-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Pierre, that is right, the remote mapping is important because it is that way we produce data such as building, roads, and other data which are important to produce map. Thank best regards Fofana from Lomé (International Volunteer of Francophony)
Le 20/03/2015 21:41, Pierre Béland a écrit : > While we succeed to locate communication towers from imagery, it is often > hard to spot them if you dont know where to search. Images are not always clear and sometimes cloudy. A team is presently deploying to inspect, repair the towers and provide communication services. > > People with local knowledge are particularly useful to name objects, to complete the map we produce remotely, giving it more significance. > regard > > Pierre > > De : fofana <fofana.13b...@gmail.com> > À : hot@openstreetmap.org > Envoyé le : Vendredi 20 mars 2015 17h23 > Objet : Re: [HOT] Peace Corps mapping for Vanuatu > > > hi, > this is a very good idea. as for the exact position of communications towers, it is necessary that we have teams on the ground who know the territory. I know it's risky, but if you are able to do this work, you provide information that remote mapping can not provide. > > > > Le 20/03/2015 19:56, Clark, Courtney a écrit : > > Hello HOT community, > > > The Peace Corps and Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Washington DC will > > host a Vanuatu response mapping event this coming Monday at our > > headquarters. Vanuatu's current Peace Corps Volunteers will join via Google > > Hangout from their evacuation point in Australia. At this point, we are > > planning to ask the Vanuatu PCVs to use their local knowledge to map their > > host communities and label key points such as communication towers, schools > > and other buildings that can serve as shelters. Participants in the DC > > event will map Vanuatu and other vulnerable islands in the South Pacific. > > > That said, I am writing to ask for any other suggestions that members of > > this community might have regarding our geographic focus. Our Vanuatu > > Volunteers have excellent local knowledge of the nation that we can > > leverage. > > > Finally, the event is open to the public, so please come if you can! > > > Details: > > Monday, March 23 > > 6-8 pm > > Shriver Hall, Peace Corps Headquarters > > 1111 20th St NW, Washington DC > > > Please email me with your suggestions, ideas and questions. > > > Cheers, > > > Courtney Clark > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > HOT mailing list > > HOT@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJVDKQUAAoJEMfio1n+jsUR3dYP/0qENr8fAj0nwzSOWBEvIPQf 5YJIzMpMgyl68zuOBs/4qsXfmy6MdlLvabbFri47k8sWe7aeKd2jyPOKIXh6+sSf hhSHKekj76AI3t2aJkDAUkDVLsFtXD0F9f/UoKV9+1eX81osIS6uJn0HPn3Zatfe YdVyVB9/4oJgD0fb7SqaWshBUgUS29vB9snrrEjB3xwM0q03YXFtYtMZDzDDKAST 6jMDIqLGatbea1+CaOiRJKEwREDXAFY3PURe3tdlj0Jk9W35QuTVU9+20w1dZUyl uCajGdVDSvqa4CDWqPiWIPx8fas+2/W9pvQ0GMe6w7Z1RSGmQUEGuAsW2sP7POtc wdBl4JkS9g1zhJThUdXo5U+2cEIImBHFPqtpQ51xZKjQEETD62V0jniMBaUcPfqd a9NyVc9A7B8uGGIslUP3ilYnwLMNxEFid2y4nrB45dv/9JMaLDv2iwPOAX1f/xlQ epyrfzTwpUy6pWZnstgm73T0FIK4ij1FDAuPHvSFzHTAOP9vP3C//tLUuecC3ON4 Prrmgxi0NuUk/rRz++aHTMNlKXHthKGJPWF9vV/aNbOs93RcytkioYort0ebNQCV o4ak+l23qYAOe8YC3MoLGu0VTFfI6OdLpBr9Scif8MRxk3OgvS4qsHXW8OG4dXJz ScxnPf6FqXq545dwoF7N =yf9e -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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