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Hi all, <br>
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since August, I have been active mapping the Refugee Crisis in
Europe, together with a team of OSM mappers from the Balkans,
Central Europe and since a few weeks also Greece. We have mapped all
camps along the route, bordercrossing points, migrant detention
centres and crowdsourced information from volunteer organisation and
UNHCR. It is used by volunteers as well as NGOs like MSF. For
security reasons we have decided to save the files locally.
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We are also providing volunteer and supply management for grassroots
organisation as they play such a crucial role. This function will be
integrated into a crisis management platform for whole Europe hosted
by the Sahana Software Foundation and will include a map as well.
They have a request from the Hellenic Informatics Unit for a map
like ours, so Greece will be the next focus. We have many plans,
starting with a field mapping project with refugees in Calais,
precise infrastructure mapping along the whole route starting from
the Aegaens, mapping in the camps itselves. Anyway, this is an
adventure for all involved and we are very high spirited.<br>
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Please be aware that this is not a HOT project, but a private
volunteer initiative. Before you start mapping anything refugee
related you should have been in the fields or done a lot of
research(I have done both) , be looped into the important networks,
get into contact with coordinators on the ground and have a good
understanding of political dynamics and local history. Also, no
up-to-date imagery is available (for free), you have to deal with
registration, accreditation and police restrictions. Overall it´s a
delicate and unpredictable situation with many actors.<br>
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But fortunately this is only true for the Balkans. Mapping drop-off
points, warehouses, registration or accomodation centres in Scotland
or UK is a fantastic idea. If I can help with contacts or advice
please let me now.<br>
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Let´s keep in touch!<br>
<br>
Katja<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10-Nov-15 11:01, Leon van der Meulen
wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Henk Hoff is going to coordinate this kind of activities for the Red Cross from Budapest, maybe he has some ideas. I’ve included him in cc.
Best,
Leon
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<pre wrap="">On 10 Nov 2015, at 04:25, Mike Dupont <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jamesmikedupont@googlemail.com"><jamesmikedupont@googlemail.com></a> wrote:
I am thinking that the refugee crisis is something that might be
mapped. It seems to be the biggest crisis in a long time yet no HOT
activation. There are all types of things to map, starting with
makeshift refugee camps.
mike
On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 7:14 AM, Bob
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Hi,
In the Uk we are seeing groups of people setting up collection points for donation for refugees. Are there any mapping groups/tasks visualising data concerning refugees, coordinating aid,camps etc. I hope to pass this information on to various groups at State of the map Scotland
all the best
Bob
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