[HOT] using HOT resources for a DRR project

[maning sambale]

Thanks for the clarification Jaakko.

Maning Sambale
On Aug 29, 2012 8:22 PM, "Jaakko Helleranta.com" <jaakko at helleranta.com>
wrote:

> The NextView won't be available for your area. It was added as an option
> to the TM as part of the "Camp Roberts" exercise with the US gov for
> mapping refugee camps in southern Ethiopia and Eastern Kenya and now (I
> think) with the American Red Cross project to map two cities in Northern
> Uganda.
>
> That imagery is always sourced separately (I've understood), which is why
> there's the special license that one must accept to get to the imagery.
>
> Cheers,
> -Jaakko
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: maning sambale <emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:56:48
> To: Kate Chapman<kate at maploser.com>
> Cc: HOT<hot at openstreetmap.org>
> Subject: Re: [HOT] using HOT resources for a DRR project
>
> Dear everyone,
>
> I created a job for one of our mapping sites [0].  Please review if
> the instructions are simple enough.  I noticed that when creating a
> job there is an option to use the NextView imagery, is it possible to
> use it in this case?  How do I know that the nextview imagery has
> better coverega than what is available in Bing?
>
> [0] http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/52
>
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 10:08 PM, maning sambale
> <emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks Kate!
> >
> > Can I request access to creating tasks in the Tasking Manager?
> >
> > We will surely announce in the hot and talk-ph list once mapping starts.
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Kate Chapman <kate at maploser.com> wrote:
> >> Hi Maning,
> >>
> >> It is no problem to use the main Tasking Manager. Especially since the
> >> project is DRR related.
> >>
> >> Is there any other way we can help?
> >>
> >> Best,
> >>
> >> -Kate
> >>
> >> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 4:50 PM, maning sambale
> >> <emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Dear hotties,
> >>>
> >>> I mentioned early this month of a small project we are collaborating
> >>> for disaster management [0].  The initiative is more towards disaster
> >>> mitigation and not on the actual disaster (which we hope won't
> >>> happen).
> >>> We will be using OSM as a primary source of data. We are also planning
> >>> to use the HOT tasking manager for coordinating the OSM data
> >>> collection activities.  I would like to ask if it is OK to use the
> >>> main
> >>> Tasking Manager instance for coordinating our OSMing work or should we
> >>> deploy our own instance?
> >>>
> >>> Since the project is minimally funded, we would like to allocate
> >>> resources to the mapping side of things and not on the "associated
> >>> technology" for coordination work.
> >>>
> >>> [0]
> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/hot/2012-August/002087.html
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> >>> cheers,
> >>> maning
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> > maning
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> maning
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