[OSM-talk] Our work is used in Haiti.

[Sam Vekemans]

Yup, all it needs is a border around the city and it (should) work.

In the mean time, walkingpapers can print the cyclemap (contours) &
regular version of the area.

Sam

On 1/15/10, David Fawcett <david.fawcett at gmail.com> wrote:
> Related to this, I was thinking last night if it would be of value if
> there was a Web service/app like maposmatic
> http://www.maposmatic.org/ to support work in Haiti.
>
> The OSM data would be overlaid with Military Grid lines to provide a
> coordinate system that many of the military operations are used to.
>
> A tool like this may not be of any use to SAR people on the ground, or
> even if it was, it may not be practical based on conditions on the
> ground, but I thought that I would throw the idea out there.
>
> David.
>
>
> I don't know much about how international search and rescue works, and
> I am guessing that with the current state of the infrastructure in
> Haiti, it may be impossible to download frequent updates of map
> products for distribution to field staff.
>
> 2010/1/15 ouɐɯnH <fredyrivera at gmail.com>:
>> search and rescue team in haiti, use osm maps in garmin GPS
>> Puentero, a Colombian  working on search and rescue operations in
>> Haiti, says thanks for the map
>
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