[Talk-ca] Red Cross and Fort McMurray Fires

[Bruno Remy]

Hi,

Does any local OpenStreetMap local team organize mapathon events working
around tasks #22,#23,#24 ?

I mean perhaps Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal ?

Here in Québec city, the community is small , so few volonteers engaged ...
but why not trying ?
Le 13 mai 2016 8:17 PM, "James" <james2432 at gmail.com> a écrit :

> Hello everyone OsmCanada had a meeting tonight and have traced polygons
> estimating the areas damaged and have named them "Fort McMurray Fire Damage
> Estimate". They are tagged as brownfield as the buildings have been
> destroyed or burnt down. The major areas affected are Thickwood, Beacon
> Hill and Abasand. We thought this may help the red cross immensely.
>
> Big thank you to Rps333 for the help.
>
> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 2:56 PM, Dan Joseph <dan.b.joseph at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> Dale is the American Red Cross GIS Team Lead. I'm on his team and have
>> been deployed to Canada to work in-person with the Canadian Red Cross. In
>> terms of OSM-CA / Red Cross coordination, I can be considered the point of
>> contact on the RC side until someone within Canadian Red Cross is ready and
>> willing to take it on.
>>
>> All the best,
>> Dan
>>
>> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 2:44 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Have you talked to dale.kunce at redcross.org?
>>>
>>> A coordinated approach might be better.  OSM can use data obtained
>>> through the Gov Canada open data portal and has done in the past as far as
>>> I am aware.
>>>
>>> Thanks John
>>>
>>> On 13 May 2016 at 14:37, Dan Joseph <dan.b.joseph at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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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