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DESCRIPTION:The growth of OpenStreetMap communities (OSM) in Tanzania is ta
 king shape as most organizations\, institutions\, and communities in gener
 al\, are recognizing the importance of using and contributing to OpenStree
 tMap data. To support the growth of OSM communities in Tanzania\, OpenMap 
 Development Tanzania with her partner the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team 
 (HOT) awarded microgrants to seven OSM communities in Tanzania - See the s
 upported communities here. \n\nThe grants provided are supporting these co
 mmunities to leverage the use of OSM and mapping to help solve different c
 ommunity challenges by facilitating training/workshops\, purchasing tools 
 and equipment\, supporting staff\, and other logistics. Most communities w
 ork in peripheral regions with a minimal understanding and use of open dat
 a and mapping technologies like OpenStreetMap\, OpenDataKit QGIS\, etc.\n\
 nThe first phase of project implementation ended with great successes and 
 lessons learned from these communities. The general success of the microgr
 ants so far include the following: \n\n1. Transforming communities from us
 ing traditional data collection to digital open source tools such as ODK a
 nd Kobocollect has greatly improved data management and analysis. For inst
 ance\, Agri Thamani Foundation and LAVISEHA are among microgrant recipient
 s who are new to OpenStreetMap and other open mapping technologies for gen
 erating open data\; however\, they now use different tools\, i.e. Kobotool
 box\, OpenDataKit\, OSM\, and Tasking Manager\, to collect data for their 
 interventions in nutrition and gender-based violence.\n\n2. Connecting OSM
  communities in Tanzania and encouraging collaboration in various tasks an
 d opportunities. The grant provided an opportunity for local OSM communiti
 es in Tanzania to work together\; a good example is Hope for Girls and Wom
 en in Tanzania\, giving training to LAVISEHA on how communities can use op
 en source tools like ODK to report the cases of GBV for rescue.\n\n3. Crea
 ting awareness about OSM and other communities through participating and p
 resenting in conferences and events such as the State of the Map Africa\, 
 Community webinars\, etc.\n\n4. Over 16000 building footprints were mapped
  and 380 km of roads were uploaded to OpenStreetMap by grantees\n\n4. Supp
 orting the growth of youth mappers chapters - Three grant recipients are y
 outh mappers from three different universities who are using the grants to
  solidify the chapter and get exposure to projects while also applying for
  other funding to expand their projects\n\nAlthough the microgrant is expe
 cted to end in June 2022\, OMDTZ is committed to supporting these communit
 ies through training and different engagements to ensure they achieve thei
 r goal of using open data for decision-making. Together we can add more pe
 ople to a map by supporting all communities in mapping.
DTSTAMP:20260404T021400Z
LOCATION:Room 9
SUMMARY:The Growth of OSM Communities in Tanzania Through Community Microgr
 ants - Amour Nyalusi
URL:https://talks.staging.osgeo.org/foss4g-2022/talk/R7PQZJ/
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