Re: [Talk-ht] google earth to map survivors...
You know in reading the article, it sounds like they're using Google Earth (the application) to view a kml of camps/data over imagery. I don't think OSM is the answer for what they're doing--even the haiticrisismap doesn't have those sort of kml in it, as far as I can tell, but maybe there are other sites that mash things up? The article doesn't talk about Google MapMaker or roads data at all. I *am* curious about what data is used on the maps in the Mapping and GIS section of http://www.cccmhaiti.info/, which was referenced in the article. Cheers, Brad On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Mikel Maron wrote: > We could ping Victor Keegan > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/04/mapping-open-source-victor-keegan > > == Mikel Maron == > +254(0)724899738 @mikel s:mikelmaron > http://mapkibera.org/ > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Haiti > > > From: Peteris Krisjanis > To: clara > Cc: talk-ht@openstreetmap.org > Sent: Thu, March 4, 2010 3:44:05 PM > Subject: Re: [Talk-ht] google earth to map survivors... > > Hi! > > Well, I think it is worth to: > 1) Inform journalist and Guardian (in, of course, very civil and > informative manner) about OSM efforts to map camps. It is very easy to > confuse things. Maybe someone helped to confuse things. Who knows. > 2) Understand that one article can't cancel about 10 or 15 of articles > about OSM and CrisisCommons, so don't worry - OSM is recognized, > community work on Haiti is praised and I think in the end real effect > on things matters. > > Anyway, it is nice to see that new technologies really help people in > need. That's why I'm doin IT and OSM in first place. > > Cheers, > Peter. > > 2010/3/4 clara : >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hi, >> >> looks like Google Earth has the better PR department, or the Guardian >> has some lazy Latin America correspondent >> >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/04/haiti-aid-workers-google-earth >> >> Unfortunately it's not possible to comment on that article >> >> greetings >> clara >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) >> Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org >> >> iEYEARECAAYFAkuPpoYACgkQFG+ybKbbdMDwuQCgyySwAH7Yz1+1Eg8Qa40DMgWf >> M4kAmwdLzRsSKwnYvrw4YqRTTMLbS842 >> =khrt >> -END PGP SIGNATURE- >> >> ___ >> Talk-ht mailing list >> Talk-ht@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ht >> > > > > -- > mortigi tempo > Pēteris Krišjānis > > ___ > Talk-ht mailing list > Talk-ht@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ht > > ___ > Talk-ht mailing list > Talk-ht@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ht > > ___ Talk-ht mailing list Talk-ht@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ht
Re: [Talk-ht] google earth to map survivors...
Mikel, On a similar topic, there is this article from BBC news: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8543671.stm which makes no mention of OSM, although it includes a screen capture from Ushahidi / Haiti, with OSM in the background. It apparently inspired 2 articles, in french (Le Monde) and spanish, that are also on http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2010_Chile_earthquake/Press (I sent a reaction to the 1st one, and suggested on talk-cl that they do so for the 2nd one). It might be good to remind both BBC and its journalist, and Ushahidi, about OSM licence (nicely of course), maybe taking this opportunity to let them know more about OSM... Best, Jean-Guilhem Mikel Maron a écrit : We could ping Victor Keegan http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/04/mapping-open-source-victor-keegan == Mikel Maron == +254(0)724899738 @mikel s:mikelmaron http://mapkibera.org/ http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Haiti *From:* Peteris Krisjanis *To:* clara *Cc:* talk-ht@openstreetmap.org *Sent:* Thu, March 4, 2010 3:44:05 PM *Subject:* Re: [Talk-ht] google earth to map survivors... Hi! Well, I think it is worth to: 1) Inform journalist and Guardian (in, of course, very civil and informative manner) about OSM efforts to map camps. It is very easy to confuse things. Maybe someone helped to confuse things. Who knows. 2) Understand that one article can't cancel about 10 or 15 of articles about OSM and CrisisCommons, so don't worry - OSM is recognized, community work on Haiti is praised and I think in the end real effect on things matters. Anyway, it is nice to see that new technologies really help people in need. That's why I'm doin IT and OSM in first place. Cheers, Peter. 2010/3/4 clara mailto:cl...@aktivix.org>>: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > looks like Google Earth has the better PR department, or the Guardian > has some lazy Latin America correspondent > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/04/haiti-aid-workers-google-earth > > Unfortunately it's not possible to comment on that article > > greetings > clara > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkuPpoYACgkQFG+ybKbbdMDwuQCgyySwAH7Yz1+1Eg8Qa40DMgWf > M4kAmwdLzRsSKwnYvrw4YqRTTMLbS842 > =khrt > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > ___ > Talk-ht mailing list > Talk-ht@openstreetmap.org <mailto:Talk-ht@openstreetmap.org> > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ht > -- mortigi tempo Pe-teris Krišja-nis ___ Talk-ht mailing list Talk-ht@openstreetmap.org <mailto:Talk-ht@openstreetmap.org> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ht ___ Talk-ht mailing list Talk-ht@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ht ___ Talk-ht mailing list Talk-ht@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ht
Re: [Talk-ht] google earth to map survivors...
We could ping Victor Keegan http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/04/mapping-open-source-victor-keegan == Mikel Maron == +254(0)724899738 @mikel s:mikelmaron http://mapkibera.org/ http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Haiti From: Peteris Krisjanis To: clara Cc: talk-ht@openstreetmap.org Sent: Thu, March 4, 2010 3:44:05 PM Subject: Re: [Talk-ht] google earth to map survivors... Hi! Well, I think it is worth to: 1) Inform journalist and Guardian (in, of course, very civil and informative manner) about OSM efforts to map camps. It is very easy to confuse things. Maybe someone helped to confuse things. Who knows. 2) Understand that one article can't cancel about 10 or 15 of articles about OSM and CrisisCommons, so don't worry - OSM is recognized, community work on Haiti is praised and I think in the end real effect on things matters. Anyway, it is nice to see that new technologies really help people in need. That's why I'm doin IT and OSM in first place. Cheers, Peter. 2010/3/4 clara : > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > looks like Google Earth has the better PR department, or the Guardian > has some lazy Latin America correspondent > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/04/haiti-aid-workers-google-earth > > Unfortunately it's not possible to comment on that article > > greetings > clara > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkuPpoYACgkQFG+ybKbbdMDwuQCgyySwAH7Yz1+1Eg8Qa40DMgWf > M4kAmwdLzRsSKwnYvrw4YqRTTMLbS842 > =khrt > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > ___ > Talk-ht mailing list > Talk-ht@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ht > -- mortigi tempo Pēteris Krišjānis ___ Talk-ht mailing list Talk-ht@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ht ___ Talk-ht mailing list Talk-ht@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ht
Re: [Talk-ht] google earth to map survivors...
Hi! Well, I think it is worth to: 1) Inform journalist and Guardian (in, of course, very civil and informative manner) about OSM efforts to map camps. It is very easy to confuse things. Maybe someone helped to confuse things. Who knows. 2) Understand that one article can't cancel about 10 or 15 of articles about OSM and CrisisCommons, so don't worry - OSM is recognized, community work on Haiti is praised and I think in the end real effect on things matters. Anyway, it is nice to see that new technologies really help people in need. That's why I'm doin IT and OSM in first place. Cheers, Peter. 2010/3/4 clara : > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > looks like Google Earth has the better PR department, or the Guardian > has some lazy Latin America correspondent > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/04/haiti-aid-workers-google-earth > > Unfortunately it's not possible to comment on that article > > greetings > clara > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkuPpoYACgkQFG+ybKbbdMDwuQCgyySwAH7Yz1+1Eg8Qa40DMgWf > M4kAmwdLzRsSKwnYvrw4YqRTTMLbS842 > =khrt > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > ___ > Talk-ht mailing list > Talk-ht@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ht > -- mortigi tempo Pēteris Krišjānis ___ Talk-ht mailing list Talk-ht@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ht
[Talk-ht] google earth to map survivors...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, looks like Google Earth has the better PR department, or the Guardian has some lazy Latin America correspondent http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/04/haiti-aid-workers-google-earth Unfortunately it's not possible to comment on that article greetings clara -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkuPpoYACgkQFG+ybKbbdMDwuQCgyySwAH7Yz1+1Eg8Qa40DMgWf M4kAmwdLzRsSKwnYvrw4YqRTTMLbS842 =khrt -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Talk-ht mailing list Talk-ht@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ht
