# Mapping a task

Finally, it is time to map your first task. As mentioned before, we will work with the project Mapping Tartus #1148. Tartus is the second largest port city of Syria, located on the Mediterranean coast. The project is aimed to map the buildings of the port city Tartus in such a way to help humanitarian activities of the World Food Program (WFP) in that area.

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#### Exercise 2: Find task Mapping Tartus according its number #1148 as it was previously shown
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#### Read the description of the task

* it includes essential information about the project and mapped area
* when you get familiar with the task click **„Contribute“** (Fig. 15)\


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#### Important instructions

* understanding all instructions is crucial for correct project contribution
* in instructions you will find following information (Fig. 16):
  * what you should map (eg. buildings)
  * what imaginery you should use (eg. MAXAR Premium Imaginery)
  * what tags you should add after mapping a feature (eg. #poliMi\_WFP\_Tartus)
  * what you should pay attention for (eg. follow accurately the footprint of the building)

<figure><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/tu_lCl0mjltqjc0qZq7LiR20H2EN_etsNvHygoUbGcb0RmB9SAaN986sdoiOIB_9WSNWmZRmSpWdAsQiDavuc3fgUcOdZgc8dz86YqoQjyFcchIC8Ho2OwMKzDTk4pBYwXfkO9-h3nV0XuKXE36tkg" alt=""><figcaption><p><strong>Fig. 16:</strong> Instructions</p></figcaption></figure>

<figure><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HaYOHJ4p7lLk4e_UHrkIQofMVQsh2xwgo4ZNe7N-2fKmOU9D7vVwnynAWep3cu3VUcXdoSHCGDeLxL7RiQsvJKitG18OwxRk0WMlrbfxSABrd6HADLGauD2aWQv486b0w9oLRV6T3dD9hOYOwxvag" alt=""><figcaption><p><strong>Fig. 17:</strong> List of contributors and the changes</p></figcaption></figure>

* in the section **„TASKS“** you can check the latest contributors of Mapping Tartus #1148
* under the section **„CONTRIBUTIONS“** you can see number of changes made by different contributors (Fig. 17)

<figure><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/TlX4rVOPPPUHpg_19iI1-7WMvpukl4LOFsLJGw0Or82RcQ9KT2IJSyXWsnGkmbuNHjTR9w6H1Gsbpi7TTv4AabADLaR9AFpQd4rfxf-DPsXcfGzpzQzvowflXVJecVcRgQpJG0Bpr0mERodSid6aoQ" alt=""><figcaption><p><strong>Fig. 18:</strong> Types of mapping - buildings</p></figcaption></figure>

* the project Mapping Tartus #1148 is aimed to map **buildings** (Fig. 18)
* mostly in some available advanced tasks you can meet with mapping other features:
  * roads, waterways, landuse or more (Fig. 19)

<figure><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/GGKZ5p7tAlwWxuJ1eYPNZEyBPOvElZ_XIJ95B2UOABi8wpRWHwKLugbrcmoKWFJVuyke1_jXfK6ZU2vKTtFsebCHHr5A6nirlj0Eo9w8ByFPXap2C-6APaSFKVamj-uQPmPJLoiXQ2jp5UTXDVDFXQ" alt=""><figcaption><p><strong>Fig. 19:</strong> Mapping other features</p></figcaption></figure>

#### Choose a task

* here you can see the tiles that are being mapped at this project
* select one of white tiles, which are available for mapping
* then click **“Map selected task”** (Fig. 20)

<figure><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/eVVMfn5L3FpDkerXnNlWGFbjxWYQ414_d9LoALFTDm3gFk5Lgy30jmyRxU9aixEyk_Q-80cW00Ucus4qIjry7QqvpNweS0ikR8hhhzFcN8cwf0SBbBP7YzDS7hkwZWYvVKIafQSbQB9OGdfge5z5IQ" alt=""><figcaption><p><strong>Fig. 20:</strong> How to choose a task</p></figcaption></figure>

* you can also map a random task. In that case you don’t need to select a tile. Just click **“Map a task”** and you will be assigned with a random tile which you can map.&#x20;

