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Hi,<br>
<br>
There is always also the #hot channel on IRC for lightweight
coordination.<br>
<br>
@Floris: Do you know where is Maydan Al Shajara, the central square for
the protests in Benghazi ? I couldn't find it in that other map either.
;)<br>
<br>
<br>
I am considering proposing the hashtag #OSMapLibya on Twitter for
trying to collect local knowledge and help from the Libyan diaspora,
with respect to street names, for example. OpenStreetBugs might be a
suitable tool for this. <br>
<br>
(Just had a look: there is even a recent bug (Jan 31) complaining about
the lack of a specific guide for Libya, compared to Tunisia and Egypt.
"why are we invisible or wut". Wiki editors welcome...) :)<br>
<br>
Of course, similar hashtags (#OSMapAlgeria, #OSMapYemen,
#OSMapBahrain...) could be used later, if this kind of social media
interaction works.<br>
<br>
What do you think?<br>
<br>
Best wishes,<br>
<br>
Jean-Guilhem<br>
<br>
<br>
Le 17/02/2011 10:40, nicolas chavent a écrit :
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Thanks Katie for following up on the Arabic Mapping.<br>
<br>
I can not devote to this crisis time, although I feel like all
something fundamental is happening there and as you put it that OSM can
play a part, 2 points:<br>
<br>
I am wondering how to best coordinate on this fluid crisis mapping at
wide regional scale<br>
* The wiki_project pages of each country have been used and we shall
continue to do so; no wiki project lybia<br>
* I feel that to have an overview of our engagement in this mapping, an
Arabic Mapping Coordination page in HOT, or a dedicated atriom group
could be helpful to compliment the mailing list and help keeping track
of actions and planning actions. This would be broad (strategy/ main
activities), implementation would happen in the country_wiki_pages
eventually in dedicated crisis section <br>
<br>
Do we foresee any needs for imagery outreach in Lybia, Bahrain?<br>
<br>
Excellent day to all<br>
<br>
Nicolas<br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 4:38 AM, Katie
Filbert <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:filbertk@gmail.com">filbertk@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Political
instability has spread to other countries throughout the Middle East,
including Bahrain where crackdown has been harsh. Bahrain is a tiny
country, an island in the Persian Gulf. <br>
<br>
Parts of Bahrain are mapped well, but there are large sections of
Manama (the Capital) and elsewhere that are completely unmapped. We
have excellent Bing imagery for all of Bahrain. For now, Google Maps
is so much better than OSM for coverage of Bahrain so for any immediate
needs like Ushahidi, I would recommend using Google Maps.<br>
<br>
In Libya, the situation is escalating in the country's second largest
city, Benghazi. In OSM, Benghazi is very poorly mapped and Google Maps
is not great either though much better than OSM. Yet, we have great
Bing imagery.<br>
<br>
In the long run, good OSM data is a good thing for both Bahrain and
Libya. Hopefully, we will be able to do some on-the-ground outreach in
both countries at some point, but for not filling in basics like roads
is helpful.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Katie<br>
<br>
PS - there still is a need to map places in Egypt. <br>
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