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Friday, 7 May 2010

University Students Map Uganda

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Recently students at Makerere University, Uganda, participated in a “mapping your world” competition. The competition was designed to enable creation and improvement of maps of places that students know and love, as well as giving them the chance to win a prize whilst at it. Students used Google Map Maker, which allows you to create a map by adding or editing features to satellite images such as roads, businesses, parks, schools and more.

More than 100 students registered from a range of departments including Computer Science, Geography, Civil Engineering, and Medicine. During the month-long competition, students made over 7,000 edits and modifications to data for hospitals, gas stations, schools, businesses, government and utility offices, among others. We are pleased to announce the winner of the competition, Michael Kakande, whose enthusiasm and excellent knowledge of his country resulted in over 1,200 additions to Google Map Maker. Michael is a first year student in the Faculty of Computing & Informatics Technology (FCIT) and will walk away with a netbook.

Makerere University, Uganda


Soroti, Uganda

Posted by Evans Arabu, Geo Africa

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Des étudiants dressent la carte de l’Ouganda

Récemment, les étudiants de l’université de Makerere en Ouganda ont participé à un concours : « Dessinez la carte de votre monde ». L’objet de ce concours était de créer des cartes des lieux que les étudiants connaissent et apprécient ou de les améliorer. Il leur donnait aussi, bien entendu, une chance de gagner un prix. Ils ont donc utilisé Google Map Maker, qui permet de créer une carte en ajoutant aux images satellites des caractéristiques, comme des routes, entreprises, parcs ou écoles, ou en modifiant celles-ci.

Plus d’une centaine d’étudiants issus de divers départements (informatique, géographie, génie civil ou médecine) ont participé à ce concours. Pendant un mois, ils ont apporté 7 000 modifications aux données portant notamment sur les hôpitaux, stations-service, écoles, entreprises, administrations et services publics. Nous sommes heureux d’annoncer que le gagnant de ce jeu concours est Michael Kakande. Son enthousiasme et son excellente connaissance de son pays lui ont permis d’apporter 1 200 ajouts à Google Map Maker. Michael est un étudiant de première année en Faculté des technologies de l’information (FCIT) et il remportera un netbook.

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