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Monday, 28 October 2013

Put your community on the map!

Posted on 03:21 by Unknown
Noé Diakubama, an emigrant from the Democratic Republic of Congo who now lives in Paris, is one of this century’s intrepid pioneers. Using online mapmaking tools, he created the first map of his village, Mbandaka, which he and his wife have modified more than 100,000 times since 2009. Noé literally put Mbandaka – and the people who live there – on the map.

Noé is not the only such pioneer. There is a vast and growing community of African online mapmakers creating useful, accessible maps of lesser-known areas in Africa– and transforming people’s lives in the process by making it easy for them to find social, health facilities,businesses and educational facilities.

From now till November 17, 2013 over 1,500 volunteers across Africa will team up with our community leaders comprising of Google Student Ambassadors (GSA), Google Business Groups (GBG) and Google Developer Groups (GDG) to map out areas they love and grew up in.



Volunteers will walk around a predefined locality and collect information to add to Google maps using the Google Map Maker tool once they are back at a computer connected to the internet.

Google Map Maker allows you to add and update geographic information for millions of users to see in Google Maps and Google Earth. By sharing information about the places you know, like businesses in your town or places on your school campus, you can help Google Maps to accurately reflect the world around you.

If you’re excited about this, why not pick up your laptop bag, water bottle and power cable, and team up with your nearest community leader to start putting your community on the maps. If you want to know when it coming to your town, check out this calendar and get in touch with a Google community leader near you.

Posted by Chukwuemeka Afigbo, Outreach Program Manager, Sub-Saharan Africa



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Faites apparaître votre village sur la carte !

Noé Diakubama, parisien émigré de la République Démocratique du Congo, fait partie des audacieux pionniers de ce siècle. À l'aide d'un outil de cartographie, il a créé la première carte de son village, Mbandaka, que sa femme et lui ont ensuite modifiée plus de 100 000 fois depuis 2009. Noé a littéralement inscrit Mbandaka, ainsi que les personnes qui y vivent, sur la carte.

Mais Noé n'est pas le seul pionnier dans ce cas. Aujourd'hui, les cartographes africains en ligne représentent une vaste communauté qui ne cesse de grandir. Leur contribution consiste à créer des cartes utiles et accessibles des régions les plus reculées d'Afrique et à changer ainsi la vie des populations qui s'y trouvent en leur permettant de trouver plus facilement les centres sanitaires et sociaux, les entreprises et les établissements scolaires.

À compter d'aujourd'hui et jusqu'au 17 novembre 2013, plus de 1500 bénévoles à travers l'Afrique vont faire équipe avec les "Community Leaders" dont Google Student Ambassadors (GSA), Google Business Groups (GBG) et Google Developer Groups (GDG) pour cartographier les régions qu'ils aiment et dans lesquelles ils ont grandi.

Les bénévoles ont pour mission de se rendre dans un village donné et d'y recueillir des informations qu'ils ajouteront ensuite à Google Maps à l'aide de l'outil Google Map Maker dès qu'ils auront accès à un ordinateur connecté à internet.

Google Map Maker permet d'ajouter et de mettre à jour des informations géographiques, qui seront consultables par des millions d'internautes sur Google Maps et Google Earth. En partageant des informations sur les lieux que vous connaissez, comme votre campus ou les entreprises installées dans votre ville, vous pouvez contribuer à enrichir Google Maps et en faire le reflet le plus précis possible du monde qui vous entoure.

Si cela vous tente et que vous avez envie d'inscrire votre communauté sur la carte, il vous suffit de vous munir de votre ordinateur portable, d'un chargeur et d'une bouteille d'eau et de rejoindre votre "Community Leader". Pour savoir quand l'événement aura lieu dans votre ville, vous pouvez consulter ce calendrier et contacter le "Community Leader" de Google le plus proche de chez vous.

Publié par Chukwuemeka Afigbo, Outreach Program Manager, Afrique sub-saharienne
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