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

Thu Oct 1 03:39:19 BST 2009

@ michael cole
Let's wait till mikel maron set-up something for us.  In the meantime,
please help compiling more data on which areas have been affected.

On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Michael Cole <colemichae at gmail.com> wrote:
> How much space you need on server?
>
> Regards Michael Cole.
>
>
> On Thursday 01 October 2009 9:33:56 am maning sambale wrote:
>> 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?
>> >
>> > Skype: mikelmaron
>> > gtalk: mikel.maron
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 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.
>>
>> > ----- 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
>> >
>> >
>> > ---------- 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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