[talk-ph] Extending mapping to other areas and improving remote mappers contributions.

[Erwin Olario]

Jean, regarding the Monitoring damages, needs and relief in microinsular
areas workbook. Would it be useful to indicate reports about missing
persons, too?

/r

On Saturday, November 23, 2013, Jean-Guilhem Cailton wrote:

> Le 23/11/2013 04:03, maning sambale a écrit :
> > Dear OSM-PH mappers,
> >
> > As you all know, the global response to map Yolanda/Haiyan affected
> > areas is tremendous. So far, many of the tasks are fairly covered by
> volunteers
> > worldwide.
> >
> > For the OSMPH mappers, I would like us to focus on the following tasks:
> >
> > 1. Maximize the use of DigitalGlobe imagery since it will expire in 30
> > or less days.
> > I created a task for this [0].
> >
> > As you can see the imagery coverage is well beyond the Typhoon
> > affected areas.  We can use this to improve data for example in:
> >   - New Bataan (Pablo 2012)
> >   - Zamboanga City (post-MNLF crisis)
> >   - Bohol (Earthquake, 2013)
> >
> > 2. Trace small islands along the typhoon path.  Many of these small
> > islands may have people
> > (check the imagery if there are evidence of settlements).  Let's put
> > them in the map so that
> > responders know they exist.
>
> Dear OSM-PH mappers,
>
> For example, buildings in Suluan, and Manicani Island, near the typhoon
> path in Eastern Samar are only very partially mapped.
>
> With a building filter, it is very easy to count the number of buildings
> on a island traced in OSM, and from there estimate the population, to
> compute how much aid is needed, for example.
>
> By the way, if anyone is interested in joining us (working on this
> mission: http://bit.ly/17Q0Ktn , with this workbook:
> http://bit.ly/1aIL8LB ), please let Cédric (copied) or me know.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jean-Guilhem
>
> OSM-FR and VISOV
>
>
> >
> > 3. Do general quality check of edits.  Osmose by OSM-FR is a good tool to
> > check common errors [1].
> >
> > 4. One last tip if you use JOSM, in order to avoid conflict with
> > simultaneous editors nearby,
> > use JOSM's GeoChat plugin [2] to chat with editors.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > [0] here: http://tasks2.hotosm.org/job/1003
> > [1]
> http://osmose.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/?zoom=17&lat=11.21248&lon=125.00923&layers=000000BFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT&level=1,2,3
> > [2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JOSM/Plugins/GeoChat
> >
>
>
>

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