Hello Nicolas,
Once our wildfire season (in Colorado, U.S.) slows down, I will be writing up a 'case-study'/whitepaper on the response to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2013_Colorado_Wildfire_Season - I will make sure to forward any documents, etc. directly to you. Just FYI, this was my field of study in college: Forestry, concentrated in Forest Fire Science with a minor in Spatial Information Management Systems, so I have lots of ideas how OSM could be used in these fields, but I'm still working on locking down a user/use-case study. I have reached out to the U.S. Forest Service and (U.S.) National Wildfire Coordination Group regarding the above and have had some initial feedback that my information would be forwarded to the incident commander for the East Fork Fire. I assume that as IC, that person is probably too busy to reach out while firefighting; I hope as things slow-down that I will get a chance to make the case for OSM and/or HOT for future firefights. I also wonder if you shouldn't expand your inquiry to all Natural Resource fields; i.e. rangeland, wildlife, ecosystems, watersheds, etc. You may get a broader response, and at least in the U.S. these things are typically done separately/by different organizations. Thank you for your interest, =Russ Russell Deffner russdeff...@gmail.com russdeffner on OSM From: nicolas chavent [mailto:nicolas.chav...@hotosm.org] Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 7:23 AM To: crisismappers; hot Subject: [HOT] Use cases, documentation and methodology around the use of OSM and GIS in Forestry Hey all- I'd be interested into hearing about uses of OSM and similar technologies tied to GIS in Forestry; Thanks in advance for any references Excellent day to all, Best, Nicolas -- -- Nicolas Chavent Acting Project Director Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team http://hot.openstreetmap.org/ Mobile (FRA): +33 (0)6 52 40 78 20 Email: nicolas.chav...@hotosm.org Skype: c_nicolas Twitter: nicolas_chavent
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