[OSM-talk] Typhoon Haiyan and OpenStreetMap

[Eugene Alvin Villar]

Hello everyone,

The online response to mapping the areas affected by Typhoon Haiyan is very
heartwarming. Thank you to everyone involved. Please do continue to map as
the data is being used by first responders and relief workers.

Most of the information about mapping efforts can be found on the OSM Wiki:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Typhoon_Haiyan

Here are some choice highlights:

1. HOT's OSM Tasking Manager: http://tasks.hotosm.org/
- This is where most of the mapping efforts are coordinated. There are
currently 13 tasks that you can participate in. Almost all tasks are for
tracing buildings and roads using available Bing satellite imagery. One is
for assessing damage using post-typhoon imagery.

2. The Atlantic - "How Online Mapmakers Are Helping the Red Cross Save
Lives in the Philippines":
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/11/how-online-mapmakers-are-helping-the-red-cross-save-lives-in-the-philippines/281366/
- Feature article explaining how the map data in OSM can help the
(American) Red Cross in directing relief effort where it is needed most

3. Changesets map by Pascal Neis:
http://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-typhoon-haiyan-2013/#7/11.502/122.805
- Hourly updated map showing the locations of half of the 8000+ changesets
in the affected areas. These changesets were done by 600+ mappers and
contain almost 1.3 million changes (versions) to objects.

4. Before and after map:
http://pierzen.dev.openstreetmap.org/hot/leaflet/OSM-Compare-before-after-philippines.html
- Side-by-side map comparing rendered OSM data from before the typhoon to
the current OSM tiles

5. Areal damage overview map of Tacloban:
http://a.tiles.mapbox.com/v3/americanredcross.map-ms6tihx6/page.html#14/11.2189/125.0116
- Map by the American Red Cross showing areas damaged in Tacloban. The
buildings come from OSM. This map has been used by The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/11/11/world/asia/typhoon-haiyan-map.html?_r=1&

Thanks!
Eugene
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