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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello OSM-US community (and Hotties),<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>First I had a blast at SOTM-US and it was great to meet so many of you!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Unfortunately I am emailing these lists with terrible news. The Black Forest Fire in Colorado is now being called ‘the most destructive’ in our state’s history; that phrase is getting old as some of you are probably well aware that the previous ‘most destructive’ fire was just last year, the Waldo Canyon which destroyed approx. 346[1] homes. I’m not going to try and give any facts on the BFF as it’s still a very active situation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If I haven’t had a chance to meet you, I do GIS work mainly in the emergency/disaster services world. I and other mappers (thank you for those who have already jumped in) have done a pretty good job getting the road network fixed up and are beginning to add detail to the BFF area[2]. I would suggest there is and will continue to be a desire for building outlines; I know there can be some debate to map structures that may have already, or could potentially, be destroyed soon; my take is that I’ve heard the firefighters are obtaining a survival/save percentage as high as 80% even in the worst of scenarios. So in my opinion it is still advantageous to trace buildings (from Bing, etc.) and will be easier to come back later and mark appropriately those destroyed.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I copy this message to HOT just in case someone would like to set up the Tasking Manager for tracing buildings; and to see if potentially Mapmill will be activated once the smoke clears enough for imagery. Email me or I watch the talk-us and HOT mailing lists.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you in advance for anyone who pitches in mapping this tragic event. See [2] below for the general area, I’ve basically outlined the area of concern with the (yes, rough, please improve) landuse polygons.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Russell Deffner<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>russdeffner on OSM<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:russdeffner@gmail.com">russdeffner@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldo_Canyon_fire">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldo_Canyon_fire</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2. <a href="http://osm.org/go/TzfAkq99-">http://osm.org/go/TzfAkq99-</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>