Hi Russ,
Thank you for your answer. I agree there is always a way to improve the
quality of geometry and basic tagging (building=yes).
But I feel this crisis has something specific: no destruction of
infrastructure (which is quite limited on the heath side btw), virulent
epidemic (80%ish mortality within a week) threatening a 1.5M city.
Here the main needs are more (imo) on accurate and comprehensive tagging
(dispensaries, hospitals, other relevant infrastructures, facilities,
and amenities), which requires on-field knowledge, and response time
(the slightest delay in action can yield thousands of extra
contaminations...)
Another potentially important element to account for is restriction of
movement and quarantines, which can complicate the gathering of needed
information (except for medical NGOs on-site, e.g. MSF. Needless to say
they'll have more urgent tasks to complete than mapping/tagging).
Ultimately the question is about how HOT can contribute on this kind of
crisis (and should HOT do so after all, if we find out we can't make a
noticeable difference)?
regards,
Rod
On 24/03/14 12:51, Russell Deffner 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
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