Hi Hotties, Maps are very urgent at the border crossing, please help us to end validations to delivery it as soon as possible.
Many, many thanks, Humberto Yances 2015-09-13 7:44 GMT-05:00 [email protected] <[email protected]>: > Thank you Blake, that's right. > > Hi Katja, (to give a better idea of the situation and initial purpose of > the map) 70% of deported people doesn't have a formal shelter for a > temporal stay, so they can receive proper attention by humanitarian action > on the field. We need to find this buildings like schools, hospitals or > churches that can serve to this porpouse. Roads/paths are required for > logistics. > > This is a map of actual (filled) shelters: > http://geonode.salahumanitaria.co/layers/geonode%3Aalbergues_ntesantander > > We are coordinating with people on the field to confirm if any of the new > buildings traced correspond to one of those temporary shelter types, so > please continue tracing and please share your doubts or comments. > > Thanks! > > Humberto > > PD: Everyday arrive more people, so open areas tracing is a desired plus. > > 2015-09-13 7:05 GMT-05:00 Blake Girardot <[email protected]>: > >> Hi Katja, >> >> I have not reviewed the areas yet for how difficult the mapping is due to >> imagery or terrain, but the objects to map are for mappers of any >> experience level. >> >> Basically it is a buildings and roads mapping project, and open areas, >> which should be easy to spot as well. >> >> If you can't decide if something is a sports pitch or open area in a >> settlement (leisure=common) or a flat grass area, then it probably is _not_ >> one. These areas should be easy and clear to identify. >> >> When I map today, if I see anything that looks confusing I'll write back >> or maybe Humberto or someone else with on the ground experience can help >> clarify things. >> >> And of course, please send us questions if you find individual things you >> are not sure about. >> >> Cheers, >> Blake >> >> >> >> >> >> On 9/13/2015 12:45 PM, Katja Ulbert wrote: >> >>> Hi Humberto, Blake and all, >>> >>> thanks for putting this on the agenda! >>> >>> Is this a task for more experienced mappers? I consider myself an >>> average OSM/HOT mapper but I have no experience in displaced persons >>> crisis. I read the instructions, from what I understood the goal is to >>> map possible areas for shelters or camps, is that correct? >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Katja >>> >>> On 12/09/15 23:31, Blake Girardot wrote: >>> >>>> Greetings everyone, >>>> >>>> HOT member and coordinator in Colombia, Humberto Yances, received a >>>> request from a local OCHA Colombia official to map some border areas >>>> that are currently dealing with a displaced persons crisis. >>>> >>>> Humberto provided this overview of the situation (machine translated): >>>> >>>> Under the state of emergency declared by the Constitutional Government >>>> of Venezuela from August 21, in ten municipalities of Tachira, 1,482 >>>> Colombians were deported to Norte de Santander, Arauca, La Guajira and >>>> Vichada. The figures are still rising in other border departments, and >>>> reports of arrivals received in other municipalities and capital cities. >>>> >>>> The most affected department remains Norte de Santander, where 15,176 >>>> people have been officially characterized as returned and are in the >>>> process of being listed in the Register Unique Victims (RUD) >>>> administered by the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD). >>>> >>>> The two projects for this are here: >>>> >>>> http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1190 >>>> http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/1191 >>>> >>>> They are not large areas so I think we can get them mapped pretty >>>> quickly if we can get some good numbers mapping. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Blake >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> HOT mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >>>> >>> >>> >>> >
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