[Talk-in] Chennai floods

Arun Ganesh arun.planemad at gmail.com
Thu Dec 3 05:58:00 UTC 2015


Have just setup a tasking manager project to trace the missing streets
around Chennai, hop in: http://tasks.openstreetmap.in/project/62

On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 11:19 AM, srinivas kodali <iota.kodali at gmail.com>
wrote:

> From what I know, It`s just NDRF and the Armed Forces. Goonj is trying to
> send relief aid, but they can only do it post floods. Not many relief/aid
> agencies on field.
>
> Regards,
> Srinivas Kodali
> www.lostprogrammer.com
> *"Not everyone who wanders is lost, I am probably a bit"*
>
> On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Arun Ganesh <arun.planemad at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> The latest news from Chennai is not looking too good:
>> http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/chennai-rains-crisis-may-worsen-as-more-heavy-showers-predicted/1/536708.html
>>
>> The city is already severely flooded due to non stop rains, with three
>> more days of heavy rainfall predicted.
>>
>> Reports from the flood-map has been non stop and we can see the extent of
>> flooding: http://osm-in.github.io/flood-map/chennai.html
>> <http://osm-in.github.io/flood-map/chennai.html#11/13.0000/80.2000/-30>
>>
>> Desperate users are also reporting issues into our Mapbox map feedback
>> system reporting families that are stranded in flooded buildings without
>> electricity food and water.
>>
>> Is there anyone on the ground in Chennai involved in relief work or any
>> leads on who could be contacted to know how we can help from the mapping
>> side?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Arun Ganesh
>> (planemad) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad>
>> <http://j.mp/ArunGanesh>
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