Ah, I forgot to say that I heard Bing imagery is scarce over Guinea (eg over Conakry), but I did not check.
On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Severin Menard <severin.men...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi, > > MSF is working on this crisis: > http://reliefweb.int/report/guinea/ebola-epidemic-declared-guinea-msf-launches-emergency-response > > Considering our growing partnerships with them, I would advice to contact > them to know how we could help them the best we can. The report does not > mention which MSF branch is in the field (FYI, it is the normal way MSF > communicates, there are separate entities but working on the same goals). I > know people from MSF Spain and MSF France through CAR Activation, I will > ask them. > > Sincerely, > > Severin > > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Russell Deffner < > russell.deff...@hotosm.org> wrote: > >> Rod, >> >> If there is a way we can provide aid, then yes! I am not familiar with >> either the area or the disease, so not much help there; but - typically we >> might assist the local mapping community (if there is one) with remotely >> tracing the area from available imagery. If there isn't a local >> community, >> HOT can discuss and potentially provide a remote coordinator - to get HOT >> coordinators on the ground typically requires a partner organization to >> contact us (i...@hotopenstreetmap.org) for assistance. >> >> If you are from the area/concerned for personal interest, I would first >> ask >> if you know the quality of the map data in the area and if there is any >> OSM >> community there/how best to reach out; then we can work out specifics - >> really we just need to know our efforts are actually needed (i.e. people >> in >> need of aid will receive benefit from whatever we do). >> >> Thank you, >> =Russ >> >> Russell Deffner >> russell.deff...@hotosm.org >> The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team >> http://hot.openstreetmap.org/ >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rod Bera [mailto:r...@goarem.org] >> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 5:43 AM >> To: hot@openstreetmap.org >> Subject: [HOT] Ebola in Conakry, Guinea >> >> Hi all, >> >> Is there a way we can assist on this one? >> The virus has now reached Conakry. As far as I recall it's the first >> time the disease finds its way to such a populated area... >> >> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/22/ebola-guinea_n_5014500.html >> >> Rod >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> HOT@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> HOT@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> > >
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