[Talk-ht] google earth to map survivors...

[Brad Neuhauser]

You know in reading the article, it sounds like they're using Google
Earth (the application) to view a kml of camps/data over imagery.  I
don't think OSM is the answer for what they're doing--even the
haiticrisismap doesn't have those sort of kml in it, as far as I can
tell, but maybe there are other sites that mash things up?  The
article doesn't talk about Google MapMaker or roads data at all.

I *am* curious about what data is used on the maps in the Mapping and
GIS section of http://www.cccmhaiti.info/, which was referenced in the
article.

Cheers,
Brad

On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Mikel Maron <mikel_maron at yahoo.com> wrote:
> We could ping Victor Keegan
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/04/mapping-open-source-victor-keegan
>
> == Mikel Maron ==
> +254(0)724899738 @mikel s:mikelmaron
> http://mapkibera.org/
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Haiti
>
> ________________________________
> From: Peteris Krisjanis <pecisk at gmail.com>
> To: clara <clara at aktivix.org>
> Cc: talk-ht at openstreetmap.org
> Sent: Thu, March 4, 2010 3:44:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [Talk-ht] google earth to map survivors...
>
> Hi!
>
> Well, I think it is worth to:
> 1) Inform journalist and Guardian (in, of course, very civil and
> informative manner) about OSM efforts to map camps. It is very easy to
> confuse things. Maybe someone helped to confuse things. Who knows.
> 2) Understand that one article can't cancel about 10 or 15 of articles
> about OSM and CrisisCommons, so don't worry - OSM is recognized,
> community work on Haiti is praised and I think in the end real effect
> on things matters.
>
> Anyway, it is nice to see that new technologies really help people in
> need. That's why I'm doin IT and OSM in first place.
>
> Cheers,
> Peter.
>
> 2010/3/4 clara <clara at aktivix.org>:
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>> Hi,
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>> looks like Google Earth has the better PR department, or the Guardian
>> has some lazy Latin America correspondent
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>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/04/haiti-aid-workers-google-earth
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>> Unfortunately it's not possible to comment on that article
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>> greetings
>> clara
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