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

[Eugene Alvin Villar]

Hi maning,

The Ondoy situation maps on Google Maps My Maps (
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=110868206150348750692.00047479b6400ee29bd89&ll=14.645791,121.107874&spn=0.107954,0.154324)
is the most publicized webmap there is. It shows the locations of people
needing immediate rescue and help.

I don't think we should duplicate that effort since it would split
resources.

I guess what we can do is to map out rehabilitation efforts instead of
people needing rescue.

Also, some bloggers and other people I know are looking to use the Sahana
FOSS Disaster Management System to coordinate efforts on various aspects of
a disaster. I'm not sure how OSM can fit into the picture yet. (
http://sahana.kahelos.org/index.php?mod=home&act=default)

Eugene


On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 12:16 PM, maning sambale <emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com
> wrote:

> I just had access to the web a couple of hours ago and is looking
> around for webmaps and other geographic information.
> I just wrote an appeal to the osm main list on creating a webmap to
> support the releif, recovery and rescue however, there seems to be
> several webmaps available already.  Is there anything else we can do?
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:44 AM, maning sambale
> <emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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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