<div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>We need to be careful with the data we produce, cause it is well known the social medias in general are tracked by the Syrian government and that Point of Interests that should not be targeted unfortunately are. It would be really harmful eg to put the locations of mobile clinics or any health facility in OSM, as confirmed by a representative of a NGO of local medics I recently discussed with. I think for this crisis we should first discussed with humanitarian stakeholders to balance the benefits (I expect the Syrian government has more data and maps than the humanitarian relief organizations) and the harms of a imagery based mapping that could also be done more discretely than usual.</div>
<div>What do think the readers of this list working for such relief organizations?</div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div><br></div><div>Severin</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 6:35 PM, Russell Deffner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:russell.deffner@hotosm.org" target="_blank">russell.deffner@hotosm.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">No, anyone can use the damage tagging – please do!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Hanan Yazigi [mailto:<a href="mailto:hananyazigi@gmail.com" target="_blank">hananyazigi@gmail.com</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 17, 2014 10:14 AM<br><b>To:</b> Mikel Maron<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:hot@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">hot@openstreetmap.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [HOT] Syria Activation<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p>I know some locations in Damascus. And in Homs governorate. But not in a priority zone.<u></u><u></u></p><div><div class="h5"><p>But I can try to figure out how I can involve more syrians from different areas and cities, or work with them on specific features.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>And also: I didn't find any layers about the destructions. I think it would be a very interesting information. I remember that you use to map it. Am I wrong?<u></u><u></u></p><p>Best<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">
On 17 Apr 2014 20:03, "Mikel Maron" <<a href="mailto:mikel_maron@yahoo.com" target="_blank">mikel_maron@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Hi Hanan<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">The Syrian Activation has been going for some time, but not recently under an active projects. The exceptions have been import of data for refugee camps in northern Jordan by UNHCR.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">There is still definitely a need to improve coverage in Syria. Are there any particular regions that you have knowledge of, and that could use greater detail, like the location and names of specific services? Perhaps we can examine the state of things and think through some new tasks.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Thanks for your interest.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Mikel<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">* Mikel Maron * <a href="tel:%2B14152835207" target="_blank">+14152835207</a> @mikel s:mikelmaron<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On Saturday, April 12, 2014 5:52 AM, Hanan Yazigi <<a href="mailto:hananyazigi@gmail.com" target="_blank">hananyazigi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #1010ff 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:3.75pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Hello,<br>
<br>I'm very interested by the "Syria Activation" project. It will be very helpful for so many projects (UN or small local initiatives!).<br>I would be glad to participate.<br>I know well the country and the language (I'm syrian although I grew up abroad). And I have a long experience with GIS and geographic data, data quality, data analysis, web-mapping, etc...<br>
How can we know more about the timeline of the project? And the tasks?<br><br>Thanks<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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