[HOT] HOT Process
Sam Larsen
samlarsen1 at yahoo.co.uk
Wed Aug 4 09:25:34 BST 2010
----- Original Message ----
> From: Kate Chapman <kate at maploser.com>
> To: hot <hot at openstreetmap.org>
> Sent: Wed, 4 August, 2010 3:49:25
> Subject: [HOT] HOT Process
>
> Hey All,
>
> There has been some discussion of having a slightly less ad hoc
> process for HOT to respond to events.
>
> Questions that have been brought up:
>
> -When would HOT respond?
> -When would we deploy to the ground?
> -Are there times when we specifically shouldn't respond?
-With what type of natrual disasters will we be most effective?
I feel the situation in Pakistan is an example of this - where the scale of
the disaster is vast, however, at this stage (due to the temporal change in
floodwaters etc) i feel we are less suited to this than say an earthquake.
Imagery at this stage may be less useful than at a later date. Maybe we ramp-up
when the flood waters are subsiding & assess infrastructure issues, refugee
camps etc...
Thoughts?
-Different strategies for disaster types...
> -Should we help if governments haven't specifically asked for it?
>
> My thoughts are we can respond when there are adequate materials to be
> effective. Meaning imagery, data or people with the ability to
> collect data from the ground. I think we would deploy we are invited,
> I haven't thought through the specifics of this though. I don't have
> a good example of when we should respond. As for responding if
> governments haven't asked for help I think it is okay to do this.
> Free geodata is a huge benefit for many uses, there are going to be
> times where waiting for an invitation is going to be lost time. In
> Haiti people began mapping immediately and the ad hoc method was
> successful.
>
> What are your thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kate
>
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