About me

A geospatial tools and technologies enthusiast from the Republic of Congo. First, a chapter’s Vice-President of YouthMappers de l’Université DENIS SASSOU-N’GUESSO, before serving as a Technical YouthMappers Regional Ambassador. Now, more than pleased to shape the future of Open Mapping within the North and West African region as a Content and Community Engagement Fellow at the HOT WNA Open Mapping Hub.

How did I end up here?

Having witnessed the power of Open Mapping, I am dedicated to raising awareness around it and its related tools and technologies. So, when I heard about the Open Mapping Advocacy Network (OMAN) Learning Initiative, I felt excited to dive into it. More interestingly, the selection process to become a fellow in this program was one of the best experiences I have had. Indeed, no interview for shortlisted, the selection team directly provides us task to complete, linked to what is expected of us and what we are supposed to be doing once selected. This process taught me a great deal about situational thinking and problem-solving.

According to my view, why is open mapping so important?

Open mapping is neither just about freely available online maps for getting from place A to B nor collaborative mapping projects anyone can join. It’s really about democratizing locational knowledge for facilitating decision making, helping problem solving, and supporting one’s geographic experience. The reason why the course under development is titled “Open mapping for sustainable cities” and will be subdivided into five (05) modules, emphasizing an introduction and four (04) mapping thematic as follows: informal settlements, disaster management, disability assessments, and revenue generation.

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A propos de moi

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Bonjour chers passionnés de la cartographie libre ou collaborative ! Je suis Jimerveille THIERRY-NGOUAMA, contributeur OpenStreetMap basé en République du Congo et passionné de technologies géospatiales avec un intérêt particulier pour les systèmes d’informations géographiques, la télédétection, les bases de données spatiales, la programmation spatiale (R, Python & SQL) et les technologies de drones. C’est dans ce cadre que j’ai eu l’honneur de prendre part dernièrement au State of the Map Africa 2023 qui s’est tenu du 30 novembre au 02 décembre 2023 à Yaoundé au Cameroun. Conscient que les expériences ne sont agréables que lorsqu’elles sont partagées, j’ai le plaisir de me prêter à ce devoir pour vous faire part de mon expérience à ce grand rendez-vous de la cartographie libre et collaborative en Afrique.

A propos du State of the Map Africa

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