The coastline around Zongo was traced before we obtain high res imagery for the
area and needs extensive revision. Could somebody experimented with coatlines
revise this?
Pierre
>________________________________
> De : Pierre Béland <pierz...@yahoo.fr>
>À : Séverin MENARD <severin.men...@hotosm.org>
>Cc : "hot@openstreetmap.org" <hot@openstreetmap.org>
>Envoyé le : Lundi 25 mars 2013 10h05
>Objet : Re: [HOT] Central African Republic: Bangui taken over today by the
>rebels
>
>
>The job is both in french and english.
>
>Thanks again to the contributors to be so reactive for remote mapping in such
>emergency context. After only 12 hours, nearly 50% of the job for Zongo is
>completed.
>
>Mapping seems well advanced in the area, but it would be good if somebody from
>the ground could make the point about all of this and indicate if any other
>area needs to be covered or other infos added.
>
>And as usual, we have the capacity to remote mapping rapidly. But there is no
>facilities that are georeferenced. If we could establish a workflow where
>local people contribute to complete the map, this would be great. For example,
>this could be done using a smarphone OSM editor, or more simply using
http://openstreetbugs.schokokeks.org/?zoom=16&lat=4.34969&lon=18.59663&layers=B0T
>
>Humanitarians or other people with some knowledge of the area could simply
>zoom in, click on a building and give a short description of it. HOT
>contributors could later use this info to complete the map. For the surname,
>they could simply add the prefix #hotosm. After that, they could contact us
>by email in case we have any specific questions about this.
>
>
>
>Pierre
>
>
>
>>________________________________
>> De : Séverin MENARD <severin.men...@hotosm.org>
>>À : Pierre Béland <pierz...@yahoo.fr>
>>Cc : "Banick, Robert" <robert.ban...@redcross.org>; Claire Halleux
>><claire.du....@gmail.com>; "hot@openstreetmap.org" <hot@openstreetmap.org>
>>Envoyé le : Lundi 25 mars 2013 2h52
>>Objet : Re: [HOT] Central African Republic: Bangui taken over today by the
>>rebels
>>
>>
>>Thanks, I updated the Wiki page
>>Would be good is possible to make a French version of the job. I created a
>>French page for the WIki project and the crisis, and informed the OSM-FR
>>community, which is one of the most active.
>>
>>
>>Severin
>>
>>
>>On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 2:12 AM, Pierre Béland <pierz...@yahoo.fr> wrote:
>>
>>Bing Imagery is available for this area. To be able to start mapping
>>immediately, I have created a Task Manager job for Zongo.
>>>
>>>We will have the opportunity to create other jobs later if necessary.
>>>
>>>See http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/218
>>>Please map in detail.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Pierre
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>________________________________
>>>> De : "Banick, Robert" <robert.ban...@redcross.org>
>>>>À : Claire Halleux <claire.du....@gmail.com>; Pierre Béland
>>>><pierz...@yahoo.fr>
>>>>Cc : Séverin MENARD <severin.men...@hotosm.org>; "hot@openstreetmap.org"
>>>><hot@openstreetmap.org>
>>>>Envoyé le : Dimanche 24 mars 2013 20h47
>>>>Objet : Re: [HOT] Central African Republic: Bangui taken over today by the
>>>>rebels
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Zongo would definitely be helpful to humanitarian organizations. When last
>>>>I heard the IFRC was operating in part out of Zongo (this was weeks ago and
>>>>may have changed). We recently sent some folks out with poster sized OSM
>>>>printouts of Bangui / Zongo and were frustrated by the relative lack of
>>>>detail in Zongo.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Robert Banick | GIS Coordinator | International Services | Ì American Red
>>>>Cross
>>>>
>>>>From: Claire Halleux <claire.du....@gmail.com>
>>>>Date: Sunday, March 24, 2013 7:44 PM
>>>>To: Pierre Béland <pierz...@yahoo.fr>
>>>>Cc: Severin Menard <severin.men...@hotosm.org>, "hot@openstreetmap.org"
>>>><hot@openstreetmap.org>
>>>>Subject: Re: [HOT] Central African Republic: Bangui taken over today by the
>>>>rebels
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Since this Sunday morning, increasing numbers of CAR residents have been
>>>>crossing the border to get more secured on the other side of the Ubangi
>>>>river. Many of them arrived directly in Zongo, the neighbouring town on DRC
>>>>side.
>>>>Its mapping is far less detailed than Bangui's, maybe we could set a task
>>>>for mapping Zongo (if Bangui digitization process is achieved), HR Bing
>>>>imagery is available for the area.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Thousands of refugees from Central African Republic had already been
>>>>registered around Mobayi area (East of Gbadolite) for the last few months
>>>>but in this area, there is not so much imagery available yet.
>>>>
>>>>Claire
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>2013/3/24 Pierre Béland <pierz...@yahoo.fr>
>>>>
>>>>Séverin,
>>>>>
>>>>>I have revised the text in both french and english. Instead of talking
>>>>>only of Mali, I have modified to talk of african countries in general.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Pierre
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>________________________________
>>>>>> De : Séverin MENARD <severin.men...@hotosm.org>
>>>>>>À : hot@openstreetmap.org
>>>>>>Envoyé le : Dimanche 24 mars 2013 16h13
>>>>>>Objet : [HOT] Central African Republic: Bangui taken over today by the
>>>>>>rebels
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Bangui, the capital city of Central African Republic, has been taken over
>>>>>>today by the Seleka rebels, three months after their coming from the
>>>>>>northern part of the country. When they arrived close to Bangui in late
>>>>>>December, we started a preparation, connecting with the humanitarian
>>>>>>stakeholders there to identify both already affected towns as well as the
>>>>>>ones prone to be, thanks to the EUROSHA volunteers that were deployed in
>>>>>>Bangui (but obviously had to leave the country due this political
>>>>>>crisis). Specific TM jobs have been created and partially completed, and
>>>>>>an import process of the data provided by some stakeholders (eg UNICEF)
>>>>>>have started.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I just updated the OSM wiki page for CAR to coordinate the mapping goals
>>>>>>as of today. Finishing both Bangui and secondary towns is one of them.
>>>>>>Regarding the road network, I changed the former proposed typology by the
>>>>>>one created for the Mali crisis. Indeed, the really impressive work made
>>>>>>by the Hotties in charge of this activation apart, I really like this
>>>>>>road typology that, IMHO, could be extended to the rest of Africa and
>>>>>>maybe all the developing countries (what is the opinion from people
>>>>>>experienced in other continents?). To involve more French speaking
>>>>>>people, I translated it today. Pierre, might be good if you have a look
>>>>>>on it to be sure I did not make any confusion.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Some existing data, surveyed in the field by various humanitarian
>>>>>>organizations, will be imported soon, providing health centers, schools,
>>>>>>and watsan objects.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Sincerely,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Severin
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
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