[Imports] EC-JRC built-up areas (footprints; humanitarian action)

[Kate Chapman]

Hello Mayeul,

Similar to everyone else we wouldn't want to directly import this into
OpenStreetMap.  It would be of use to compare it to data already
collected and perhaps add missing data.

I'm not sure exactly how that would work with the agreement with Bing though.

-Kate

On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 5:21 PM, Mayeul KAUFFMANN
<mayeul.kauffmann at jrc.ec.europa.eu> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Kate asked: "It allows mapping of the density of settlements?  Or can
> you extra individual buildings as well?"
> Answer is: "both". With 2 meter imagery, we got building footprint with
> some imprecision in the footprint, so our result can be easily
> generalized into landuse=residential (but we detect even small gardens).
> With 50 cm imagery, with got quite precise footprint (and have to filter
> out smaller object like cars, trucks...); but those images are more
> costly...
> In any cases, we have many metadata that we can further calibrate with
> small ground truth to have a complete characterization of a given area.
>
> We also work with humanitarian community and this contribution is
> largely aimed at these users: in case of
> emergency/earthquake/flood/fire... the rescue teams need to know where
> the building are. We want to contribute to this on OSM.
>
> Some links on our actions:
> http://acpobservatory.jrc.ec.europa.eu/theme.php?theme=8
> http://isferea.jrc.ec.europa.eu/Search/results.aspx?k=pdna
> http://www.unitar.org/joining-forces-post-disaster-recovery-and-reconstruction-partnership-between-unosat-ec-and-world-ban
>
> Regards,
> Mayeul
>
>
> El mar, 19-07-2011 a las 16:54 +0800, Kate Chapman escribió:
>> Hello Mayeul,
>>
>> Just to make sure I understand.  It allows mapping of the density of
>> settlements?  Or can you extra individual buildings as well?
>>
>> We'd be interested in using it to compare to already mapped areas as
>> well if that is possible.  The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team is
>> currently doing workshops and training around building data collection
>> in Indonesia.  We are interested in ways to look at coverage.
>
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> European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)
> Geo-Spatial Information Analysis for Global Security and Stability
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