<p dir="ltr">Hi mappers,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Perhaps you might be able to assist with this request? </p>
<p dir="ltr">Andrej, Henry - meet HOT <br></p>
<p dir="ltr">Heather </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: "Andrej Verity" <<a href="mailto:andrejverity@gmail.com">andrejverity@gmail.com</a>><br>Date: 28 Jul 2016 22:11<br>Subject: [CrisisMappers] Details on any existing geo-service within the Humanitarian (and Development) space?<br>To: "<a href="mailto:crisismappers@googlegroups.com">crisismappers@googlegroups.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:crisismappers@googlegroups.com">crisismappers@googlegroups.com</a>><br>Cc:  <<a href="mailto:henry@humanitarianresponse.info">henry@humanitarianresponse.info</a>>, "Emma Jane Hogbin Westby" <<a href="mailto:emma@humanitarianresponse.info">emma@humanitarianresponse.info</a>><br><br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hi all,</font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">I am forming a new team in OCHA called <i>Shared Digital Services </i>(SDS). Within that team, Henry (copied) is conducting a quick landscape analysis related to (humanitarian) geo-taxonomy services. We would like to understand what geo-services have been developed and/or are currently being used in the humanitarian and development space along with their technological details and governance model(s).</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">FYI: by geo-service we are referring to a service that provides such things as WMS, vector titles, GeoJSON, and/or administrative boundary taxonomies out to other systems for use..</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Given the awesome and knowledgeable group that you are, I was hoping that you could help point us to any initiatives that you know about (ideally with contact details). We are looking for answers to questions such as the ones below:</span></p><br><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">What is the main goal / intention of the service? </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Does the service display maps and/or lists of current administrative boundaries?</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Does the service serve out vector tiles for consumption into other applications?</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Does the service serve out the administrative boundaries as text for consumption into other applications (e.g. API)? If so, in what format? (e.g. JSON)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Does the service focus on a specific administrative boundary level? (e.g. Admin 1, Admin 2, country/operation specific). Is this data consistently available and up-to-date?</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Who is allowed to access it? Who are the primary consumers?</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:t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