Mapathons for the SDGs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
“<\/strong><\/em>The event was a great success in Togo and allowed us to complete the mapping of 3 projects. We had 37 participants, 23 in person and 14 online, most of them new contributors. The participants were very happy to take part in the event and most of them want\u00a0to join us and be part of our community.<\/em><\/strong>” –\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Feedback from OSM Togo who co-organized a mapathon in Lom\u00e9<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mapping areas that do not appear on maps: this is the basic objective of a mapathon. From\u00a0remote\u00a0or in person, experienced cartographers and amateurs with a passion for geography came together to produce geographic data on the OpenStreetMap (OSM) platform, the Wikipedia of maps. This data will\u00a0facilitate the activities<\/strong>\u00a0of various actors\u00a0working in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Togo, Benin and Madagascar<\/strong>. In collaboration with local OSM communities, we decided to map territories in these three countries, where projects for the promotion of peace and security (SDG\u00a0#16) and sustainable local community planning and development (SDG\u00a0#11) are underway!<\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, some of the participants were able to allow Djeregou and Konohou\u00e9, two villages located in Togo, to appear on the OpenStreetMap when there was almost no data before. Others have mobilized in the Betsiboka region of northern Madagascar to map buildings located near the Maevatan\u00e0na water bodies and thus allow actors on the ground to better plan for risks related to development in this flood-prone area. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n In total, 8 field projects have been supported, that is 8 towns and villages that now appear on the map!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you to the participants for coming together and taking part in this event.<\/strong>\u00a0Whether you are a geography enthusiast, an experienced cartographer or a novice, your participation was precious and we loved meeting you and sharing this moment together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “A very big thank you from the Sorbonne and Lycee Dorian for organizing the GeoNight mapathon. The feedback from the students who participated was excellent and we look forward to repeating the experience next year.” – Feedback from the Sorbonne and Lyc\u00e9e Dorian who hosted a mapathon in Paris<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n We would particularly like to thank the\u00a016 partner organizations<\/strong>\u00a0without whom this GeoNight could not have taken place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n See you next year for a 2024 edition that we hope will be even more successful to continue to fill the world map!<\/p>\n\n\n\n This initiative is part of Mindchangers\u2019 project. This publication was produced with the financial support of the European Union, through RESACOOP within Mindchangers \u2013 Regions and youth for Planet and People. Its contents are the sole responsibility of CartONG and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Friday, April 14th, the 6th edition of the GeoNight took place, which honors geography and geographers! CartONG has, for the 5th consecutive time, coordinated several collaborative mapping workshops – also called mapathons – simultaneously in France, in French-speaking Africa and online!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1857,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"service_type":[],"class_list":["post-587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cartong.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cartong.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cartong.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartong.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartong.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartong.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartong.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cartong.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartong.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587"},{"taxonomy":"service_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartong.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service_type?post=587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.cartong.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/News_thumbnail_NDG_2023_FR.png\")
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Through\u00a015 mapathons<\/strong>\u00a0(8 in France, 6 in French-speaking Africa and 1 online), more than\u00a044,000 buildings were mapped<\/strong>\u00a0thanks to the mobilization of\u00a0more than 230 participants<\/strong>, representing more than\u00a0420 hours of collective mapping<\/strong>. This first step will be completed by a validation of the data in the field by the local OSM communities.\u00a0Discover the\u00a0story map<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0created for the occasion and find the details of each of these mapathons!<\/p>\n<\/div>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.cartong.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2023-NDG_Madagascar-resolution-72.png\")
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