[HOT] OpenDRI Field Guide Released

[John Crowley]

Nico,

Good idea. I will be converting the whole text of the document to Markdown format and checking into Github. The information graphics would be more of a challenge. They will require someone with Adobe Creative Suite skills...

April would be a good time frame to explore this opportunity...

John

Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse typos and brevity.

On Mar 22, 2014, at 6:48 PM, Robert Soden <robert.soden at gmail.com> wrote:

> Nico,
> 
> Great idea.  I know John is looking at making a few edits to this current version.  The final version should be out by late April I would guess.  I think we'd be more than happy to facilitate any translation efforts then.
> 
> Cheers,
> Robert
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 10:16 AM, nicolas chavent <nicolas.chavent at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Kate, John, Robert and all,
> 
> Thanks for sharing this comprehensive piece about OpenDRI, there's obviously a lot to digest and to discuss. 
> This can probably be a work session of those willing to form a Lessons Learned Working Group in HOT (prior it goes formal). 
> 
> I quickly skimmed through it, and was wondering about any plan from GFDRR to get it translated into other languages, French, but not only?
> 
> Under licensing & translation at the beginning, reads the below : 
> "
> Translations
> —If you create a translation of this work, please add the following
> disclaimer along with the attribution: This translation was not created by The World 
> Bank and should not be considered an official World Bank translation. The World
> Bank shall not be liable for any content or error in this translation"
> 
> In case the report comes with no attached translation plans, can we seek to get it translated relying on partners (Translators W/o Borders - TWB or other groups) or on our community's strengths ?
> 
> Thanks 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 3:45 AM, Kate Chapman <kate at maploser.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I wanted to point out to you that the "Open Data for Resilience
> Initiative: Field Guide" was released yesterday(1). This is an
> exciting report authored by John Crowley and our friends at the World
> Bank Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery. You'll also
> see many HOT volunteers, partners and members are listed as providing
> input to the report.
> 
> The power of having what we do codified into reports like this is an
> important aspect to the work HOT does. Every time it happens it makes
> it that much easier to coordinate with traditional institutions and
> interest them in the power of open data.
> 
> Best,
> 
> -Kate
> 
> (1) https://www.gfdrr.org/ODRIFG
> 
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