[HOT] Typhoon Haiyan Mapping Progress - suggestions for wider areas

[Daniel O'Connor]

Hi,
Andrew called for a few suggestions for other useful areas to map, beyond
just Tacloban; which is likely to become increasingly well mapped in the
next few days.


Reading articles like
http://www.rappler.com/nation/43285-initial-reports-damage-tacloban-city
suggest
Guiuan might be worth a further look.

"Guiuan, a fishing town of about 40,000 people on Samar, was the first to
be hit after Haiyan swept in from the Pacific Ocean. Pang said contact had
not yet been made with Guiuan."

http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=11.0308&mlon=125.7240&node=198523987#map=13/11.0308/125.7240&layers=N

You can see:
- It's at the start of the storm's path
- It has a nearby airport, which if still servicable, seems a reasonable
place to land supplies, relief workers, etc

If the aim was to simply improve roads/access, radiating out along the path
of the storm; (one task starting in Tacoloban/Basey/at the nearest land
pushing east, another starting from Guiuan pushing west, that'd cover a
reasonable amount of affected folks.

Wikimedia suggests a population of between 50-200 people/km^2 in those
areas.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Philippines_Population_Density_Map.svg

Mapping large structures in the towns in between, as opposed to every
single building is likely fairly quick, and highlights key infrastructure
(if it survived).

The coverage by bing seems alright: there are areas not covered like
Balangia to Lawa-an; but the majority is.

Thoughts?
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