[HOT] Haruna Cyclone in Madagascar

Eric SIBERT courrier at eric.sibert.fr
Thu Mar 7 08:37:38 UTC 2013


> -  Toliara http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/206
> -  Sakaraha http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/207

I'm not sure that Sakaraha needs a task. One guy mapped what he can 
yesterday, using Bing. I did few corrections and added some details this 
morning.

 > They report the provisional toll of yesterday as :
 >
 > 26 died, 16 missing;
 > 127 injuries;
 > 40,154 victims (2261 Toliara I, 5358 Sakaraha, 5441 Toliara II, Betioky
 > 16219 South 2880 CU Morombe, 3780 Ampanihy, 265 CR Soanala, 115 CU
 > Betroka, 2459 Antakataka South Vangaindrano 1315, 1 Ankazoabo 562);
[...]

Typically, this is related to districts, not towns.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/FR:WikiProject_Madagascar#Districts

In south-west Madagascar, districts can be very large (10.000 km²?). For 
instance, Toliara II should be the rural area around Toliara (Tuléar en 
français dans le texte). So, I suspect that a large number of victims 
are in back country, not down town. And mapping it using satellite view 
is not easy. What is a not so bad road compared to a really bad track?


Éric



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