I've found picking out rivers and streams to be slightly problematical. If I zoom out then I can see a string of green which I assume is trees and vegetation along the bodies of water. Could someone knock up a video training guide on how to pick things out for us city dwellers on You-Tube or something and how to tag a body of water?
Thanks John On 22 November 2014 at 21:59, Mark Cupitt <markcup...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear All > > The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Center for Disease Control and > Prevention (CDC) need all rural Cameroon mapped in response to the Polio > outbreak and also monitoring and preparing for a possible Ebola outbreak. > > A New task has been created to assist with Round 2 of this project using > High resolution imagery supplied by DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-2 service > available on the Mapbox Satellite Layer. > > > *http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/777 > <http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/777> * > > > Please assist these organizations by mapping the following: > > > - villages/residential areas (Polygons tagged landuse=residential) > - roads, streets, paths (tag roads according the Highway Tag Africa > wiki page) > - water bodies, rivers, streams and forests > - open areas (not fields, just smooth open ground next to towns) as > leisure=common as these are potential helicopter landing sites. > - school areas, easily identified as 1 or 2 long buildings at the edge > of the village often with two small toilet buildings behind them. The > schools are almost always accompanied by a large open area for the children > to play in, tag the whole area of the school complex (amenity=school) and > trace the school buildings ( building=school) and bathrooms ( building=yes > and amenity=toilets.) > > > *NOTE: Buildings are NOT required on this Task, but landuse=residential > will be used to identify future tasks to map buildings, so please include > all residential areas as Polygons* > > > > If you have local knowledge, please also identify: > > > - names and boundaries of settlements, sub-places, administrative > districts and health districts > - medical facilities > > > The Polio outbreak in Cameroon has been ongoing since at least October > 2013. The outbreak continued into 2014, with international spread to > Equatorial Guinea. In March 2014, WHO elevated the risk assessment of > international spread of polio from Cameroon to very high, due to expanding > circulation and influx of vulnerable refugee populations from Central > African Republic (CAR). This risk assessment remains in place. Further > undetected circulation in Cameroon cannot be ruled out. Moreover, the risk > of virus spreading into CAR is considered to be particularly high given the > large-scale population movements from CAR into Cameroon. > > Regards > > Mark Cupitt > > "If we change the world, let it bear the mark of our intelligence" > > Hire Me on Freelancer > > See me on Open StreetMap <https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Mark_Cupitt> > > See me on LinkedIn <http://ph.linkedin.com/in/markcupitt> > > > *See me on StackExchange <http://gis.stackexchange.com/users/17846/mark-c>* > > > =============================================================================================== > The contents of this email are intended only for the individual(s) to whom > it is addressed and may contain > confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended > recipient, you must not disclose, copy, distribute, > or use the contents of this email. If you have received this email in > error, please notify the sender immediately and > delete the email and any attachments. > =============================================================================================== > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > >
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