[OSM-talk] [Fwd: Re: Open Imagery for Chile]
Jean-Guilhem Cailton
jgc at arkemie.com
Mon Mar 1 17:47:27 GMT 2010
Hola,
Imágenes satélite de Chile post-evento están disponibles. Ver
http://www.un-spider.org/chile
y
http://www.un-spider.org/page/3287/spaceaid-available-space-based-information-earthquake-and-tsunami-chile
para detalles.
Saludos,
Jean-Guilhem
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Sujet : Re: Open Imagery for Chile
Date : Mon, 1 Mar 2010 17:58:36 +0100
De : David Stevens <tazarkount at gmail.com>
Répondre à : crisismappers-chile at googlegroups.com
Pour : Mikel Maron <mikel_maron at yahoo.com>
Copie à :
Références : <68743.49937.qm at web56506.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
Mikel,
I wanted to put forward some info and help build upon your proposal.
First of all I do want to say that UN-SPIDER is a UN Programme that has
been specifically mandated by all UN Member States to help all countries
as well as regional and international organisations to access and use
space-based information. It is an interesting mandate because it means
ensuring access and use as well as building capacity. We don't produce
maps. We ensure end users and their partners are able to do it and use
it for decision making. The fact we have the mandate means we work
closely with the government institutions responsible for emergency
response and disaster risk management and also with partners supporting
these end users. More importantly after the response phase is gone and
the media chasers have packed their bags and gone after another
spotlight we continue working with the Government as in the case in
Haiti: our work begins now as we help the Civil Protection Agency
rebuild and get ready including for the next hurricane season.
We are a Cooperating Body for the United Nations to the International
Charter which means whenever the UN is involved in an emergency response
we activate the International Charter as has been the case for both
Haiti and Chile.
The Charter does not make the imagery data available but only the end
products. In some mega disasters imagery does become available for free
as was the case during the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and the Haiti
earthquake. We are working to ensure that imagery becomes a bit more
widely available and not only for mega disasters. We have been involved
and supported 5 disasters since Haiti and none of them received the same
attention and dedication as Haiti.
Having said that we do see that imagery will be available for wider use
in Chile as well. We have updated the info on what is being made
available on our webpage
http://www.un-spider.org/chile
Two requests
First if the crisismapper community could help us include info on
available imagery and geospatial data that would help. I know there are
several other portals as well with similar info but for sure our end
users do access the UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal first. Please feel free
to replicate the info we have on other portals as well. We would
appreciate a link to our portal. And we will ensure we include a link to
the other portals. Please send us any info to include to the following
e-mail: spaceaid at unoosa.org <mailto:spaceaid at unoosa.org>
Then regarding the mapping support for Chile we are open for
suggestions. In Chile there are strong and efficient government
institutions in place, both ONEMI and SNIT, and any effort should be
centred on their needs and guidance.
One last useful info: UN-SPIDER is implemented by the United Nations
Office for Outer Space Affairs. We are part of the UN Secretariat and we
are the UN Office responsible for promoting the access and use of
space-based technologies and solutions. Space is our business and our
mandate.
Regards
David
David Stevens
Programme Coordinator
UN-SPIDER
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
Vienna - Austria
Tel. ++43-(1)-26060-5631 - Skype: tazarkount
Mobile +43 - 699 1459-5631 - E-Mail david.stevens at unoosa.org
<mailto:david.stevens at unoosa.org>
On 28 February 2010 06:25, Mikel Maron <mikel_maron at yahoo.com
<mailto:mikel_maron at yahoo.com>> wrote:
Colleagues
Can we replicate the true environment of sharing that began in the
response to Haiti?
We are all at ready to respond once we hear the needs for Chile. OSM
is ready to map, CrisisCamps are planned, there is an OSM Chile
community who we are trying to get through to.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2010_Chile_earthquake
Simply, we need imagery we can use. I was hoping this would be an
issue we all could discuss in the next few months, but now the need
is urgent.
The basic question ... will licensing allow use of the raw imagery
data for response?
* DigitalGlobe, GeoEye: Are acquisitions planned yet? Will license
terms be dropped again?
* Google: If you post imagery, can you make sure OSM has an
exception to the non-commercial clause?
* UN Charter: Any possibility of sharing imagery with volunteer groups?
* Chris Schmidt/Schuyler Erle: Would you be ready to process imagery
again?
All ... any other sources or thoughts?
Best
Mikel
== Mikel Maron ==
+254(0)724899738 @mikel s:mikelmaron
http://mapkibera.org/
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Haiti
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David STEVENS
Vienna - Austria
skype: tazarkount
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