[HOT] HOT 2013 Board Election Results--Congratulation from OSM/OpenDRI Nepal Community

[Jean-Guilhem Cailton]

Hi,

Great works.

Regarding imagery, just in case you hadn't checked recently, Bing high
resolution coverage of Nepal is now much broader than it was:
http://ant.dev.openstreetmap.org/bingimageanalyzer/?lat=28.321126060676896&lon=84.06212805408025&zoom=8

There are also Orbview-3 (and lower resolution EO-1) images available on
http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
that could extend the coverage.

Let me know if it could be useful to have them online for mapping, in
complement of Bing.

Best wishes,

Jean-Guilhem


Le 19/01/2013 04:12, Nama Budhathoki a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> I am writing this from Nepal. First of all, I would like to
> congratulate the newly elected HOT team members and the HOT community
> as a whole. Second, I am taking this opportunity to introduce some
> humanitarian OSM works we have started here in Nepal.
>
> As many of you are aware, Nepal is at high risk from earthquakes.
> Please have a look at this report:
> http://nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=16720#.UPn-fOh8OpI. Unfortunately,
> we do not have online maps for preparedness or rescue works in case we
> are hit by an earthquake.
>
> With The World Bank's support under its Open Data for Resilience
> Initiative (OpenDRI), we are aggressively expanding OSM Nepal
> community to collect major POIs and urban structural data including
> building footprints. We have started this from Kathmandu, the capital
> city of Nepal. We reach out to schools, colleges, and community groups
> to talk about and train them in OSM. Since other sources of GIS data
> are difficult to find, expensive to buy, and often outdated here in
> Nepal, people get excited when we talk about OSM.
>
> One major hindrance has been existing images, which makes it too
> difficult to digitize building footprints. We are working to get
> better resolution images and hoping to have those soon for Kathmandu
> Valley. Once we have that, we will seek your help with tasks that can
> be done remotely including digitizing building footprints. If you are
> interested to come to the ground or are coming to Nepal for any other
> purpose, lets know so that we can organize a mapping meetup and
> exchange our learning. For those who are thinking to go for vacation,
> Nepal has great hiking/trekking sites. Here, you can take mapping and
> hiking together!
>
> Congratulations once again. We look forward to work together and help
> each other.
>
> Nama
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> Nama R. Budhathoki
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