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I agree ! (with your beginning, not your conclusion)<br>
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This is exactly the reason why I advocate reusing existing, proved,
known technology :<br>
OpenStreetBugs<br>
that has already been tried in crisis situation (see wiki/Task)<br>
and which just needs a new NAME<br>
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over waiting for specialized solutions to be ready :<br>
(tag specifications, Sahana)<br>
(apologies to these: I admit not taking/having the time to
read/understand how they work)<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Jean-Guilhem<br>
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PS : please tell me something simpler if it is already here, I can't
see it.<br>
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Iván Sánchez Ortega a écrit :
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<pre wrap="">El Viernes, 22 de Enero de 2010, Jean-Guilhem Cailton escribió:
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<pre wrap="">So please do not reject a usage that could turn out to be useful just
because you consider that OSM was "not designed for it".
From a technical point of view, this kind of info weighs nothing
compared with the imagery and cartographic data that OSM is handling.
But from a relief point of view, it may be vital.
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I'll quote Laurent Dedieu, who works for Médecins Sans Frontières:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/21/haiti-howto-set-up-a.html">http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/21/haiti-howto-set-up-a.html</a>
"The first phase of an emergency is not the best moment to test new
technology."
"Right now, people in Haiti are really overwhelmed by the basics. To introduce
something completely new, where they're not sure how to use it or we don't
have feedback [...] And a nice idea that's supposed to help you and
facilitate your work can make you lose time. New technologies require a lot
of field testing before they can be implemented."
No matter how cool OSM is, now it is *not* the time to experiment with it. Go
to a CrisisCamp in one or two months, and discuss the idea there.
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