[HOT] Mapping Bassikounou, Mauritania - ICRC request

[Andrew Buck]

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Yes, this video is amazing.  After mapping literally hundreds of these
wells we have still never seen one up close.  What's more, we now know
what causes the 'fans', it is the animal walking away from the well to
pull up the bucket.  This video is very helpful in understanding these
wells and in confirming that we are mapping them correctly.

A big thanks to those who made this video and a heads up to any aid
organizations or others in the field that things like this which don't
seem important or useful can in fact be very important to our
volunteers in understanding the place they are mapping.

- -AndrewBuck




On 03/06/2014 01:10 PM, Pierre Béland wrote:
> Hi Severin
> 
> In this  Task Manager job descripton, there are examples give of
> Intermittent ponds
> url=http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=kn5s43gh3j74&lvl=19&dir=0&sty=b&form=LMLTCC
>
>  If you zoom-out, it seems that all this zone is flood_prone. I
> think tha a polygon should be trace around all the zone with the
> tag flood_prone=yes, plus identify the more permanent ponds. I
> mapped rapidly inside Bassikounou and have mapped a few of the
> flood_prone areas as an example.
> 
> The film about the water well operation is interesting wit the
> cattles operating around the well. For Mali activation we were able
> to spot such wells by observing odd looking "fans" around them in
> the aerial imagery made by the cattles circulation.
> 
> See discussion for Mali
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/HOT/Mali_Activation_Discussion_with_humanitarians_2013-02-18#Discussion_of_water_wells
>
> 
> 
> 
> Pierre
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________ De : Severin Menard
> <severin.menard at gmail.com> À : "hot at openstreetmap.org"
> <hot at openstreetmap.org> Envoyé le : Jeudi 6 mars 2014 12h14 Objet :
> [HOT] Mapping Bassikounou, Mauritania - ICRC request
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> ICRC requested us to map an AOI (Area Of Interest) around
> Bassikounou, a town close to the border with Mali, for a
> development project about drinkable water. The approach is the same
> than for Walikale in DRC. To know more:
> http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/447
> 
> As you can see, I added a banner to make clear what the job is
> from, for and about. For sure HTML and wording could be improved,
> please make suggestions.
> 
> The map features are a bit more various than usual (eg intermittent
> ponds - please find a link provided by the local Watsan specialist
> tp have an idea how to identify them on Bing imagery - and trees).
> 
> I also added a picture and a video of Bassikounou that I found in
> the web, to have a better idea of what look like the streets and
> the outskirts.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
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