[Talk-us] Mapping for emergency services

[Mike Thompson]

Mike,

That is a very compelling story.  Thanks to you and the other OSM folks
involved for making it happen and to you for writing the diary entry.  I
have often thought that OSM would be a great resource emergency responders
because in some areas it contains data that no one else has, but generally
the reaction that I have gotten when I have suggested this to such
officials was "we have our own data", "we have already invested in xyz
system" (sunk cost fallacy), or "how can we trust OSM?".  The exception was
a search and rescue group that used OSM to help locate missing people in
the back country because OSM contains trails that no other source has.

Is this being publicised outside of the OSM community?  There are probably
associations for fire fighters and other emergency response professionals
and perhaps someone from the FD involved could speak about this project at
one of their conferences to get agencies in other parts of the country (or
world) interested.

Mike


On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 12:47 PM Mike N <niceman at att.net> wrote:

> Not an emergency, but still interesting when someone can use OSM data:
>
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/MikeN/diary/392080
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