Hi John,
I'm not sure I understand fully your point but I can confirm you that
aid organizations don't plan their operations based on the mere
availability of maps (just as all of them don't plan based on the mere
road accessibility, although this is a more important constraint...):
maps can be super useful for them to plan and implement their activities
but are not a requirement: as we all know many disaster responses NGO
haven't wait for OSM to exist to respond in these areas... Second point,
the fact that OSM data exists in a country doesn't mean all aid
organizations in the field have access to a map - far from that in fact...
So while I completely agree with the general objective of mapping large
areas with basic data, let's not underestimate the impact of detailed
mapping in areas where aid organizations and/or local governments have
the capacity to use the data to build GIS products and actually impact
their operations (epidemio, logistics, disaster risk reduction, etc.).
The organizations requesting projects in the TM are precisely the one
that are aware of the potential of OSM and that have the capacity to use
the data in the field.
Thanks for your efforts & best regards.
Martin
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Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2016 12:26:18 -0400
From: john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com>
To: hot@openstreetmap.org
Subject: [HOT] Idle thought does where we map impact where AID is
given?
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According to the Economist Jun3 10th 2016 edition there are 27 different
donors involved in health care in Mozambique alone.
Currently I estimate 10% of rural Africa has been mapped so do we have
multiple agencies operating where OSM maps are available rather than where
the need is greatest?
If there is an economic impact of just having a map available, and I
suspect there is should a least some HOT mapping be just highway and
landuse=residential rather than every building within a very small area?
I accept that some organisations run maperthons with low priority and much
of their mapping is done with these resources but when validating I come
across the same names time and time again, it's much more restful to
validate them than the new mappers, but these mappers map a lot more
objects than a maperthon.
As I said earlier this is pure idle thought that would need some research
to see if there is an element of truth in it or even if it can be addressed.
Cheerio John
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