<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">Following</span> <span class="hps">the last week rebel attack of Konna</span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps"><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class=""> </span></span>and</span> <span class="hps">the international military intervention</span><span class="">, the situation</span> <span class="hps">is changing rapidly in north of Mali. T</span><span class="hps">he rebels were</span> <span class="hps">pushed out of the</span> <span class="hps">cities, but in this immense and desertic area that borders with many countries,</span> <span class="hps">they</span> <span class="hps">are highly mobile and may attack in various directions. <br><br>I propose that while we follow the humanitarian situation more closely, we start to map more
systematically the infrastructures of north of Mali. Vast areas are covered with Bing high-res imagery. <br><br>To start, I have prepared a job for the area north of Ségou where this morning the rebels </span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">seized</span> <span class="hps">Diabaly</span><span class="hps">.</span><br class=""><span class="hps">see</span> <span class="hps">http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/142 Nord-Mali</span> <span class="hps">Activation:</span> <span class="hps">Ségou</span> <span class="hps">nord</span> <span class="hps">Infrastructure</span></span><div><br>The populated places should also be better identified. To name more systematically these places, it is possible to import the Geonames country database for Mali. But this import must be done manually by an experienced mapper and validated against Bing imagery. Any volunteer for this task ?<br><br> </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
13.3333px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-style:italic;color:rgb(0, 0, 191);font-weight:bold;">Pierre <br></span></div></div></body></html>