Hello Friends, I am Tilok I am from Assam, India. I would like to share my OM Guru fellowship experience.

For the past five months, I’ve been on an incredible journey as an OM Guru, Asia Pacific Hub Mapping Fellow. It involved exploring the digital landscapes of Micronesia, Vanuatu, Philippines, Tonga, India, Pakistan and many more through different humanatarian projects.

My mission? To map these regions using IDEditor and JOSM. I felt like a digital explorer, uncovering and mapping unmapped roads, buildings, and landmarks.

Enter Everydoor, a game-changer for adding Points of Interest (POIs). This mobile app turned POI hunting into a real-life treasure hunt! I must’ve added over 100 POIs around my own neighborhood, making the map a more accurate reflection of the cool places around me.

But the real thrill came with Mapillary. This app lets us collect POIs on the go! Imagine cruising down the highways and streets, phone mounted on the dashboard, capturing street views that were previously missing. It’s like creating a digital time capsule of the places I visit. Back home on Wi-Fi, I’d use Rapid Editor to review the photos and add those missing POIs. It’s incredibly satisfying to see those blank stretches on the map suddenly come alive with street view data!

And let’s not forget validation – the quality check of the mapping world. Coming into the fellowship, I had dabbled in validation, but these past months filled me with confidence. Now, I can ensure the accuracy of other mappers’ work, making the entire map even more reliable.

Speaking of making a difference, checking out https://yosmhm.neis-one.org/ and seeing my “mapping footprints” is truly inspiring. It’s a visual representation of my contribution to this massive, collaborative project.

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