Hi, Andrew called for a few suggestions for other useful areas to map, beyond just Tacloban; which is likely to become increasingly well mapped in the next few days.
Reading articles like http://www.rappler.com/nation/43285-initial-reports-damage-tacloban-city suggest Guiuan might be worth a further look. "Guiuan, a fishing town of about 40,000 people on Samar, was the first to be hit after Haiyan swept in from the Pacific Ocean. Pang said contact had not yet been made with Guiuan." http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=11.0308&mlon=125.7240&node=198523987#map=13/11.0308/125.7240&layers=N You can see: - It's at the start of the storm's path - It has a nearby airport, which if still servicable, seems a reasonable place to land supplies, relief workers, etc If the aim was to simply improve roads/access, radiating out along the path of the storm; (one task starting in Tacoloban/Basey/at the nearest land pushing east, another starting from Guiuan pushing west, that'd cover a reasonable amount of affected folks. Wikimedia suggests a population of between 50-200 people/km^2 in those areas. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Philippines_Population_Density_Map.svg Mapping large structures in the towns in between, as opposed to every single building is likely fairly quick, and highlights key infrastructure (if it survived). The coverage by bing seems alright: there are areas not covered like Balangia to Lawa-an; but the majority is. Thoughts?
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