[OSM-talk] Mapping the spill

[Ian Dees]

On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Sam Vekemans <acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Negative thinking aside, just listing WHERE it is, is important to know.
>
>
> Zooming out, its easy to keep 'close' as that is all thats needed,
> using whatever imagery is available.
>
> We have unlimited crowd source, who can map anything anywhere. And it
> is 'stuck to the ground'. And we can also help the responders focus on
> areas that need to be protected.
>
> This is a perminant area transformation like a 'volcano lava flow'.
> Where the area will be a perminant sedement area, and needs to be
> known.
>
> Does anyone know if it is already being mapped?
>
>
NOAA is mapping it quite well:

http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/topic_subtopic_entry.php?RECORD_KEY(entry_subtopic_topic)=entry_id,subtopic_id,topic_id&entry_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=809&subtopic_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=2&topic_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=1
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