Fruits of Thought has been awarded £5000 by The Indigo Trust Foundation to expand their Mapping Day Project to hold mapping events at 6 universities in Eastern Uganda. The most experienced mappers from each university will then gather for 3 days to share their knowledge and experiences and create an online map of cities in the region where mapping activities have occurred. Fruits of Thought aims to increase sharing of information and collaboration within communities in Uganda through open mapping projects.
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Following the previous grant to map with 5 Universities throughout Uganda,
Fruits of Thought has been awarded £5000 by The Indigo Trust Foundation to
expand the Mapping Day Project with 6 Mapping Days at Universities / tertiary
institutions for Students in Eastern Uganda.
The most enthusiastic mappers from each institution will be invited to network,
share knowledge, and experiences for 3 days to create a team of experienced
mappers who will complete an on-line map of the cities in Jinja, Tororo, and
Mbale where mapping activities have taken place.
Fruits of Thought is a collection of projects with the common mission to increase
a more valuable and practical usage of Internet by stimulating sharing
information and collaboration within communities, it is located in the heart of
Kampala and works closely together with Mountbatten Ltd
Mapping Day Uganda is a fast growing project which organises mapping events,
implements local trainings, generates on-line map awareness, actively pledges
open data sets and builds a network of enthusiastic mappers in Uganda. All
activities are set up around the global OpenStreetMap Project.
