[HOT] 2014 Gaza Strip Pre building on OSM

[Mikel Maron]

> For coordinating future interventions and humanitarian assistances, the
Middle East & Near Africa
> Shelter Cluster in partnership with Terre des Hommes,   decided to launch
the digitalization of
> Gaza buildings, in close relation with OpenStreetMap contributors,  based
on an imagery of the
> July 6, 2014.

Fred, thanks for organizing this. Very good we can OSM can be of use in
this crisis.

A note from HOT's history. The 2008-9 Israel-Gaza conflict is considered
the first HOT activation. We raised money to purchase imagery and worked
out the rights to digitize, in areas not covered by Yahoo imagery. Later,
JumpStart International built on our experience in the West Bank, and
worked with engineering students in Gaza to map on the ground.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Gaza

Tragic that we are not mapping for a "more peaceful and prosperous time",
but at least, we can still make a humanitarian contribution through mapping.

-Mikel
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