<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="" class=""><br style=""><span style="" id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span style="" class="">Following the</span> <span style="" class="">WHO appeal</span><span style="" class="">, I published</span> a new HOT update.<span style="" class=""></span> <br style="" class="">http://hot.openstreetmap.org/updates/2014-08-08_who_declares_ebola_outbreak_an_international_public_health_emergency<br style="" class=""><br style="" class=""><span style="" class=""></span></span><span style="" id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span style="" class="">
</span></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%"><span class="" style="">Haiti in 2010
revealed the capacity of the OpenStreetMap community to effectively
support UN agencies and humanitarian NGOs, to quickly produce
detailed maps and offer various services in support of the
humanitarians.</span></div><br style="" class=""><div style="" class=""><span style="" id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span style="" class="">The OSM 10th</span> <span style="" class="">Anniversary</span> <span style="" class="">coincides with the</span> Ebola<span style="" class=""></span> <span style="" class="">Activation to</span> <span style="" class="">fight</span> <span style="" class="">a deadly </span><span style="" class="">epidemic</span><span style="" class="">,</span> <span style="" class="">but</span> <span style="" class="">also other</span> <span style="" class="">interventions</span> <span style="" class="">especially in Gaza</span><span style="" class="">.</span> <span style="" class="">We still</span> <span style="" class="">need the help from the internet community</span> <span style="" class="">to answer these  humanitarian crisis</span><span style="" class="">.</span> <br style="" class=""><br style="" class=""><span
 style="" class="">For the</span> <span style="" class="">Ebola</span> epidemy<span style="" class="">, we have already</span> <span style="" class="">covered</span> <span style="" class="">24,000</span> <span style="" class="">square</span> <span style="" class="">km</span> <span style="" class="">(155 km</span> <span style="" class="">x 155</span> <span style="" class="">km) in</span> <span style="" class="">three countries.</span> <span style="" class="">It is also</span> <span style="" class="">an unprecedented effort</span> <span style="" class="">with</span> <span style="" class="">more than 4.5 million</span> objects modified in<span style="" class=""> the</span> <span style="" class="">OSM database</span> <span style="" class="">so far.</span> <span style="" class="">And over 700</span> <span style="" class="">contributors</span> <span style="" class="">have already responded</span><span style="" class="">.</span> <br style="" class=""><br
 style="" class=""><span style="" class="">With this</span> <span style="" class="">international public health</span> <span style="" class="">emergency</span><span style="" class=""></span><span style="" class="">, international</span> <span style="" class="">humanitarian organizations</span> <span style="" class="">call on the</span> <span style="" class="">OpenStreetMap</span> <span style="" class="">community</span> <span style="" class="">to escalate again is response</span> <span style="" class="">to support</span> <span style="" class="">groups like</span> <span style="" class="">MSF</span><span style="" class="">,</span> <span style="" class="">the Red Cross</span> <span style="" class="">and WHO.</span> <br style="" class=""><br style="" class=""><span style="" class="">We invite</span> <span style="" class="">you to use the</span> <span style="" class="">task manager to</span> <span style="" class="">coordinate with</span> <span style=""
 class="">the</span> <span style="" class="">other</span><span style="" class=""></span> <span style="" class="">OpenStreetMap</span><span style="" class=""> contributors around the world.<br style="" class=""></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light,Helvetica Neue Light,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;" class=""><span style="" id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span style="" class="">http://tasks.hotosm.org/</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light,Helvetica Neue Light,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;" class=""> <br style="" class=""><span style="" id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span style="" class="">We </span><span style="" class=""> need also more
 experienced</span> <span style="" class="">contributors</span> <span style="" class="">to</span><span style="" class=""> import</span> <span style="" class="">place names</span> <span style="" class="">from the</span><span style="" class=""></span> <span style="" class="">GNS database</span><span style="" class="">.</span> <span style="" class="">This information is also</span> <span style="" class="">essential for</span> <span style="" class="">teams traveling</span> <span style="" class="">in the area.</span> <span style="" class="">To participate, contact</span> <span style="" class="">me</span> <span style="" class="">by providing me with</span> <span style="" class="">your username</span> <span style="" class="">OpenStreetMap</span><span style="" class="">.</span> <span style="" class="">We will create a</span> <span style="" class="">special Tasking manager job</span> <span style="" class="">for this work.</span> </span></div><div style=""
 class=""> </div><div style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-style:italic;color:rgb(0, 0, 191);font-weight:bold;">Pierre <br style="" class=""></span></div></div></body></html>