[talk-ph] Typhoon Yolanda / Haiyan

Jean-Guilhem Cailton jg_cailton at volunteers.cartong.org
Wed Nov 6 10:52:27 UTC 2013


Thanks Eugene.

Updated
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Philippines/High-resolution_imagery#Imagery_coverage_map
with the new URL.


Le 06/11/2013 11:43, Eugene Alvin Villar a écrit :
> Hi Jean-Guilhem,
>
> The map here is outdated:
> http://tools.openstreetmap.org.ph/imagery_coverage/
>
> The almost up-to-date map is here:
> http://osmph.github.io/Imagery_Coverage_Map/
>
> Anyway, there's plenty of Bing satellite imagery that are not yet
> fully traced. Samar and Leyte are good candidates for this coming typhoon.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Jean-Guilhem Cailton
> <jg_cailton at volunteers.cartong.org
> <mailto:jg_cailton at volunteers.cartong.org>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     I browsed looking for "new" Bing high resolution images using
>     http://ant.dev.openstreetmap.org/bingimageanalyzer-ve/ , and found
>     some that do not already appear on
>     http://tools.openstreetmap.org.ph/imagery_coverage/ . (Maybe they
>     were already mentioned on this list, I don't know)
>
>     For example, in Northern Samar, Masbate, Panay Island, Surigao del
>     Sur... (You can compare by setting the above coverage maps in two
>     windows side by side).
>
>     Along Northern Samar north coast, for example, it was thus
>     possible to start mapping some roads (between Laoang and San
>     Roque). More villages, town streets and rivers could also be added.
>
>     There are certainly other areas in the same situation. Mandaon,
>     for one example.
>
>     Also, I checked Orbview-3 imagery again, but images that are not
>     already online are (still) very cloudy.
>
>     Best wishes,
>
>     Jean-Guilhem
>
>
>     Le 06/11/2013 10:42, Carlo Antonio Romero a écrit :
>>
>>     This typhoon will definitely do some damage. Japan Meteorological
>>     Agency's bulletin [a] describes the typhoon's going to hit
>>     between "Very Strong" to "Violent". Unfortunately, the typhoons
>>     path is vast as Eugene pointed out. 
>>
>>
>>     From a mapping perspective...
>>
>>     1) There are some unfinished jobs in the tasking manager. I
>>     believe those will help the communities that are working on to
>>     create a disaster recovery or risk reduction plans. Candaba[b],
>>     Lubao[c], Guagua[d]. However, these areas are a couple hundred
>>     kilometres away from the typhoon centre. 
>>     2) If anybody sees imagery with good detail and roads are
>>     untraced in the Visayas, please let us know
>>     3) Jean-Guilhem, if you're able to provide new imagery, that
>>     would be great. I believe you pointed out or provided new imagery
>>     when Typhoon Bopha/Pablo hit Mindanao. 
>>
>>
>>     Aside from that, let me know where to map and ill be happy to help. 
>>
>>
>>     [a] http://www.jma.go.jp/en/typh/1330.html
>>     [b] http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/323
>>     [c] http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/329
>>     [d] http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/331
>>
>>
>>
>>     On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 8:37 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar
>>     <seav80 at gmail.com <mailto:seav80 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         Hi Jean-Guilhem,
>>
>>         Currently, the typhoon is still too far off. The typhoon
>>         still has not yet entered our country's meteorological area
>>         of responsibility so our weather bureau (PAGASA) is not yet
>>         issuing any weather bulletins. In addition, we still have no
>>         idea where the typhoon will make landfall—the possible area
>>         is more than 1000 kilometers wide.
>>
>>         So I cannot say for certain which areas would need mapping
>>         help. However, the province of Bohol, which was hit by by a
>>         magnitude 7.2 earthquake last October 15 is still recovering.
>>         Wherever the typhoon will make landfall, I'm sure Bohol will
>>         be affected. So I think concentrating on Bohol currently is
>>         best. However, there has already been a HOT task to map the
>>         affected area (southwestern Bohol) that has available
>>         satellite imagery[1] so I'm not sure what else can be done
>>         remotely.
>>
>>         Maybe other people have ideas?
>>
>>         Regards,
>>         Eugene
>>
>>         [1] http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/326
>>
>>
>>
>>         On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Jean-Guilhem Cailton
>>         <jg_cailton at volunteers.cartong.org
>>         <mailto:jg_cailton at volunteers.cartong.org>> wrote:
>>
>>             Hi,
>>
>>             Seeing alerts about typhoon Yolanda / Haiyan, apparently
>>             forecast to
>>             have reached category 4 when hitting the Philippines on
>>             Friday, with
>>             winds that could reach 240 km/h and very heavy rains:
>>             http://www.gdacs.org/report.aspx?eventid=41058&episodeid=9&eventtype=TC
>>
>>
>>             Is there anything related to mapping that could be done
>>             to help?
>>
>>             Is anyone in contact with responders, who might have
>>             mapping needs?
>>
>>
>>             Best wishes,
>>
>>             Jean-Guilhem
>>
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