[Talk-us] OSM applications used to help in disaster situations

[Kate Chapman]

I would suggest they talk to CrisisCommons http:// 
ww.crisiscommons.org, though I would think Ushahidi and paying for  
hosting would also work.

Kate

(via GPS...I mean iPhone)

On May 14, 2010, at 7:14 PM, Sarah Manley <sarah.m.manley at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> I recently received the following messages and was curious if anyone  
> knew of any applications out there that used OSM (still waiting to  
> get OSM's mediawiki extension on Wikia). Suggestions?
>
> "I work for the a local County Civil Defense Agency. We have an  
> interest in establishing a "Disaster Wiki" that would allow us to  
> take in information from the community when a disaster strikes. Our  
> interest stems from an article in Emergency Management magazine,  
> which describes how a wiki could be used to gather information. The  
> basic thought is that after a disaster, people could go to a pre- 
> established wiki and fill out a simple online form, geo-code the  
> location of the damage, add a picture and have that information  
> populate a map. We could display the map on our monitors in the  
> Emergency Operations Center and help identify which areas of the  
> island were hardest hit by the event. I was initially steered toward  
> a site called ushahidi.com, but we would have to load the software  
> on a County Server and we currently do not have the server capacity  
> to handle the additional traffic. Our desired solution would be to  
> have the wiki hosted offsite. I was wondering if you might have any  
> suggestions. Thanks for any help you can offer."
>
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