[HOT] Indonesia Earthquake magnitude 6.1 (Update in Response)
Kate Chapman
kate at maploser.com
Sat Jul 6 11:28:45 UTC 2013
Sorry yes this is the task: http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/272
Thanks everyone for your support.
-Kate
On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 6:13 PM, Pierre GIRAUD <pierre.giraud at gmail.com> wrote:
> You probably meant
> http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/272
>
> On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Kate Chapman <kate at maploser.com> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have created a task: http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/268 for the
>> district of Ketol which has been the worst affected. Please help us in
>> mapping all the roads and buildings in the area.
>>
>> I also have geotagged photos and a KML from BNPB (disaster management
>> agency). If someone can use them for mapping please let me know so I
>> can email them to you.
>>
>> Unfortunately I'm going to be traveling from 0700 GMT tomorrow until
>> 1500 on Monday to return the US. If you have questions please post
>> them to the HOT list and I will get to them as I can and also others
>> from our team in Indonesia read the list and can answer as well.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> -Kate
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 1:53 AM, Andrew Buck <andrew.r.buck at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Earlier today there was a 6.1 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia the
>>> epicenter is the link below.
>>>
>>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=4.6978&mlon=96.6871&zoom=16&layers=M
>>>
>>> Although 6.1 is reasonably powerful, Indonesia experiences many earthquakes
>>> and so the damage from this one is somewhat moderate. Current reports are
>>> between 20 and 100 fatalities so far with some people displaced from
>>> collapsed buildings. The response will likely be local and not involve the
>>> international community, but we have started mapping roads in the areas just
>>> as a precaution, and we continue to monitor the situation.
>>>
>>> Earthquakes such as this can be the precursor to a later, much larger,
>>> aftershock. So a bit of mapping now might be very useful if a later such
>>> earthquake does occur. Right now the focus is on roads, and bridges. Some
>>> building tracing of key buildings (large buildings, mosques, etc) is useful,
>>> but complete building coverage is probably overkill.
>>>
>>> The larger town of Takengon to the east of the epicenter suffered minimal
>>> damage, but this is the nearest larger town, so it may be worth tracing
>>> streets there if this becomes a disaster response headquarters.
>>>
>>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=4.6234&lon=96.8518&zoom=14&layers=M
>>>
>>> -AndrewBuck
>>>
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