[HOT] Ebola in Conakry, Guinea

[Russell Deffner]

Rod,

If there is a way we can provide aid, then yes!  I am not familiar with
either the area or the disease, so not much help there; but - typically we
might assist the local mapping community (if there is one) with remotely
tracing the area from available imagery.  If there isn't a local community,
HOT can discuss and potentially provide a remote coordinator - to get HOT
coordinators on the ground typically requires a partner organization to
contact us (info at hotopenstreetmap.org) for assistance.

If you are from the area/concerned for personal interest, I would first ask
if you know the quality of the map data in the area and if there is any OSM
community there/how best to reach out; then we can work out specifics -
really we just need to know our efforts are actually needed (i.e. people in
need of aid will receive benefit from whatever we do).

Thank you,
=Russ

Russell Deffner
Russell.Deffner at hotosm.org
The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
http://hot.openstreetmap.org/ 



-----Original Message-----
From: Rod Bera [mailto:rod at goarem.org] 
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 5:43 AM
To: hot at openstreetmap.org
Subject: [HOT] Ebola in Conakry, Guinea

Hi all,

Is there a way we can assist on this one?
The virus has now reached Conakry. As far as I recall it's the first 
time the disease finds its way to such a populated area...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/22/ebola-guinea_n_5014500.html

Rod

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