[HOT] Pre activation in Eastern DRC - Goma

[Kate Chapman]

Hi All,

If we are going to do report monitoring I would suggest we ask one of
our other partners for assistance since there are a couple that
specialize in such things.

Thanks,

-Kate

On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 3:13 AM, nicolas chavent
<nicolas.chavent at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey all
>
> I am reaching out to some of the UN agencies active in DRC, and to GISers or
> contacts that we have down there to get a good plan of actionl, will update
> the list tomorrow
>
> This will encompass
> * Areas of Interest
> * GPS tracks
> * GIS data for imports
> * imagery support and local groups
> * specific needs
>
> I think that asides of this interesting work on Bing, it would be great to
> monitor the reports about East DRC in Relief Web and generate our awareness
>
> We can definitively start setting up a job on Goma and start mapping there
> since Bing is not bad over this town
> We are planning in Senegal to have DRC as a red line and focus the efforts
> of trainees on the TM in mapping this town and will call to help as well
> Eurosha volunteers so that African OSM mappers can step in this crisis
>
> My internet here is not good enough to set the job, can change tomorrow, if
> anyone in the mean time feel comfortable doing this, this would be great
>
> Best
> Nicolas
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Joseph Reeves <iknowjoseph at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Looking quickly at the Bing Image Analyser, Goma and some surrounding
>> areas are covered in high detail:
>>
>>
>> http://ant.dev.openstreetmap.org/bingimageanalyzer/?lat=-1.689891955079034&lon=29.226718902587876&zoom=11
>>
>> I've not been able to find any coverage areas as shapefiles or equivalent,
>> however.
>>
>> Does anyone have a good way of scripting usage of the Image Analyser? I've
>> previously scripted some checking of an area south of Goma, but it can't
>> have been the most efficient way of doing it: Scripting Firefox to open new
>> tabs until my PC ran out of memory wasn't too elegant.
>>
>> Cheers, Joseph
>>
>>
>>
>> On 26 November 2012 02:40, Kate Chapman <kate at maploser.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Joseph,
>>>
>>> We have no officially activated yet. At the moment there isn't much to
>>> do. (We are looking for someone to lead the activation though).
>>>
>>> One thing to do would be look for available imagery in the area that
>>> can be used for digitizing. Just having an outline of where Bing is
>>> would be a good start.
>>>
>>> -Kate
>>>
>>> On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Joseph Pollack
>>> <josephrichardpollack at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Dear List,
>>> >
>>> > is there anything I can do on your Goma activation?
>>> >
>>> > Warm Regards,
>>> >
>>> > -Joseph.
>>> >
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