[HOT] Mapping Kunduz, Afghanistan

Norman Rathmann info at laxmi-reisen.de
Mon Feb 25 17:44:00 UTC 2013


Hi Frédéric

the bing image is better for mapping, more clear.

But to map this houses are really hard. It seems they are all with walls 
around and a unregular form.

my first houses looks like this: 
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=36.708184&lon=68.871467&zoom=18&layers=M

Norman
> Dear all,
>
> The ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) is looking for
> some support from the HOT community to digitize on top of a satellite
> image they have acquired over the city of Kunduz in Afghanistan.
> The image is 50 cm resolution, comes from the WV2 sensor
> (DigitalGlobe) and was acquired the 12th of October 2012.
> The ICRC will use the image and the OSM data to work on a drinking
> water project.
>
> The ICRC is very interested in all the buildings, the streets and the landuse.
> A task has been created, with details : http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/199
>
> Each task is voluntarily small, in order to take the time to map out
> the buildings.
>
> I am available if you need any other information.
>
> Best
>
> Fred
>



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