It was a joyful moment, having been selected and given a scholarship to attend the hybrid conference, SOTM 2022 in Firenzi Italy, first time to board a plane so it was a whole lot of new experience and excitement, I arrived in Firenzi on the 18th of Thursday evening just in time for the event. The historical city of Firenzi is a beautiful city with a whole lot of sculpture, just like what I see in the movies.

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Joining into the State Of The Map Africa was a great privilege for me as I was able to listen to great minds, scholars, experts, innovative & inspiring individuals. I started by listening to the lessons learned from a building footprints import. This opened my mind and I got exposed to things I didn’t imagine like the mention of AI generated buildings. I loved this and hoped to also learn how it’s done. The sessions were colorful as Laura Mugeha, the moderator was jolly and cheerful. The keynote Speech by Monica Nthiga in Room I was an insightful one as she mentioned of the Technological developments & improvements within the OSM communities. I got informed about how data has been collected by Crowd Sourced Data Gathering, this was new to me, I only new the Hot Tasking Manager, she managed to address the gaps & challenges. Brought up the point of not everyone is online so people don’t understand how OSM works. I learnt about the detailed data life Cycle steps that are categorized as preprocessing, Exploration and Maintenance. I am glad the I participated and also contributed to Map Ghana. Through this Mapathon, I was able to interact, learn from others as well as guide new beginners on the use of the editors specifically JOSM. I was able to network and collaborate while contributing data to OSM. Thanks to the organizers for the mind blowing event

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