[HOT] Hurricane Matthew Mapping Urgently Needed

Blake Girardot bgirardot at gmail.com
Fri Oct 7 14:12:42 UTC 2016


Hi Leon,

Thank you for the info, I am looking into it now.

Regards,
Blake

On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 3:51 PM, Leon van der Meulen
<leonvandermeulen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Dale,
>
> There is a major offset in the new imagery. I’m validating #2205 now task
> 403 and almost all buildings are mapped twice and on another spot.
> I use 2.55; -3.58 now in Josm.
>
> Best,
>
> Leon
>
> On 06 Oct 2016, at 23:18, Dale Kunce <dale.kunce at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Great question. Yes please map each individual house that you see. Mapping
> each building allows for better population estimates and allows for better
> overall planning.
>
> Keep up the good work.
>
> On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 3:13 PM, Elizabeth Kelly <kellye at obu.edu> wrote:
>>
>> I have been looking at #2205, Nippes Coast, and Task #448, there are
>> several areas that look like groups of shacks.  Should I map each and every
>> shack? I like doing this!
>>
>> Elizabeth Kelly
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Dale Kunce [mailto:dale.kunce at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2016 10:46 PM
>> To: hot at openstreetmap.org
>> Subject: [HOT] Hurricane Matthew Mapping Urgently Needed
>>
>>
>>
>> Hurricane Matthew continues to strengthen and is advancing on Haiti and
>> the Bahamas. The next day is very important to keep mapping so that relief
>> and humanitarian organizations like the Red Cross and others can help those
>> affected in the coming days.
>>
>>
>>
>> We need to keep the mapping going. Some areas with potential
>> "catastrophic" damage are still unmapped.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/hurricane-matthew-caribbean-haiti-jamaica-cuba-bahamas-forecast-oct2
>>
>>
>>
>> Please help HOT by contributing the mapping. Task 2196 is live right now
>> and needs more mappers. The activation team anticipates additional projects
>> for Haiti and the Bahamas over the next few days.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks again for your contribution and continued support of HOT.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Dale Kunce
>>
>> Vice-President
>> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
>>
>>
>>
>>
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> Dale Kunce
> http://normalhabit.com
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