[talk-pr] OpenStreetMap Data aids in estimating hurricane related deaths in Puerto Rico

[José Oliver-Didier]

A recent study published on New England Journal of Medicine is making the
news- Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria
<https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1803972>

It noteworthy that OpenStreetMap data aided the study

>From the study:
"Sampling buildings using OpenStreetMap
Households within barrios were identified using OpenStreetMap (OSM) layers
for structures identified as “buildings”. For each randomly selected
barrio, we iteratively downloaded structure information using the OSM
overpass API, calculated centroids for structures identified as buildings,
and randomly sampled 35 locations. We generated geospatial PDFs for each
barrio level with an OSM base layer, a barrio boundary and the sampled
building points. The geospatial PDFs were loaded on Samsung Tab A 7”
Android devices and displayed using PDFMaps. Enumerators were trained to
load maps, identify their position
and navigate using these geospatial PDFs."

The study thanks OSM Contributors and serves as another example to
OpenStreetMap's usefulness.
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