[HOT] New Job for Tracing in the Congo

[Claire Halleux]

Hello,

As mentioned by JGC's links and Pierre:
>From the end of February to the 5th of March, violent fightings between a
rebel groups and the national army took place inside Ktichanga city. That
event resulted in the destruction of more than 500 buildings, 80 deads,
hundreds of wounded and thousands people fleeing out of the town (some to
the north and many to the south, even upto Sake).
Some humanitarian organisations are currently assisting the affected
population and accurate maps of the area haven't been available yet. We are
currently trying to reach all of them with OCHA support. Thanks to the US
Department of State and to OpenStreetMap contributors, digitizing the area
has been made possible, thank you very much for all your contributions so
far!

Claire

ps: sorry for not answering requests earlier, whole weekend without power!


2013/3/23 Pierre Béland <pierzenh at yahoo.fr>

> The area around Sake and Kitchanga is a strategic point at the carrefour
> of various roads and humanitarians have expressed concerns. There have
> been violences repeatedly, massive displacements of people and sanitary
> risks.   Thanks to the US State Department, we now have good imagery to
> cover this area.  Thanks also to Jean-Guilhem and Andrew for the imagery
> corrections and server setups.
>
> We should be able to cover this area rapidly. While we have access to the
> Nextview imagery, we should map as much as we can.  For this Task Manager
> job, We will give Workflow instructions to map this area in detail
> including the buildings.
>
>
> Pierre
>
>   ------------------------------
> *De :* Jean-Guilhem Cailton <jgc at arkemie.com>
> *À :* hot at openstreetmap.org
> *Envoyé le :* Samedi 23 mars 2013 10h45
> *Objet :* Re: [HOT] New Job for Tracing in the Congo
>
>  Hi,
>
> When I pointed out that clear high resolution images of the town of
> Kitchanga (and of the area between Saké and Kitchanga, including the
> village of Burungu) were available, thanks to the State Department, Claire,
> who is our main contact in DRC, replied that :
> "We could set tasks for the national road surroundings, Burungu and
> Kitchanga.
> But it would also be valuable to use them for mapping all visible
> infrastructures out of those first three."
>
> And, half an hour later, she added :
> "ICRC confirmed their interest for Kitchanga data already. Considering the
> level of recent damages in town, it would be good to get all the buildings
> drawn as well.
> Some other organisations might also be interested soon."
>
>
> For more information in your language about what happened recently in
> Kitchanga, you can look it up in your favorite search engine.
>
> Here are for example a few links, in English :
>
> https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/article.cfm?id=6673&cat=field-news
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21623068
>
> and in French :
>
> http://blog.lesoir.be/colette-braeckman/2013/03/07/kitchanga-nord-kivu-ville-martyre/
>
> http://radiookapi.net/actualite/2013/03/06/felix-prosper-basse-la-monusco-appuye-les-fardc-pour-empecher-lavancee-de-lapcls/#more-144986
>
> http://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_nord-kivu-kitchanga-se-noie-dans-son-sang?id=7943339
>
> http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2013/03/07/la-croix-rouge-denonce-une-situation-dramatique-a-kitchanga-en-rdc_1844415_3212.html
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jean-Guilhem
>
>
> Le 23/03/2013 14:48, Andrew Buck a écrit :
>
> I am not sure what the goal is specifically, only that we have a gap
> in our coverage in the strip heading north from Sake and we were
> granted access to some imagery to cover the area.  We got the imagery
> due to interest in the region from humanitarian organizations, but I
> do not know who asked for the coverage or what specifically they are
> looking for.  All I know is that we were missing imagery for this area
> and now we have it.
>
> Wish I had a more specific answer for you but that is all I have at
> this point.  Hopefully someone can elaborate further so we can set
> priorities appropriately, but even if not, this is just a good gap in
> our coverage to fill in anyway.
>
> -AndrewBuck
>
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