[HOT] Ebola in Conakry, Guinea

[Severin Menard]

Ah, I forgot to say that I heard Bing imagery is scarce over Guinea (eg
over Conakry), but I did not check.


On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Severin Menard <severin.menard at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> MSF is working on this crisis:
> http://reliefweb.int/report/guinea/ebola-epidemic-declared-guinea-msf-launches-emergency-response
>
> Considering our growing partnerships with them, I would advice to contact
> them to know how we could help them the best we can. The report does not
> mention which MSF branch is in the field (FYI, it is the normal way MSF
> communicates, there are separate entities but working on the same goals). I
> know people from MSF Spain and MSF France through CAR Activation, I will
> ask them.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Severin
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Russell Deffner <
> russell.deffner at hotosm.org> wrote:
>
>> 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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