[HOT] Typhoon Haiyan Tracing -- Please Assist

Tim Waters chippy2005 at gmail.com
Sat Nov 30 11:43:50 UTC 2013


Thanks! Will get cracking. If people were looking for it I think the
relevant task is http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/375

Cheers

Tim


On 30 November 2013 11:34, Banick, Robert <Robert.Banick at redcross.org>wrote:

>   Hello HOT Community,
>
>  Hello from Tacloban. Recovery work for Typhoon Yolanda is gathering
> steam in the Philippines and with it the need for highly detailed data. I'm
> here working with the REACH Initiative to conduct a rapid shelter
> assessment which will be used to inform shelter reconstruction planning for
> the entire recovery operation. In the course of these surveys we're testing
> the accuracy of damage assessments conducted through OSM and developing
> methodologies to join relevant survey data to OSM map features.
>
>  One of the municipalities selected for assessment is Carles on the
> northeasten tip of Panay. We're hoping to use OSM to better plan the
> logistics and administration of our assessment surveys and in turn generate
> more useful data for OSM. If possible we'll obtain post-disaster imagery
> and set up a separate task to crowd source damage assessments that we can
> validate in the field.
>
>  We need your help to get this done in time. Our assessment will be
> happening later this week, most likely Friday, so we need the community's
> help to trace the relevant data in time. If you have the time and
> inclination, please take a cell or 20 and chip in. If the data is good
> enough it *will* be used by humanitarian responders.
>
>  Many thanks to all of you for the time and effort you've given so far.
> GIS folks in the field are all raving about the quality and thoroughness of
> the data that OSM provides to this response.
>
>  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
>
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