[OSM-talk] Mapping South East Haiti

Karl Guggisberg karl.guggisberg at guggis.ch
Fri Jan 22 13:57:25 GMT 2010


Hi Jean-Guilhem

Please don't bug them, I'm sure they are busy.

 > Does this answer your question ?
Not yet, but now I know where to dig deeper.

Regards
Karl

Am 22.01.2010 14:48, schrieb Jean-Guilhem Cailton:
> Hi Karl,
>
> They offer kml access under their maps.
>
> And I think their vector products are included in the UNOSAT vector 
> data we have been getting.
>
> Does this answer your question ? (They must be pretty busy at the 
> moment) ;)
>
> Regards,
>
> Jean-Guilhem
>
>
>
> Karl Guggisberg a écrit :
>> Hi Jean-Guilhem
>>
>> If you are in contact with SERTIT could you ask them whether their 
>> products are also served by a WMS server or if somebody from the OSM 
>> project could make them available? Imagery shown on the SERTIT site 
>> looks promsing.
>>
>> Regards
>> Karl
>>
>>
>> Am 22.01.2010 13:45, schrieb Jean-Guilhem Cailton:
>>> Karl,
>>>
>>> I don't know either. Just translating word for word. And not wanting 
>>> to bug them with this.
>>>
>>> Maybe Disaster Charter ? (http://www.disasterscharter.org)
>>> Phonetically reasonable, at least.
>>>
>>> For those who don't know SERTIT :
>>> http://sertit.u-strasbg.fr/SITE_RMS/2010/01_rms_haiti_2010/01_rms_haiti_2010.html
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Jean-Guilhem
>>>
>>>
>>> Karl Guggisberg a écrit :
>>>> Please forgive my ignorance: could you explain? What is "a Jacmel 
>>>> product for DSC"?
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Karl
>>>>
>>>> Am 22.01.2010 13:10, schrieb Jean-Guilhem Cailton:
>>>>> Vincent,
>>>>>
>>>>> I forwarded your question to CNES. Their answer :
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> A Kompsat arrived this morning, a priori on Jacmel (they are 
>>>>> downloading it).
>>>>>
>>>>> To followup on Sertit side, who is in charge to realize a Jacmel 
>>>>> product for DSC...
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Jean-Guilhem
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Vincent Auvigne a écrit :
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Karl,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Unfortunately the rural areas we are interested in are not 
>>>>>> covered by the tile. The area is more or less this one : 
>>>>>> http://projekte.eiops.de/osm-matrix/?zoom=12&lat=18.3032&lon=-72.45866&layers=B0FTFTFFFFFFFT 
>>>>>> <http://projekte.eiops.de/osm-matrix/?zoom=12&lat=18.3032&lon=-72.45866&layers=B0FTFTFFFFFFFT>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Could you explain me something about the link you gave me. Why is 
>>>>>> there no satellite imagery in the areas with colored tiles near 
>>>>>> Jacmel ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Other question : where can I found the signification of the color 
>>>>>> of the tiles ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Vincent
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *De :* talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org 
>>>>>> [mailto:talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org] *De la part de* Karl 
>>>>>> Guggisberg
>>>>>> *Envoyé :* vendredi 22 janvier 2010 11:58
>>>>>> *À :* talk at openstreetmap.org
>>>>>> *Objet :* Re: [OSM-talk] Mapping South East Haiti
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Vincent
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We have been mapping Jacmel city in the past three days. The city 
>>>>>> itself an east up to Catadat, north up to Bassin Caiman, and west 
>>>>>> up to Desmarattes is mapped as good as possible. The area is 
>>>>>> covered by DigitalGlobe imagery whose quality is, unfortunatelly, 
>>>>>> not homogeneous.
>>>>>> Jacmel center has been enriched with street names and POIs 
>>>>>> provided by MINUSTAH.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Depending on which rural areas you are most interested in GeoEyes 
>>>>>> Ikonos satellite provides coverage too, but only more up north.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Have a look at this site: http://projekte.eiops.de/osm-matrix/. 
>>>>>> Can you tell us what tiles in this matrix you are most interested 
>>>>>> in?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>> Karl
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am 22.01.2010 10:48, schrieb Vincent Auvigne:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm collaborating with a NGO which is working in the South-East 
>>>>>> of Haiti : Jacmel City and the surrounding country-side 
>>>>>> (South-East department). We need urgently to evaluate the 
>>>>>> situation in rural areas because they are difficult to access by 
>>>>>> land and it seems that there huge damages in those areas too 
>>>>>> (although there are no journalists in the rural areas...). We are 
>>>>>> looking for satellite imagery and other map resources to help 
>>>>>> evaluate the earthquake damage in this area.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At the moment I have not found recent high definition imagery of 
>>>>>> this zone and the information in OSM is quite poor. Could anyone 
>>>>>>  tell me if I can find it somewhere or if it will be available 
>>>>>> soon ? Any kind of help is welcomed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Vincent
>>>>>>
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