OSM Sri Lanka
OSM Foundation Community

Anuradha Rajanayake
October 26, 2023

Agenda01. History of OSM
Sri Lanka

02. Before 2016
Situation

03. Early Stages
Community Activities

04. 2020 To present

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05. What’s Next?

History of OSM Sri Lanka

Ptolemy's world map of Ceylon, first century CE
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History of OSM Sri Lanka❑ Before 2016
❑ Early Stages of the Community Engagement – 2016 - 2019
❑ From 2020 – present

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Before 2016
❑ More individual Activities❑ Less or No Group Activities❑ Less use of Tools &Techniques

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Early stage of Community Engagement(2016 – 2019)❑ Increased the Individuals’ Contribution❑ Officially initiated several projects to map exposure
elements.
❑ Uses iD Editor, JOSM and other tools to map features❑ Increased group activities❑ Increased involvement of the government officers in
the relevant organization. (DMC, NBRO and otherorganizations)

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Early stage of Community Engagement(2016 – 2019)❑ Mapping road and infrastructures for Disaster Preparedness andresilience based in the Attanagalu Oya River basin.
❑ Sri Lanka Floods: KELANI River Basin (western, central andeastern)❑ Landslide area mapping – Aranayake, Sri Lanka

Attanagalu Oya River basin❑ Heaviest flood event 2017 - Matara, Sri Lanka❑ Community Landslide Risk Mitigation Project in Sri Lanka – inBadulla District

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Aranayake Landslide

Community Engagement - 2020 to present❑ Exposure Mapping Project – Covered 3 Districts including 100 GramaNiladri Divisions❑ Training Programs for Government Officers❑ Training Programs for University Students❑ Change/ Added new modules into Universities’ course modules❑ OSM Mentor Programs❑ Booster Grant Project – Ongoing❑ OSM GURU Programs – (3 OSM Members from Sri Lanka)❑ YouthMapperChapters – 4 Universities
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Community Engagement - 2020 to present❑ Disaster Exposure Mapping Project In Kalutara,Ratnapura, Galle Districts in Sri Lanka - 2020

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Community Engagement - 2020 to present❑ OSM Training Programme – Booster Grant Project- Sri Lanka

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Community Engagement - 2020 to present❑ OSM Training Programme – Booster Grant Project - Sri Lanka❖ Eastern University of Sri Lanka❖ Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka❖ Rajarata University of Sri Lanka❖ University of Sri Jayewardenepura❖ University of Peradeniya❖ South Eastern University of Sri Lanka❑ Youth mapper chapters in Sri Lanka❖ Eastern University of Sri Lanka❖ South Eastern University of Sri Lanka❖ University of Sri Jayewardenepura
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Statistics❑ Facebook “OSM Sri Lanka” - https://www.facebook.com/groups/osmsrilanka

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Statistics❑ Member Registration & Activities – based on OSMStats https://osmstats.neis-one.org/?item=countries&country=Sri%20Lanka&date=1-11-2022

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What’s Next
❑ Formalizing OSM Sri Lanka Community❑ Readiness of the active Voluntary Team (most available 500 OSM SL) to support any
emergency mapping (Local & International)❑ Support to increase students research❑ Online Awareness Programs ( Chat hour)❑ Educational Programms (Schools, University, Government officers)❑ Organizing National & International Conferences

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Thank you

anuradha.br@gmail.com