Yes, I agree the security of the people is at stake. I am willing to do mapping myself, have a full schedule but this explains why we have not seen a full activation. thanks, mike
On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 7:16 AM, Blake Girardot <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Like some of our other mapping, the refugee related crisis comes with > sensitivities about the situation on the ground and the safety of the > refugees. > > For me, that is what has been a bit of what looks like inactivity. > > However, there are some HOT community members who have been actively > mapping infrastructure along the refugee routes, as well as camps (off > line) and boarder crossings and checkpoints. > > One of the people in HOT is working with our Digital Humanitarian > Network (DHN) partners very closely as some of them have more > experience in safety related issues and so we are following their > guidance. She has also been serving as HOT's point of contact to all > the other organizations working on the issue. > > Infrastructure like roads, train stations, buss stops, hospitals and > health facilities, electronics stores, PV repair, active boarder > crossings and public wifi, among others are all totally appropriate to > map into the public OSM database as always. > > Much of that type of data though requires local knowledge, it is hard > to identify an electronics repair place from sat imagery :) > > People who are local to _any_ part of the routes would be very helpful. > > Remote mapping is needed to for roads though, which are often > incomplete around some of the temporary facilities set up out side of > towns and villages. > > If people would like to help map remotely for the refugee crisis, I > would start with coordination of larger scale mapping of roads as > identified by the current route and camp maps. > > Local mappers are also needed desperately for building and other > facility mapping. > > Through contacts with partners and on her own, the HOT community > member is also helping coordinate actual relief work in the Balkans > and so is limited in her time to coordinate mapping activities. But I > think we can certainly provide approximate route maps and other areas > of interested that then could be remotely mapped. > > I am not sure any projects in the TM are right for this as the area > covered is rather large stretching literally from Syria (and other > countries in the region) all the way to the UK. > > But if some experienced mappers want to work on it, we can find a way > to help guide the mapping. > > Others local to the area, again, I think we can provide routes and > AoIs and any local building information, especially health sites, that > could get filled in would be extremely helpful. > > So, while not speaking for someone else, I would say if you want to > map related to that crisis let me know and we can get started on it, > but I think it would be more outside of the tasking manager and just > coordinated mapping via JOSM. If we identify specific locations that > need highly detailed mapping, we could create tasking manager jobs for > those situations, but at the moment, there is just a general need for > base maps with some specific PoIs included. > > Hope that helps, let me know. > > Cheers, > Blake > > > > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 5:08 AM, Ralf Stephan <[email protected]> wrote: >> U.N. prepares for refugee exodus when Iraqi forces attack Mosul >> >> http://www.trust.org/item/20151109125438-5aenh/ >> >> "This time the humanitarian community is acutely aware that there will be no >> justification if we are caught unprepared again," Geddo told Reuters in an >> interview. "This will probably entail massive civilian displacement". >> >> That will compound an intensifying humanitarian crisis in Iraq, where the >> number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) has reached 3.2 million - >> about a tenth of the population. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 11:03 AM Leon van der Meulen >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Henk Hoff is going to coordinate this kind of activities for the Red Cross >>> from Budapest, maybe he has some ideas. I’ve included him in cc. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Leon >>> >>> > On 10 Nov 2015, at 04:25, Mike Dupont <[email protected]> >>> > wrote: >>> > >>> > I am thinking that the refugee crisis is something that might be >>> > mapped. It seems to be the biggest crisis in a long time yet no HOT >>> > activation. There are all types of things to map, starting with >>> > makeshift refugee camps. >>> > mike >>> > >>> > On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 7:14 AM, Bob >>> > <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Hi, >>> >> >>> >> In the Uk we are seeing groups of people setting up collection points >>> >> for donation for refugees. Are there any mapping groups/tasks visualising >>> >> data concerning refugees, coordinating aid,camps etc. I hope to pass this >>> >> information on to various groups at State of the map Scotland >>> >> >>> >> all the best >>> >> >>> >> Bob >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> HOT mailing list >>> >> [email protected] >>> >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > James Michael DuPont >>> > Kansas Linux Fest http://kansaslinuxfest.us >>> > Free/Libre Open Source and Open Knowledge Association of Kansas >>> > http://openkansas.us >>> > Member of Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova http://www.flossk.org >>> > Saving Wikipedia(tm) articles from deletion >>> > http://SpeedyDeletion.wikia.com >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > HOT mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> HOT mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> -- James Michael DuPont Kansas Linux Fest http://kansaslinuxfest.us Free/Libre Open Source and Open Knowledge Association of Kansas http://openkansas.us Member of Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova http://www.flossk.org Saving Wikipedia(tm) articles from deletion http://SpeedyDeletion.wikia.com _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
