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Adding section for Kiswahili as Swahili

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+---
+layout: doc
+title: Introduction
+permalink: /sw/beginner/introduction/
+lang: sw
+category: beginner
+---
+
+This section of LearnOSM is in the process of being translated. If you would like to assist with translating this site, please see [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/hotosm/learnosm/blob/gh-pages/CONTRIBUTING.md). 
+
+Introduction
+============
+
+Information is powerful. With good information and the right
+understanding, individuals and communities are better able to improve
+their lives and make good decisions about the future. There are many
+people and organizations who make decisions that affect our lives. Good
+information allows these NGOs, governments and citizens to make better
+decisions, and hopefully make our lives better. Maps are a good way
+to convey information. 
+
+![A village in Indonesia][]
+
+Maps are visual symbols of our world. They can often 
+demonstrate an idea better than words. This in turn can help us
+answer important questions. Where is the closest school or hospital? Who
+has the least access to these facilities? Where is poverty the most
+problematic? Questions like these can often best be expressed with maps,
+and maps can help find solutions to these questions. 
+
+As an exercise, get a pen and paper and draw a map of your town or village. What are the
+most important things to include on the map? What is the most important
+information? Spend a few minutes making your map, and when you’re
+finished, think about why the information you included is important, and
+who it might be important to.
+
+![Example of a hand-drawn map][]
+
+If your town is like most, you may have drawn some lines to represent
+roads, possibly a river or stream. Perhaps you added important buildings
+such as schools and offices, fields, or boundaries. Whatever you drew,
+you probably used symbols – a line to symbolize a road, a square to
+symbolize a building, and so on. Your map is a representation of what is
+on the ground.
+
+![Examples of symbols][]
+
+Your map is informative. You might use a map like this to explain to
+someone where different places are, where problems are in your
+community, or merely to help someone find their way around. The use of
+your map is limited though. There is only one copy of the map and the
+way you drew it may make sense to you, but perhaps not to someone else
+who would have drawn their own map in a different way. Because your map
+is merely on paper, it is difficult to get that information to others.
+This is why making your map on a computer, in such a way that anyone can
+access it, can be much more valuable. 
+
+![Mapping on Computer][]
+
+OpenStreetMap is a tool for creating and sharing map information. 
+Anyone can contribute to OSM, and thousands of people add to the project 
+every day. Users draw maps on computers, rather than paper, but as we 
+will see in this guide, drawing a map on a computer is not all that 
+different from drawing on paper. We still draw lines to represent roads,
+fields, and anything else, and we still represent schools and hospitals 
+with symbols. The important thing is that OSM maps are saved on the 
+internet, and anyone can access them at any time, totally free.
+
+![Digital maps with OpenStreetMap][]
+
+We hope that you will find OpenStreetMap useful and interesting in your
+work. By following this guide, you should be able to quickly start
+making digital maps with OpenStreetMap.
+
+Moving Forward
+--------------
+
+Click on the link for further reading on:  
+
+*  [Getting started on OpenStreetMap.org](/en/beginner/start-osm/) 
+*  [Getting started with the iD editor](/en/editing/id-editor/)   
+*  [Getting started with the JOSM editor](/en/beginner/start-josm/)  
+
+
+[A village in Indonesia]: /images/beginner/village-in-indonesia.png
+[Example of a hand-drawn map]: /images/beginner/hand-drawn-map.png
+[Examples of symbols]: /images/beginner/examples-of-symbols.png
+[Mapping on Computer]: /images/beginner/mapping-on-computer.png
+[Digital maps with OpenStreetMap]: /images/beginner/digital-maps-with-osm.png

_posts/sw/0200-12-31-beginner.md

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+---
+layout: doc
+permalink: /sw/beginner/
+lang: sw
+title: Beginner's guide
+category: beginner
+cover: yes
+nosearch: true
+---
+
+This section of LearnOSM is in the process of being translated. If you would like to assist with translating this site, please see [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/hotosm/learnosm/blob/gh-pages/CONTRIBUTING.md).  
+
+Beginner's Guide
+================
+
+This guide shows step by step how to get started with OpenStreetMap. You will learn
+how to set up an account, how to use map editing software, and how to go outside
+and collect information to put on the map.