[HOT] Flooding in India and Nepal

[john whelan]

I would suggest roads first then a separate project for buildings.  Roads
go in much faster, individual buildings take much longer to do.
Landuse=residential can map groups of buildings quite quickly.

Cheerio John

On 4 Aug 2016 1:47 pm, "Peter Chin" <Peter.Chin at redcross.ca> wrote:

> Hi Blake,
>
> I think it would be good to start with roads and buildings along the
> Brahmaputra river and mapping the states of Assam and Bihar.  We'll also
> need to map Bangladesh and Bhutan too. The OCHA map shows that they're also
> affected by the floods: http://reliefweb.int/report/
> nepal/south-asia-flooding-humanitarian-snapshot-july-2016.
>
> I don't know the area, but maybe HOT members in India, Nepal, Bangladesh
> and Bhutan can provide further advice?  Thanks.
>
>
> Peter Chin
> Data Entry Agent (Disaster Management)
> Canadian Red Cross | Croix-Rouge canadienne
> 3400 Lake City Way, Burnaby, BC, Canada
> Peter.chin at redcross.ca
> www.redcross.ca | www.croixrouge.ca
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Blake Girardot [bgirardot at gmail.com]
> Sent: August 4, 2016 9:03 AM
> To: Peter Chin
> Subject: Re: [HOT] Flooding in India and Nepal
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> Can you point me to a good source for AoI's for this crisis?
>
> I can get some projects up asap. Also what you would consider most
> useful first and foremost, roads? buildings? I tend to think roads.
>
> Regards,
> Blake
>
> On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Peter Chin <Peter.Chin at redcross.ca> wrote:
> > Hi everyone:
> >
> > I hope you're all having a good summer.  Just a quick question about the
> floods in India and Nepal... Will there be any HOT activations to assist
> with the flooding in northern India and Nepal?   I don't see any HOT tasks
> yet.  Thanks.
> >
> >
> > Peter Chin
> > Data Entry Agent (Disaster Management)
> > Canadian Red Cross | Croix-Rouge canadienne
> > 3400 Lake City Way, Burnaby, BC, Canada
> > Peter.chin at redcross.ca
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