[OSM-talk] [Fwd: Re: [CrisisMappers] FW: I NEED SUPPLIES NOW/ Location of Functioning Hospital : OSM PIPELINE SUGGESTED !]

Raphaël Jacquot sxpert at sxpert.org
Fri Jan 22 07:04:16 GMT 2010


On Fri, 2010-01-22 at 01:28 +0100, Erik Johansson wrote:
> 2010/1/22 Iván Sánchez Ortega <ivan at sanchezortega.es>:
> > El Viernes, 22 de Enero de 2010, Jean-Guilhem Cailton escribió:
> >> What do you think of this suggestion folks ?
> >>
> >> I haven't taken the time to see whether this use of the database to
> >> forward help requests is mentioned anywhere on OSM wiki.
> >
> > Well, OSM was never designed as a note-passing platform. OSM is meant to
> > represent the physical features of a base map, i.e. "what's on the ground
> > right now".
> 
> I always wondered if those hospitals on the OSM main map for Haiti was
> really up an running. Is it really an amenity=hospital of no patients
> can go there?

unfortunately, it's probably hospitals with tons of patients and no
supplies whatsoever...





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