Hi Joseph Kerski and GeoNet. The University of Exeter Geography celebrated both Open Street Map Geography Awareness Week and GIS day by hosting a missing maps mapathon. The Mapathon collaborates with British Red Cross and Humanitarian Open Street Map Team to map an area where humanitarian organisations are trying to meet the needs of vulnerable people. This mapathon was mapping the Kurigram District in Bangladesh in order to effectively implement disaster risk reduction activities, to enhance resilience to future floods. During the 2 hour mapathon which included wine and pizza, The University of Exeter volunteers managed to make 2,272 map edits which included 2,035 buildings and 1,134 km of roads. The humanitarian aid projects continues at Exeter and we encourage you to host a mapathon for yourselves! see here http://www.missingmaps.org/host/ or get in touch on twitter @damienmansell
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