[Talk-ca] Red Cross and Fort McMurray Fires

James james2432 at gmail.com
Sat May 14 00:36:34 UTC 2016


Our OSMCanada team (the one that runs the Tasking manager) is based in
Ottawa. We are currently at the Happy Goat Coffee.
Our meeting scheduling is available here:
http://www.meetup.com/openstreetmap-ottawa

On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 8:32 PM, Bruno Remy <bremy.qc.ca at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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