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

[Jean-Guilhem Cailton]

I agree ! (with your beginning, not your conclusion)

This is exactly the reason why I advocate reusing existing, proved, 
known technology :
OpenStreetBugs
that has already been tried in crisis situation (see wiki/Task)
and which just needs a new NAME

over waiting for specialized solutions to be ready :
(tag specifications, Sahana)
(apologies to these: I admit not taking/having the time to 
read/understand how they work)

Regards,

Jean-Guilhem

PS : please tell me something simpler if it is already here, I can't see it.


Iván Sánchez Ortega a écrit :
> El Viernes, 22 de Enero de 2010, Jean-Guilhem Cailton escribió:
>   
>> So please do not reject a usage that could turn out to be useful just
>> because you consider that OSM was "not designed for it".
>>
>>  From a technical point of view, this kind of info weighs nothing
>> compared with the imagery and cartographic data that OSM is handling.
>> But from a relief point of view, it may be vital.
>>     
>
> I'll quote Laurent Dedieu, who works for Médecins Sans Frontières:
> http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/21/haiti-howto-set-up-a.html
>
> "The first phase of an emergency is not the best moment to test new 
> technology."
>
> "Right now, people in Haiti are really overwhelmed by the basics. To introduce 
> something completely new, where they're not sure how to use it or we don't 
> have feedback [...] And a nice idea that's supposed to help you and 
> facilitate your work can make you lose time. New technologies require a lot 
> of field testing before they can be implemented."
>
>
> No matter how cool OSM is, now it is *not* the time to experiment with it. Go 
> to a CrisisCamp in one or two months, and discuss the idea there.
>
>
>   

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