[HOT] COVID-19 - How you can help

[Jorieke Vyncke]

Yes, local knowledge on the ground is the best source for this!
Imports can be useful as well, but it is really important to check the
quality of data, because wrong information might do more harm than good. We
had to fix for example an import of villages that was done in Nigeria a few
years ago to make it really useful for our MSF teams on the ground. So just
be sure to follow the import guidelines and collaborate with local OSM
communities if you would like to do that.
 Best, Jorieke

Op do 19 mrt. 2020 om 16:31 schreef John Whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>:

> Place names are probably one of the biggest challenges that we face and
> unfortunately local knowledge on the ground is the best source.  Some data
> is available for imports such as school names but  the quality is variable
> only some line up with a building or even being within a kilometer or two
> out.
>
> Could you organise an effort to tag in someway those locations that have
> the correct name as correct so they can be relied upon?
>
> Thanks John
>
> Jorieke Vyncke wrote on 2020-03-19 12:23 PM:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Just sharing from the point of view of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
> Our teams have not requested any mapping data yet, but just letting you
> know that the data that is most useful for medical interventions (Covid-19
> but also for most other health interventions) are information about where
> health facilities are and place names. Locations and names of health
> facilities is fairly obvious, but also place names are very important!
> Names of villages, of neighbourhoods in your towns, but also the boundaries
> of these, do allow epidemiologists and other health professionals to do
> contact tracing and the mapping of cases. So any health facility or place
> name/boundary that you add on the map is useful!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jorieke
>
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> Op wo 18 mrt. 2020 om 00:29 schreef David Garcia <mapmakerdavid at gmail.com
> >:
>
>> Dear friends in OSM and HOT, these are trying, overwhelming, and perilous
>> times for all of us. Please let's be kind and listen slowly to one another
>> and support each other.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> *David*
>>
>
>
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