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Part of Makoko stands on stilts in a Lagos lagoon, and its residents helped put the waterfront community on a digital map. According to Urbanet, Code for Africa worked with local people to build an open-source map using drones, smartphones, and crowdsourced information. Rather than simply drawing the settlement from afar, the project involved people who know it firsthand.
That matters because a map can make homes and routes easier for others to see and discuss. Urbanet describes the project as a way for residents to assert their community’s right to exist. It also reports that Code for Africa contacted the Nigerian Red Cross to explore using the map, but does not say whether the organisation did so. As Makoko changes, who keeps the map current, and how are residents involved in those updates?
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