UN Mappers - OSM and humanitarian mapping training - session #3

The UN Maps crowdsourcing team is offering an online training workshop on "OpenStreetMap and humanitarian mapping" in Portuguese for beginners, for 9 weeks straight.

The workshop will cover the following topics:

• Presentation of the "UN Maps" initiative.
• Presentation of the OSM project, its governance, and how to join the community
• OpenStreetMap and humanitarian and development action
• OSM cartography with satellite imagery in urban and rural areas
• OSM mapping in the field with smart phones
• OSM data retrieval in various formats

Registration is now closed, but it is possible to follow as a free listener via MS Teams (click on the "Event website" button for a Google Doc with the link).

The day's session will cover the following topics:

OSM topics :

• OSM community(ies)
• communication channels

Mapping with JOSM:

• managing the imagery offset (advanced)
• mapping residential areas and barriers
• mapping highways
• managing of possible database conflicts

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