newbie, do not understand OSM very well”… OK, but it did not show “WHY” mapping buildings… For example, mapping buildings is important to various temathic mappings, as that focused on “heat islands” in urban areas or on the capacity of soil to absorves water (important in urban studies and DRR). At that moment, I feeled as a cheap worker to big tech corporations…

So, I think your comment is very important, because people deserve to learn to truly map… and it is the spirit of the ‘colaborative mapping’, in other words, a mapping improved by the local people experiences… The known “local spatial knowledgement” in the scientific literature.

Finally, I would to thank you a lot for promoting a reasanable mapping, we are not “software pilots” with you, thank you!!! 💙

Dear mapeadora, Thank you so much. Yes! FOSS is powerful and very important to the public administration too, because of the nature of the public data (public domain). It is worrying to include this type of data in private (not open) repositories. OSM appears to be a solution that meets all these requirements. And Maricá City is our pilot (initial) municipality. So, keep in touch for more news! Cheers from Rio! 🌿

You’re welcome, KAWAMALA 👍

Pedrito1414, I remember this campaign… Always strong engagement… Do you have any material on strategies to improve the engagement of collaborating mappers? Excellent highlights about what went well and what can be improved. The collaborative experience really produces many insights… The issue of consultation in settlements could be the first step towards something more participatory (there are several levels of participation and the “consultative” type is the first level).

Thank you, pedrito1414, Let’s stay in contact :)

Excellent!

¡Excelente! Fue especial incluir la costa ;)

Super!

A complete outlook of the African OSM communities, congrats! 😀

Errores muy frecuentes….excelente organización 😉

Parabéns! Parabéns! Que venham os próximos! 🎉

Parabéns! Super!! 👏🎉💗🌍💯

Grata! Ubuntu!

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