[HOT] Typhoon Haiyan Mapping Progress - suggestions for wider areas
Frank Fesevur
ffes at users.sourceforge.net
Sat Nov 9 17:00:57 UTC 2013
2013/11/9 Daniel O'Connor:
> 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
Comparing OSM and Bing, almost all streets (if not covered by clouds
on Bing) look to be mapped.
But Bing coverage is not great in that area.
Regards,
Frank
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