[Talk-us] Mapping for emergency services

[Simon Poole]

Just a general remark: we have active fire fighters contributing and using OSM in many places around the globe maybe it's time for a global exchange of ideas and a common forum for that?

Simon

PS: unluckily HOT and FOSM are already taken so a acronym will need some work :-)

Am 4. Februar 2020 15:57:57 MEZ schrieb Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org>:
>On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 8:58 AM Mike Thompson <miketho16 at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>
>I've been to a few furry conventions in Oklahoma where firefighters
>have
>attended and cartography has come up.  Oddly enough, for the rural
>firefighters?  Osmand with Microsoft Earth imagery as the background is
>their most popular pick because it works brilliantly offline and we
>have
>better map data than the state itself does.  The E911 system (where
>available) spits 'em a set of coordinates, so punch that in and go. 
>Hit
>the destination distance button to cache in the imagery around where
>they're going in case the exact driveway or building hasn't been mapped
>yet.

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