[HOT] philippines mapping press coverage

[pavithran]

Hi,
I guess some have noticed but here is an article from The Guardian .

Online volunteers map Philippines after typhoon Haiyan
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team coordinates mapping effort after
enormous storm devastated country

More than 700 volunteers have collaborated to provide rescue workers
with high quality maps of areas in the Philippines hit by typhoon
Haiyan.
Working on OpenStreetMap, a collaboratively created map of the world –
like Wikipedia, but for cartographers – the volunteers have made over
1.5m changes, providing information for humanitarian aid workers on
the ground and updating maps to reflect damage from the storm.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/15/online-volunteers-map-philippines-after-typhoon-haiyan

Regards,
Pavithran

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