Re: [HOT] Interim Report: Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) Damage Assessment

2014-02-13 Thread maning sambale
Thanks Robert for sharing this preliminary report. While this may not be part of your study, I wonder how is our damage assessment comparable to what others (with more expertise) have done like those provided by UNOSAT: http://www.unitar.org/unosat/node/44/1876 Maybe we can learn from them. On T

Re: [HOT] Interim Report: Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) Damage Assessment

2014-02-13 Thread Mikel Maron
Hi > We should be careful to make the appropriate analysis and not demotivate the > OpenStreetMap community who made  > such a huge effort for this activation.  This report, I believe, is the first thorough investigation ever of OSM data from a disaster activation. That gives us really concret

Re: [HOT] Interim Report: Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) Damage Assessment

2014-02-13 Thread Heather Leson
HI Folks, I've been thinking about reports and research. Last summer I asked if there were folks interested in Research on this list. There was a slight trickle of interest. During the Typhoon activation, I attempted to collect some Impact Stories. (not so successfully, but I have a proposed solu

Re: [HOT] Interim Report: Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) Damage Assessment

2014-02-13 Thread Dale Kunce
@Pierre and Mikel, Your comments are well received. I think we do need to write a little bit on the exact role and nature of how and why the OSM community did during the Haiyan activation. As you all know we are extremely proud and motivated supporters of OSM and HOT. We want to see OSM continue

Re: [HOT] Interim Report: Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) Damage Assessment

2014-02-13 Thread Banick, Robert
@ Pierre and Mikel I concur with everything Dale says and want to add that if these comments can be packaged in a concise form — bullets or short paragraphs — they'll be easier to absorb into the final report. There's been some great feedback off this list as well as on it and I want to make su

Re: [HOT] Interim Report: Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) Damage Assessment

2014-02-13 Thread Mark Cupitt
@Robert I would be happy to contribute. We have done a lot of research and actually have an App (very early stages) as a WIP. What is the best way to contribute that would be meaningful. Regards Mark Cupitt "If we change the world, let it bear the mark of our intelligence" See me on LinkedIn