Saturday 26th of September saw a Maptime Tanzania event take place with the goal of mapping Dodoma, Tanzania’s capital city. The event took place at the Kinu Innovation Space with over thirty people in attendance including community members, students, and techies. We had a number of special guests in attendance, including David Taylor from what3words (http://what3words.com/). what3words is aims to give everyone in the world an address and does this by dividing the world into a global grid of 57 trillion 3mx3m squares.
Jumamosi ya tar 26 mwezi wa 9 tukio la sherehe ya kutengeneza ramani Tanzania lilifanyika kwa lengo la kutengeneza ramani ya Dodoma ambako ni mji mkuu wa Tanzania.Tukio lilifanyika katika chumba cha uvumbuzi cha Kinu likihudhuriwa na watu zaidi ya thelathini ikiwa ni pamoja na wanajamii, wanafunzi na walimu. Tulikua na namba ya wageni maalum waliohudhuria ikiwa ni pamoja na David Taylor kutoka Maneno matatu (http://what3words.com/) Maneno matatu ina lengo la kumpa kila mtu katika dunia anuani na inafanya hivi kwa kugawanya dunia katika gridi ya kimataifa trilioni 57 kwa mita3xmita3 za mraba.… Read more