<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478528562660_17041">Hi Denis</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478528562660_17018"><br></div><div dir="ltr">In the context of Humanitarian Responses, there are various situations were we have specific requests. We accepted for the Nepal response to spot eventual helicopter landing zones. We did setup a Skype room to discuss with people with experience with helicopters. Often in the context of such emergencies, we dont necessarily have the contact with the persons that would use the data or any feedback.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478528562660_18038"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478528562660_18037">But the interface with operationals in the field is essential. This is something we should improve. If organizations want to work with us to do such tasks, they should interface and assure we can progress rapidly with quality data.<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478528562660_17618"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478528562660_17719">For the Vanuatu response, I had the opportunity to share my screen from Skype with an airport controller to validate each landing field on the various islands. This was an efficient, rapid way to validate the data, and adjust if necessary. We could evaluate if this was a valid landing zone, evaluate the lenght of the runway and revise the tags.</div><br><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478528562660_17371">If there are any interest to repeat such experiments, I agree, we need this type of discussion with organizations that actively fly helicopters & planes within the affected areas.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478528562660_17372"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478528562660_17507">Private tasks could be setup to reserve the access to experienced contributors that have been trained to do such jobs.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478528562660_17905"><br></div>regard <br><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478528562660_17016"><span style="font-style:italic;color:rgb(0, 0, 191);font-weight:bold;"> <br><font face="garamond, new york, times, serif">Pierre </font><br></span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478528562660_17009"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478528562660_17014" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478528562660_17013"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, linéale; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478528562660_17012"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478528562660_17011"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478528562660_17010" size="2" face="Arial"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478528562660_17183" size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">De :</span></b> Denis Carriere <carriere.denis@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">À :</span></b> "hot@openstreetmap.org" <hot@openstreetmap.org> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc :</span></b> Jack Reid <jreid@mountainchild.org>; Kathmandu Living Labs <kathmandulivinglabs@gmail.com>; Jennifer Bottrell <jbottrell@maf.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Envoyé le :</span></b> lundi 7 novembre 2016 10h29<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Objet :</span></b> Re: [HOT] Surveying Helicopter Landing Zones (HLZs)<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478528562660_17374"><br><div id="yiv4877650849"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478528562660_17376"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478528562660_17375">During the Nepal earthquake relief effort, mapping HLZs (Helicopter Landing Zones) did not seem very coordinated, many factors need to be taken into consideration to properly define a HLZ. I can confirm that very little of the OpenStreetMap HLZ data was not used for any mission planning by any NGO, Government or UN aid during my time in Nepal.<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478528562660_17378"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478528562660_17379">However, it would be great to open this type of discussion with organizations that actively fly helicopters & planes within these affected areas. Most of these organizations already have a their own HLZ data with tons of precise attributes associated with the particular HLZ & terrain data.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478528562660_17448"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478528562660_17449">Before any mapping happens, we should properly define a HLZ OSM Wiki page to clearly define how to map an HLZ.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://gist.github.com/aaronpdennis/b4ce2012749bb025b886">https://gist.github.com/aaronpdennis/b4ce2012749bb025b886</a> (Humanitarian purposed tags)<br clear="none"></div><div><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Helicopter_landing_zone">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Helicopter_landing_zone</a> (Not defined)<br clear="none"></div><div><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:emergency:helipad">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:emergency:helipad</a> (Not defined)<br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><b>@MAF & @MountainChild @KLL: </b>It would be great to have your input on this topic.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv4877650849gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="yiv4877650849gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small;"><div><i>~~~~~~</i></div><div><i><b>Denis Carriere</b></i></div><div><i>GIS Software & Systems Specialist</i></div><div><div><i>Twitter: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/DenisCarriere/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);">@DenisCarriere</a><br clear="none"></i></div><div><i>OSM: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/DenisCarriere" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);">DenisCarriere</a></i></div></div><div>GitHub: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://github.com/DenisCarriere" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);">DenisCarriere</a></div><div>Email: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Carriere.Denis@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:Carriere.Denis@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);">Carriere.Denis@gmail.com</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br clear="none"><div class="yiv4877650849yqt5285807255" id="yiv4877650849yqt65277"><div class="yiv4877650849gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 7:11 AM, Blake Girardot HOT/OSM <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:blake.girardot@hotosm.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:blake.girardot@hotosm.org">blake.girardot@hotosm.org</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv4877650849gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;">Hi Keith,<br clear="none">
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What you propose sounds great. We had a lot of difficulty trying to do<br clear="none">
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I would love to speak with you more about it, maybe we could chat via skype.<br clear="none">
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On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 5:55 PM, Keith Darby <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:keithdar@usc.edu" target="_blank" href="mailto:keithdar@usc.edu">keithdar@usc.edu</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">
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> I am a retired Marine Corps Helicopter Pilot, and a current Masters Candidate in GIS Technologies at USC.<br clear="none">
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> I am working on my thesis, which is based on the premise that crowd-sourced geospatial information, if properly structured, could aid aircrews in surveying potential HLZs for disaster response.<br clear="none">
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> I am looking at using the towns of Honokaa and Waimea on the northern end of the Big Island of Hawaii as my study area, as I live close by, and I have the local Community Emergency Response Team (volunteers) willing to support.<br clear="none">
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