Le 17/12/2013 16:07, Om G a écrit : > Jean-Guilhem, > > How could collectively asking for disaster imagery be controversial at all? > > This is hard to believe that a campaign would have been mounted against you, > but I have seen the mechanism in other places so I know it is possible. > > Many in the field have 'pet projects' or initiatives that they are attached > to, and will have used a great deal of personal energy to carry them forward. > This creates hardened opinions. There is also incredulity about whether a > 'thing' will work because it has been "tried before" and may have not > achieved the desired result. However, every industry has a lag-time between > when an idea is germinated and when it takes hold, no matter how much effort > is behind it. Knowing this, means we persist regardless of how many > conversations have occurred previously - and they should continue until the > goal of high quality imagery for humanitarian needs is realized. > > Generals and Presidents consistently make decisions accepting that others > will suffer, but that paradigm is dead now. Humanity has the capability to > reach out and self coordinate from person to person and there is no excuse > for publicly funded satellite platforms not to provide the best possible > products to those who need them, anywhere in the world. A good amount of our > volunteer effort would be deleted with the introduction of a few classified > change recognition tools and we could move on to other tasks. > > In the US, we have the capacity as citizens to reform the intelligence > structure to allow this. Most other Democratic countries have the same > situation. Yet nothing happens. This gap, the lack of help in the face of > need, is traumatizing for all involved. OSM represents the power of collected > individuals just as online petitions do. Anyone who doubts this should look > around petition.org to see who has been affected by such a simple seeming > mechanism. > > I also believe that the greater human need should take precedence over all > else and I'm proud of your work. > > Best regards, > > Om >
Om, Thank you very much of your well thought out and written email, and your much needed support. Very touched, Jean-Guilhem _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
