[HOT] University Course on VGI and Crisis Mapping - OSM Exercise

[Banick, Robert]

Hi Jonas,

The American and Haitian Red Crosses could use help finishing up the tasks we've made in Northern Haiti. We're due to start mapping individual communities and collecting primary data (risk zones, health worker locations, etc.) from them on the ground in 2 weeks. We plan on using paper printouts of OSM for this process in over 200 communities, so having all the roads, land uses and buildings down will make that a much easier process.

Best,
Robert

Robert Banick | Field GIS Coordinator | International Services | Ì American Red Cross<http://www.redcross.org/>
2025 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20006
Tel 202-303-5017 | Cell 202-805-3679 | Skype robert.banick

From: Pierre Béland <pierzenh at yahoo.fr<mailto:pierzenh at yahoo.fr>>
Reply-To: Pierre Béland <pierzenh at yahoo.fr<mailto:pierzenh at yahoo.fr>>
Date: Tuesday, November 5, 2013 10:41 AM
To: Iván Sánchez Ortega <ivan at sanchezortega.es<mailto:ivan at sanchezortega.es>>, Jonas Shorn <shornjonas at googlemail.com<mailto:shornjonas at googlemail.com>>
Cc: "hot at openstreetmap.org<mailto:hot at openstreetmap.org>" <hot at openstreetmap.org<mailto:hot at openstreetmap.org>>
Subject: Re: [HOT] University Course on VGI and Crisis Mapping - OSM Exercise

As other said, there are no urgent tasks presently.

An other task that I can suggest is in Mali. See http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/150 While this in not an emergency, there is still a lot to cover with this task. In the context of a Crisis Mapping course, it is also interesting to look at this.

When we started the Mali Activation at the beginning of the year, we had a huge area to cover in the Niger Delta and in the more desertic areas north of Mali. For this Niger Delta task, there is also a challenge while mapping, since imagery taken at the flooded season is difficult to interpret. Often people will identify lakes while looking more closely, we find villages and farmlands.

We have already used Kuona, a Crowdsource Imagery Application to locate villages in this vast area. Villages are either identified by a name or a gray polygon on the OSM map. This will help to locate villages and trace information related to these villages. From these villages, an other challenge is to find roads or tracks connecting the village to main roads.


Pierre

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De : Iván Sánchez Ortega <ivan at sanchezortega.es<mailto:ivan at sanchezortega.es>>
À : Jonas Shorn <shornjonas at googlemail.com<mailto:shornjonas at googlemail.com>>
Cc : hot at openstreetmap.org<mailto:hot at openstreetmap.org>
Envoyé le : Mardi 5 novembre 2013 8h44
Objet : Re: [HOT] University Course on VGI and Crisis Mapping - OSM Exercise

El Martes, 5 de noviembre de 2013 14:30:39 usted escribió:
> Thanks Ivan :-)
>
> I thought there might be a patricular project very urgent at the moment!
>
> But then, i will just pick a task for the students!

If there is a very very urgent HOT project, and newcomers can help, there will
be a task set at the tasking manager. :-)

IIRC, urgent or important tasks are shown at the top of the list.


Best,
--
Iván Sánchez Ortega <ivan at sanchezortega.es<mailto:ivan at sanchezortega.es>>


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