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    Should we tag the ponds with "landuse=pond" or with "natural=water"
    and "water=pond"? For me it looks like the ponds are more natural
    than man_made... Or does anyone find some good guideline to
    distinguish man made ponds?<br>
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    Chris<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/06/2014 10:59 PM, Pierre Béland
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        Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt">I cannot spot water
        wells. The pattern I see in this area is that there is often
        what seems to be a pond inside the walls of habitations.<br>
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        Andrew and others might be better then me to spot if any water
        wells.<br>
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                    style="font-weight:bold;">De :</span></b> Severin
                Menard <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:severin.menard@gmail.com"><severin.menard@gmail.com></a><br>
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                Pierre Béland <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pierzenh@yahoo.fr"><pierzenh@yahoo.fr></a> <br>
                <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc :</span></b>
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                <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Envoyé le :</span></b>
                Jeudi 6 mars 2014 16h07<br>
                <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Objet :</span></b>
                Re: [HOT] Mapping Bassikounou, Mauritania - ICRC request<br>
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                  <div dir="ltr">Hi Pierre,
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                      <div class="yiv3929789884gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar
                        6, 2014 at 8:10 PM, Pierre Béland <span
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                              In this  Task Manager job descripton,
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                              If you zoom-out, it seems that all this
                              zone is flood_prone. I think tha a polygon
                              should be trace around all the zone with
                              the tag flood_prone=yes, plus identify the
                              more permanent ponds. I mapped rapidly
                              inside Bassikounou and have mapped a few
                              of the flood_prone areas as an example.<br
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                        <div>I checked on OpenCycleMap and seems this
                          area is not as low as Bassikounou itself. But
                          I can ask the ICRC Watasan local staff in
                          charge of the field assessment.</div>
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                              The film about the water well operation is
                              interesting wit the cattles operating
                              around the well. For Mali activation we
                              were able to spot such wells by observing
                              odd looking "fans" around them in the
                              aerial imagery made by the cattles
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                        <div>Interesting. can you recognize such
                          situation around Bassikounou? Would be good to
                          document this with the examples provided
                          through the discussions for Mali</div>
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                                        [HOT] Mapping Bassikounou,
                                        Mauritania - ICRC request<br
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                                              <div>ICRC requested us to
                                                map an AOI (Area Of
                                                Interest) around
                                                Bassikounou, a town
                                                close to the border with
                                                Mali, for a development
                                                project about drinkable
                                                water. The approach is
                                                the same than for
                                                Walikale in DRC. To know
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                                              <div>As you can see, I
                                                added a banner to make
                                                clear what the job is
                                                from, for and about. For
                                                sure HTML and wording
                                                could be improved,
                                                please make suggestions.</div>
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                                              <div>The map features are
                                                a bit more various than
                                                usual (eg intermittent
                                                ponds - please find a
                                                link provided by the
                                                local Watsan specialist
                                                tp have an idea how to
                                                identify them on Bing
                                                imagery - and trees).</div>
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                                              <div>I also added a
                                                picture and a video of
                                                Bassikounou that I found
                                                in the web, to have a
                                                better idea of what look
                                                like the streets and the
                                                outskirts.</div>
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                                              <div>Sincerely,</div>
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