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SUMMARY:Open Source for Good with Open Street Maps
DTSTART:20230615
DTEND:20230618
DTSTAMP:20230614T230000Z
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DESCRIPTION:_Keep an eye on the Event Website for further details._\n\n- *
 *Type**: Talk (30 minutes)\n- **Target Audience**: Anyone\n- **Difficulty*
 *: Introduction\n- **Language**: English\n\n_A video recording of the pres
 entation at a previous event is also available on YouTube:_\n\n_[See this 
 presentation at COSCUP 2022](https://youtu.be/1dPCw1FE4no?t=303)_\n\nOpen 
 Source for Good helps our lives and systems in so many ways. An example is
  the introduction of OpenStreetMap (OSM) which is a free\, editable map of
  the whole world which is maintained by volunteers. In most parts of the w
 orld\, geo-data is not free and you won't have full access to it but OSM g
 ives you access to the geo-data.\n\nOSM provides great ways of saving our 
 communities\; from collecting geographical data in our communities to crea
 ting meaningful insights in time critical decisions in times of disasters\
 , OSM continues to provide a way of improving upon geo-data.\n\nThe use of
  Open Source for Good is widely spreading in some areas but also strugglin
 g to permeate through other parts of the world.\nThe [Open Cities Accra Ch
 apter](https://www.hotosm.org/projects/open-cities-africa-accra-city-proje
 ct-ghana/) have embarked on some projects in the past to contribute more t
 o providing geographical data and wiki data.\n\nAlso\, topics on how to co
 ntribute\, data integrity and validity are of great concern when it comes 
 to contributing data but OSM uses the wiki style process thus errors are q
 uickly spotted and corrected since the other 99.9% of people can correct i
 t.\n\nIn this presentation\, Afi will share their experience from working 
 on projects and with using software which contributed to building resilien
 ce for communities through open mapping with OpenStreetMap. We will explor
 e: (_subject to change_)\n\n- A brief on OSM and how it helps\n- Contribut
 ions in the past that have helped in some parts of the world\n- Touch a bi
 t on Open Cities Africa and talk on a past project\n- How to sign up and m
 ake your first drawing\n- How to upload data correctly on HOTOSM\n\n**Spea
 ker**: [Abigail Afi Gbadago](https://github.com/AfiMaameDufie) (or: Afi Ma
 ame Dufie)\, Technical Support Coordinator at [OpenStreetMap Ghana](https:
 //openstreetmap.community/?map=8.16230\,-1.18835&zoom=5.79) is a Computer 
 Science graduate from [Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology]
 (https://www.knust.edu.gh/) (KNUST) in Ghana. She developed a keen interes
 t for [NXT and EV3 Robotics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Mindstorms
 ) through competitions organized by Ghana Robotics Academy Foundation (GRA
 F) in 2014 while in high school (Aburi Girls'). After competing at the nat
 ional level in the Robotics Inspired Science Education Challenge (RiSE) or
 ganized by GRAF and representing her country\, Ghana and her high school a
 t the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) 2014 in Russia\, Sochi\, she decided to d
 elve more into tech in university. There\, she met various tech communitie
 s such as GDG Kumasi\, Google DSC\, Open Streets Accra\, Django Girls\, Py
 Ladies\, etc. that influenced her tech journey. At the moment\, she is a S
 oftware Engineer and still volunteers her time as a mentor and speaker at 
 tech events and contributes to the tech communities to help others grow in
  tech.\n\nPart of the Open Source Festival 2023 (OSCAFEST) conference\, wh
 ich gathers students\, developers\, designers\, and corporate entities to 
 promote open source. Organized by the [Open Source Community Africa](https
 ://oscafrica.org/) (OSCA)\, a community of and for open source lovers\, en
 thusiasts\, advocates and experts within and across Africa.\nEvent Website
 : https://festival.oscafrica.org/
GEO:6.42312;3.445348
LOCATION:Hybrid\; Landmark Centre (offline) and online\, 3/4\, Water Corpo
 ration Road\, Maroko\, Itirin\, Lagos State\, Nigeria
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