[talk-ph] Fwd: need help on mapping for ondoy/Kestana flood victims in Metro Manila

[maning sambale]

Hi,

Just got back online.

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Mikel Maron <mikel_maron at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Are you on Skype/IM?
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> Skype: mikelmaron
> gtalk: mikel.maron
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> 1) We can probably get you a server somewhere .. is it ok if it's in the US? What sort of access do you need?
> Do you have a domain?

Any server would be very useful.  We don't have a domain at the
moment.  Perhaps openstreetmap.org.ph can be used.
@ Andre and Ahmed, is this OK?  Please help get this going.

> 2) Mashups .. are you all collecting sources of data?
Yes, mashups would be helpful.  I just got a mapinfo file of the
extent of flooding from Darthmouth Flood Research.  I'll see what I
can do with this data.

> I'd suggest starting a catalog on the wiki, a subpage to the Philippines project page, or subpage to the HOT page
I'll start working on this one.

> We'd then look to pull those data sources together somehow .. perhaps through just an OpenLayers instance, or through GeoCommons (andrew turner cc'd)

> 3) For data collection applications, OpenStreetBugs could be stood up .. but is there widely available net access right now?
This is one of the useful things I see we can do.  Set-up
openstreetbug interface for people to report what they need.  Food ,
electricity, water, garbage collection, etc.
After the rescue and retrieval operations, rebuilding would take a
long haul.  We nned to supply info to public utility operators what
areas need immediate action.  I can ask other people to provide
summary reports of the data gathered from "openstreetbug" to
respective utility companies.

People with internet connection can help report these areas.  Most of
them are in the news but sadly no one is compiling all these info for
utilty companies to respond strategically.

> Would an SMS based application be a better fit for the situation? We'd only need a PH mobile phone set up to FrontlineSMS over there, and we could set up Ushahidi anywhere
This is also possible.  But don't how difficult to set-up.


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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: maning sambale <emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com>
> To: Mikel Maron <mikel_maron at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 11:59:04 PM
> Subject: Fwd: need help on mapping for ondoy/Kestana flood victims in Metro  Manila
>
> mikel,
>
> Can the Humanitarian OSM Team, help us?
>
> cheers,
> maning
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: maning sambale <emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:44 AM
> Subject: need help on mapping for ondoy/Kestana flood victims in Metro Manila
> To: osm-ph <talk-ph at openstreetmap.org>, osm-talk <talk at openstreetmap.org>
>
> Hi,
>
> In case people in the international community didn't know, the
> Philippines (capital and surrounding provinces) were badly hit by
> tropical cylcone ondoy/kestana the past week [1].
>
> My family was affected as well, but we are OK now.
>
> Current efforts are now towards search, rescue and relief.  As a
> mapping community I feel we need to do something and contribute.  We
> need to document whatever information we can compile so that
> volunteers, relief workers, and government agencies can respond to the
> needs.
>
> The recovery efforts may take a few more weeks and we need to sustain
> activities to restore vital public utilities to affected areas.  Some
> members of the OSM-PH has started creating webmap based on OSM to
> document what is currently happening on the ground [2].
>
> I appeal to the whole OSM community to help us in this project.  What
> we currently need are:
> 1. A temporary server space we can use.
>
> 2. Create mashups on related information about the disaster (osm data
> for Metro Manila and adjacent provinces is good enough as a map
> background), news feeds, location of evacuation sites, missing persons
> list.
>
> 3. An interface in which users can report what is happening on the
> ground, (I'm thinking of an openstreetbug interface)
>  i.e. This street in unpassable due to floods. This street needs
> water.  This street has no electricity.  Too much garbage on this
> street please collect now.
>  This way communities can report problems and hopefully close "bugs".
>
> I lack the technical skills to do this but I am willing to coordinate
> efforts in some areas and collect field data around my mapping area.
> Please help us do this project.  The hope is the information we gather
> and synthesize would be helpful.
> We do not need anything sophisticated at the moment we just need
> something running ASAP.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Ketsana_%282009%29
> [2] http://www.umapper.com/maps/view/id/42152
> --
> cheers,
> maning
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> cheers,
> maning
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cheers,
maning
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