Hi all: Bing/Mapbox OSM limits seem outdated, at least for Samar island (the one I checked). Now they cover many more areas of the island.
I modified the limits for Samar, but would be interesting to check/modify them for other areas that could be affected. Cheers, Rafael. On 04/12/14 01:12, Mark Cupitt wrote: > Hi Andrew, Thanks great links. I think Maning and I are good candidates > to lead this, he is in Manila, I am in Negros, down south. > > I agree and think it will swing towards the north. The track i sent is > from a site called http://Typhoon2000.com, he has been tracking > Philippine Typhooons for years and is located in Bicol. (So we may get > first hand accounts) > > It is also worth watching with Wundergorund as the local knowledge on > the tracks kicks in. > > I also agree that flooding will be the major issue the way it looks now. > > I will start a HOT Wiki Page today for this with the basics as well. It > will be somewhere to put all the information in one place. > > Hi Pierre > > Yep, I think the imagery assessment on what is currently available is > the first step. We can adjust as the track > > > 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. > =============================================================================================== > > > On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Andrew Buck <andrew.r.b...@gmail.com > <mailto:andrew.r.b...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Thanks for the heads up Mark. It is definitely good to start watching > these things as soon as possible and planning the response. Below is > a link to Jeff Masters most recent blog post about the typhoon; Jeff > is an expert on hurricanes/typhoons and his analysis pre-Haiyan was > what allowed us to focus on Tacloban before the storm even hit. The > second link is to the Wunderground tracking page for the storm itself > showing lots of useful info, and the third link is to the 'Wundermap' > with the tropical storm layer turned on. > > http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2871 > > http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/western-pacific/2014/Super-Typhoon-Hagupit > > http://wxug.us/1m0l5 > > According to his reading of the situation, as well as the results of > the various model runs it is looking like it will be a catergory 4 or > 5 when it hits the Philippines (Haiyan was a cat 5 at landfall). > There are some positive signs though: wind shear is expected to pick > up which will weaken the storm and the waters are not as warm as when > Haiyan struck; both positive signs. For us I think the most relevant > part of the blog is the following: > > "There is less heat energy available in the ocean for Hagupit, and > wind shear is expected to rise to the high range on Friday as strong > upper-level winds tear at the storm. Heavy rains, not high winds and > storm storm surge, will likely be the greatest threat for the > Philippines from Hagupit." > > Heavy rains means flooding, and it means landslides. The Phillipines > is a mountainous region so landslides are a possibility on slopes, > especially where farming/deforestation have happened. I would say at > this point, making sure the major waterways are traced in OSM would be > the highest priority until we know more accurately where it will make > landfall. > > This will likely be an event that we end up activating for. We should > start figuring out who will lead the activation and start making > contact with our humanitarian contacts regarding their likely > response. Since Pierre and I are still on the ebola activation it > probably doesn't make sense for us to lead this one, but we can > certainly offer help/guidance to anyone interested in stepping up to > lead the HOT response. > > Fortunately we mapped a lot of the potentially affected area during > Haiyan, but this one looks to be swinging more to the north than that > one did. That is good, since the map is pretty good in the north, but > bad because the reason the map is better is that is where most of the > population is. > > This is another opportunity to help out. Let's get to it, and show > the world what we can do. :) > > -AndrewBuck > > > On 12/03/2014 06:36 PM, Mark Cupitt wrote: >> Dear All > >> This 280kph Super Typhoon is headed to the Phillippines. Expected >> to hit at the end of weekend north of Tacloban where Haiyan Hit. It >> is approximately the same intensity as Haiyan. This one is going to >> hurt > >> [image: Inline image 1] > >> Regards > >> Mark Cupitt > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org <mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org> > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > -- Twitter: http://twitter.com/ravilacoya -------------------------------- Por favor, non me envíe documentos con extensións .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx, aínda podendoo facer, non os abro. Atendendo á lexislación vixente, empregue formatos estándares e abertos. http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument#Tipos_de_ficheros _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
