[Talk-ca] Red Cross and Fort McMurray Fires

[Dan Joseph]

Hi James,

It looks like some good progress is being made on the tasks.

Tasks #22 and #23 are focused on mapping different features but it looks
like #24 overlaps in focus. Perhaps that task should be archived until the
other two are completed to avoid confusion among newcomers to the site?

Task #23 only provides minimal instructions (*Add address data via GeoBase.
Add missing Roads and Street names.*). Would more people feel comfortable
contributing if detailed instructions were included? It seemed the task is
referring to the dataset described here:
http://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/pub/geobase/official/nrn_rrn/doc/NRN.pdf   Is
the Canada open government licence compatible with OSM?

Thanks and all the best,

Dan


On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 2:21 PM, James <james2432 at gmail.com> wrote:

> What exactly do you need of me? Prioritize areas to get mapped? We have
> tasks for the buildings, addresses and streets(which I think have been
> imported via CanVec) and a validation layer
>
> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Dan Joseph <dan.b.joseph at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I'm helping coordinate the Canadian Red Cross' use of GIS in their
>> activities responding to the Fort McMurray fires. Staff has been very busy
>> but we're ramping up and exploring options for how to leverage different
>> tools and data sources to support the Red Cross operations. The focus is on
>> the evacuees, many of which have dispersed to distant locations around the
>> country. When residents are allowed to return to the town and longer-term
>> recovery activities become a priority, I foresee having an excellent OSM
>> base layer as being a valuable asset. Both for facilitating operational
>> decisions, and demonstrating the power of the OSM community and easily
>> accessible geo-data with an open license!
>>
>> I would love to connect with those involved in coordinating the current
>> tasks up on http://tasks.osmcanada.ca/. Is the best channel of
>> communication through this list or via Skype or some other means?
>>
>> All the best,
>> Dan Joseph
>>
>> GIS Officer | International Services | American Red Cross
>> Skype danielbjoseph  |  Twitter @danbjoseph  |  OSM ID danbjoseph
>>
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