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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09-Sep-17 01:10 PM, Blake Girardot
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<pre wrap="">On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 10:33 PM, Nick Hocking <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:nick.hocking@gmail.com"><nick.hocking@gmail.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Eric wrote
" This is an open database and we all "garden" the data to make sure that
the
information is correct."
I think that information critical to safety needs a higher level of
verification than just peer review.
So the argument comes down to what is critical information.
I normal times, road geometry on maps should not be critical to drivers
because we expect them to use eyes/brain ahead of navigation prompts.(and
yes I know this doesn't always happen)
In times of emergency, certain information just must be correct and can not
be allowed to be tampered with.
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As someone who works in times of emergency, I can tell you OSM is the
goto dataset for many formal and informal response groups around the
world.
It is consistently a good dataset, sometimes where no other datasets
can be located and is used very often.
The quality is a known average good and the #opendata nature is always
a plus. The crowd based nature makes it one of the best databases of
local amenities, schools, medical in many parts of the world.
OSM is used at every level of the disaster management cycle from the
UN and EC/EU organs to local groups with a van load of food.
OSM data gets automatically pushed to #HDX the main UN OCHA data
distribution point, it is that important and in demand.
Everyone on this list is making that dataset as good as it is. thank you.
Respectfully,
blake
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<p><samp>Some have the OSM data rendered as maps on their phones,
the data is available even if the phone network is down, thus it
is available even when contact with 'officialdom' is lost. In an
real emergency OSM data maybe the only source of information
that some have. <br>
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<p><samp>I can see what your on about Eric, but I think your being
overly pessimistic. <br>
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<p><samp>People in emergency situations when out of their trained
responses do look and think. <br>
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<p><samp>Practised fire evacuations get people to use the nearest
fire exit, <br>
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<p><samp>even when in a real fire there is smoke between them and
that fire exit (yes I have seen it in a real situation, no one
died then). <br>
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<p><samp>I once staid in a YHA that was an underground nuclear fall
out shelter .. I don't think that one will change in a hurry. <br>
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<p><samp>Most emergency shelters around me have not changed other
than when the original was decommissioned. <br>
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