[HOT] Fw: Geospatial Support for Chile

Mikel Maron mikel_maron at yahoo.com
Thu Mar 4 05:18:51 GMT 2010


Processes are in motion to post GeoEye imagery for use in OSM, details below.

Schuyler, are you in position to make tiles? Anyone else able to pitch in?

 == Mikel Maron ==
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http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Haiti



----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Chris Nicholas <chrisgnicholas at gmail.com>
To: Marta <martabenito at hotmail.com>
Cc: "Smith, Nate" <nsmith at ofda.gov>; Bruce Willett <bdwillet at ravel.n2.net>; favch at yahoo.com; jdonahue at immap.org; jpiedra at onemi.gov.cl; pampkiep at yahoo.es; nvgomez3 at hotmail.com; aipacl at hotmail.com; wanderino_73 at yahoo.es; sebastian.borgwardt at aonikenk.com; sandroespinoza at gmail.com; julio.costa at openstreetmap.cl; geosubu at gmail.com; charles.perring at gmail.com; harayama at un.org; villaveces at un.org; jgc at arkemie.com; flamy at google.com; thehealthpolicygroup at gmail.com; shoreh.elhami at gmail.com; nwoof at mapaction.org; GeoMapper1 at aol.com; leo.soto at gmail.com; crisismappers-chile at googlegroups.com; SimmonsKM at state.gov; swatt at usgs.gov; JohnsonJE3 at state.gov
Sent: Thu, March 4, 2010 2:50:41 AM
Subject: Re: Geospatial Support for Chile

I am working now to put the recent GeoEye images ofSan Javier, Santiago, and Puerto 
Saavedra online as OGC WMS services, KML, and accessible within the OpenStreetMap. Attached are the shapefile coverages.  These can be downloaded (~8Gigs) at 

ftp://chile.geoeye.com 

204.236.220.178
User 
ID: chile
Password: ch1l3p1c$Hopefully within a few hours these will be accessible via thin bandwidth at full resolution.
Chris Nicholas
UN-SPIDER


On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Marta <martabenito at hotmail.com> wrote:

>Hi, I'm Marta from Santiago, I have been trying to involve someone from the current government to make a formal request for help, since many people, Map Action as well, are just waiting for that to star working, but not success so far, I'll keep on trying with people from the new government.
>>
>If I can help some how, please let me know, my sister from Madrid offered to make translations Spanish - English - German, I can do some Spanish-English too.
>>Best regards,
>
>>Marta Benito
>
>>Geologist - MSc GIS Project Development
>>+56995582669
>>+5628859016
>
>
>>--------------------------------------------------
>>From: "Smith, Nate" <nsmith at ofda.gov>
>>Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 3:58 PM
>>To: "Bruce Willett" <bdwillet at ravel.n2.net>
>
>>Cc: <favch at yahoo.com>; <wanderino_73 at yahoo.es>; <martabenito at hotmail.com>; <jdonahue at immap.org>; <jpiedra at onemi.gov.cl>; <pampkiep at yahoo.es>; <nvgomez3 at hotmail.com>; <aipacl at hotmail.com>; <wanderino_73 at yahoo.es>; <sebastian.borgwardt at aonikenk.com>; <jgc at arkemie.com>; <sandroespinoza at gmail.com>; <julio.costa at openstreetmap.cl>; <geomapper1 at aol.com>; <JohnsonJE3 at state.gov>; <geosubu at gmail.com>; <chrisgnicholas at gmail.com>; <charles.perring at gmail.com>; <harayama at un.org>; <villaveces at un.org>; <jgc at arkemie.com>; <flamy at google.com>; <thehealthpolicygroup at gmail.com>; <shoreh.elhami at gmail.com>; <nwoof at mapaction.org>; <GeoMapper1 at aol.com>; <leo.soto at gmail.com>; <crisismappers-chile at googlegroups.com>; <SimmonsKM at state.gov>; <swatt at usgs.gov>; <JohnsonJE3 at state.gov>
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>Subject: RE: Geospatial Support for Chile
>
>
>
>>>Bruce,
>>
>>>>Sounds like you have been working most of the angles and, from those copied, we have many common friends and colleagues.
>>
>>>>I wish I had something more to offer.  Post event imagery has been mostly cloud covered over the high impact areas and the RapidEye is giving the best look right now.
>>
>>>>If I can find any avenue to utilize your skills I will pass it along.  You might want to get an account on APAN (http://community.apan.org/) as they were quite effective in Haiti, but I haven't heard much from their Chile community.
>>
>>>>Cheers,
>>
>>>>Nate
>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: Bruce Willett [mailto:bdwillet at ravel.n2.net]
>>>>Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 12:42 PM
>>>>To: Smith, Nate
>>>>Cc: favch at yahoo.com; wanderino_73 at yahoo.es; martabenito at hotmail.com; jdonahue at immap.org; jpiedra at onemi.gov.cl; pampkiep at yahoo.es; nvgomez3 at hotmail.com; aipacl at hotmail.com; wanderino_73 at yahoo.es; sebastian.borgwardt at aonikenk.com; jgc at arkemie.com; sandroespinoza at gmail.com; julio.costa at openstreetmap.cl; geomapper1 at aol.com; JohnsonJE3 at state.gov; geosubu at gmail.com; chrisgnicholas at gmail.com; charles.perring at gmail.com; harayama at un.org; villaveces at un.org; jgc at arkemie.com; flamy at google.com; thehealthpolicygroup at gmail.com; shoreh.elhami at gmail.com; nwoof at mapaction.org; GeoMapper1 at aol.com; leo.soto at gmail.com; crisismappers-chile at googlegroups.com; SimmonsKM at state.gov; swatt at usgs.gov; JohnsonJE3 at state.gov
>>>>
>>Subject: Re: Geospatial Support for Chile
>>
>>>>Hi Nate,
>>
>>>>Thanks for the email.  I am CC:ing just some of those involved whether they understand English or not.  I am doing this in the hopes that some connections might form.
>>
>>>>Desculpa para el ingles NO PUEDO ESCRIBIR EN 2 AHORA!
>>
>>>>I am going to play with this until the 10th and then off on my bike with a friend for a couple weeks in Tierra de Fuego and out of contact the whole time, so if something come up
>>
>>>>Yes, it is too bad we didn't know about him as we have a couple of us down here in Punta Arenas interested in helping with mapping, GIS, GPS,  most of these are Chilean.  We also have another couple in Santiago looking to help, both Chilean and foreigners.  Most of us have been just spinning our wheels down here looking for a way to help. I did the same after Katrina even though I was working directly for FEMA at the time.
>>
>>>>I donated blood a couple weeks ago and $$. I am currently uploading GIS data (no metadata, of course) and making maps of the areas affected, others are looking for imagery and making similar contacts with similar results.  Region 8 and 9 - don't know if it will be used but.
>>
>>>>Here is a quick rundown on some of the collective efforts, contacts and
>>>>responses:
>>
>>>>ONEMI - emails don't work, phone calls don't go through, people don't know what GIS is or don't care, all taken care of and don't need help, don't do GIS  We talked to the local jefe and he didn't even know what GIS is..
>>
>>>>US State Dept / Embassy - don't do GIS, don't know what it is, email this person, email this email I have been in touch with them since 1999 on GIS issues, lot of talk
>>
>>>>Immap - Joe D at waiting for a request and could provide assistance
>>
>>>>GISCorps - Shoreh is waiting for a request and could provide assistance
>>
>>>>ESRI - Carmelle Terborgh could be involved if tasked, others I have not contacted
>>
>>>>ESRI-Chile - don't get me started
>>
>>>>Other in local government - don't really know anything and waiting for direction from above
>>
>>>>ChileAyuda - ??????
>>
>>>>Intendencia - ?????
>>
>>>>UN OCHA - ???
>>
>>>>MapAction - ???
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>>Could you provide us with updated access to Quickbird of the affected areas?
>>
>>>>Some of us are loading data onto:
>>http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2010_Chile_earthquake/Imagery_and_data_sources#Existing_Data_Sets
>>
>>>>Same with this group:
>>http://groups.google.com/group/crisismappers-chile?lnk=gcamh
>>
>>>>We are now looking to do some work down here in Punta Arenas but with or without any leadership from those directly involved.
>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>
>>>>bruce
>>
>>
>>>>.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:..:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:
>>>>                 Bruce D. Willett
>>>>GIS Specialist              Punta Arenas, Chile
>>bdwillet at n2.net             www.n2.net/bdwillet
>>
>>>>Photo log: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bdwillet/
>>
>>>>"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
>>
>>>>"La Civilización de un pueblo se mide por la forma que tratan a los animales". Gandhi
>>
>>>>Disclaimer: Opinions stated herein are mine, mine, mine, all mine and not those of anybody else!!!!
>>>>.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:..:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:
>>
>>>>On Wed, 3 Mar 2010, Smith, Nate wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>>Bruce,
>>>
>>>>>>I saw your offer to help in the email traffic and while we don't have
>>>>>>a good way to pull you in to our efforts, I may have a suggestion or
>>>>>>two and I wanted to send a note to introduce myself as it seems our
>>>>>>paths may have actually or nearly crossed in the past few years.
>>>>>>Ironically, our GIS Data Specialist was just stranded in Punta Arenas
>>>>>>for several days and has only recently travelled overland to Argentina
>>>>>>to begin the long trip home.  He should get back to Washington on
>>>>>>Sunday.  I wish I had gotten your note earlier and could have linked
>>>>>>you up.  He and his wife spent a couple weeks in the region hiking Torres and Fitzroy.
>>>
>>>>>>I actually spent a few days there in 1995 with some buddies as we did
>>>>>>the circuit at Torres. I also did some GPS training in Liberia back in
>>>>>>1997 with Shawn Messick, who you probably know from VVAF (now IMMAP).
>>>
>>>>>>Regarding the response, consider reaching out to GIS Corps as Shoreh
>>>>>>is seeking linkages within ONEMI and SNIT to try and find a way to
>>>>>>position some volunteers to help.  Perhaps you can assist her in this
>>>>>>effort and find a means to volunteer through them.  You may also be
>>>>>>well positioned to link up with local governments or the Chilean Red
>>>>>>Cross and assist in their efforts.
>>>
>>>>>>Feel free to drop me a note if you want to discuss.
>>>
>>>>>>Good luck and best regards,
>>>
>>>>>>Nate Smith
>>>
>>>>>>**********************************
>>>
>>>>>>GIS Coordinator
>>>
>>>>>>Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance
>>>
>>>>>>1429 N. Quincy Street
>>>
>>>>>>Arlington, VA 22207
>>>
>>>>>>ph - (703) 526-2061
>>>
>>>>>>Cell - (703) 981-1224
>>>
>>>>>>**********************************
>>>
>>>
>>>
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