[OSM-talk] HOT Mapping thoughts

[Kate Chapman]

Hi John,

It might be helpful to know which tools the person was using. Perhaps it
was one that wasn't updated very often.

Best,

-Kate


On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 10:03 AM, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you for your input, that was roughly in line with my expectations
> but for some reason didn't seem to match the person's experience in the
> field, it could have been some time ago.
>
> Thanks John
>
>
> On 3 August 2014 12:40, Pierre Béland <pierzenh at yahoo.fr> wrote:
>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> In general, the tiles are updated to the minute. Looking at my edits this
>> morning after a few minutes, tiles were refreshed both for the OSM and
>> Humanitarian layers. I press F5 to refresh the screen and obtain the new
>> tiles in the navigator.
>>
>> For OSMAnd, updates may vary. For major activations such as Ebola, we ask
>> contributors to provide daily updates. For Ebola, see
>>
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2014_West_Africa_Ebola_Response#Offline_Navigation_on_Small_Devices
>> For custom OSMAnd updates, see
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2014_West_Africa_Ebola_Response#Custom_Android.2FOSMAnd_offline_file
>>
>> Pierre
>>
>>   ------------------------------
>>  *De :* john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>
>> *À :* OpenStreetMap talk mailing list <talk at openstreetmap.org>
>> *Envoyé le :* Dimanche 3 août 2014 12h28
>> *Objet :* [OSM-talk] HOT Mapping thoughts
>>
>> I was talking to someone who worked with one of the Agencies that used
>> the data in the field and he was saying how great it was.
>>
>> However he said that the map started to appear after three of four days
>> which struck me as a little odd.
>>
>> I understood HOT starts very quickly within hours and since we have
>> mappers around the world working odd hours there should be something
>> happening very quickly in the database.
>>
>> However the rendering means that tiles have to get refreshed, data has to
>> be packaged for OSMAND etc.
>>
>> Is there a way the tiles and packaging for HOT areas given priority and
>> done more frequently or is this already being done?
>>
>> I also note that in Haiti a sensefly eBee UAV has been used to collect
>> aerial imaging for OSM mapping.  I assume that the procedures have been
>> worked out to use this device.  Could one of the partner agencies UN, or
>> someone with a bit of cash, be approached to arrange for one to be part of
>> the initial deployment when a new area to be HOT mapped is decided on?
>>
>> Many Thanks
>>
>> Cheerio John
>>
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