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Learning how to use Open Street Map for future tasks 1 Hour

Map Swipe is a mobile app that helps you contribute on MissingMaps.When I found out that we could map various parts of the world through mobile phone using satellite imagery, I install the app on my mobile phone. Then follow the rest of the instructions.After knowing how to use it, i start working.When I map it out, I feel as if I’m playing a game.Every swipe indicate specific things on that region.Some projects can tell you to indentify only building,but other projects can tell you to indentify building, highway, waterway where you find. Like game it has also level.Initial levels can pass quickly but after that to pass a level i need a lots of swipes.Using this app first time i contribute on MissingMaps and now i am on level 17.It’s an amazing app for humanitarian works.Those who like playing games, they can use this app and participate in humanitarian activities.

150 more buildings mapped in Egume, Nigeria.

Another 83 buildings mapped in Egume, Nigeria.

Mapped 103 more buildings in Egume, Nigeria.

I am working on a block-by-block extraction of Mascoutah features and I am trying to complete the entire town. I was surprised to find so much information missing around Mascoutah, especially major land use features such as Silver Creek and the wooded area surrounding it. I usually break the monotony of extracting houses and power poles with looking for streams, tracks, and trails in the Silver Creek wooded area or by trying to extract the streams that drain into Silver Creek.

1. export and save data from openstreetmap.org
   • map.osm
2. open qgis
3. in qgis top menu, select Vector > OpenStreetMap > Import Topology from XML…
   • “Input XML file” < map.osm
   • rename “Output Spatialite DB file” to something unique, unique.osm.db
   • rename “Connection name” to something unique, unique_connection
4. in qgis top menu, select Vector > OpenStreetMap > Export OpenStreetMap Topology to SpatiaLite…
   • “Input DB file” < unique.osm.db
   • Select the “Export type” that you’re interested in
   • Put a meaningful name in “Output layer name”
   • Hit “Load from DB”, and select/deselect the export type features with the tags you’re interested in
   • Hit “OK”
   • Repeat for all OSM feature types you’re interested in
5. Pan around and inspect the features
   • Select layer to inspect in the “Layers Panel”
   • View specific features with the “Identify Features” tool, ctrl + shift + i

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I learnt about how interesting Map Swipe app is and I decided to download it on my phone and map with it on November 29, 2019. It’s interesting indeed and I was able to participate to some missing maps and I’m now on level 2. ☺

As one of the executives of the Oyo Mappers Team, Oyo, we had a Geo Week event on the 20th of November, 2019 which was tagged MISSING MAP. We trained some set of students in the institution about ‘how to use openstreetmap and many people were satisfied with the training and are willing to join the team.

I went to survay tonight around Juikang Street, clarifing what is the street name of the alley of intersected with Juikang Street. I was a cold night due to blowing cold wind during riding bicycle, and it was much colder tonight, the strong wind make it harder to move.Juikang Street is located in the Muzha township area, and some roads in this area has up and down. There is a national owed land which seems like a towed-down military dependents’ village, and now it was developed by the locals as a simple park.

Next time when I survey around Muzha towship area, I will add shops and amenity.

101 building added in Egume, Nigeria.

14 buildings added in Egume.

I have listed 52 (In total) buildings and homes in the town of Egume

55 building edited in Engume, Nigeria Done of DofE

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