Re: [HOT] Why use OpenStreetMap and not other maps in disaster situations?

Hello all, Thank you Mark, Nick and Nirab for the great responses. I am now actually trying to document these responses and other resources as to why we [should] choose OSM over other map sources in disaster situations. It would be really helpful if I could get some insights into what prompted tr

[HOT] Doodle for First Meeting of Communications Working Group

Hi All, As announced last week HOT is reactivating the working groups(1), some have been quiet for a while and some have not previously existed. I've created a Doodle to start of the Communications working group(2). At the first meeting we will begin the Terms of Reference for the working group an

Re: [HOT] The London HOT Congo Mapathon

Hi there, A question for Harry, Ian, Jorieke and Shoahib, I saw a couple of tweets on @hotosm, but no hashtag (#) yet for the Mapathon, I started using #LondonDRCMapathon, would be good to define one shortly to coordinate over twitter. Excellent end of WE. Ciao Nico

Re: [HOT] Did someone already test That_Shouldnt_Be_Possible?

Severin, I've finally had the time to have a play with this. It has the potential to be useful, but probably more so in the future. You need a .gpx trace of the area you want to test, and you need the area to be included in the test instance area - see more info below. At the moment the test

Re: [HOT] Humanitarian Mapping

Tom, The experience with the Heidelberg Univ for the Hayian Typhoon was very interesting. Andrew first gave a video session through Skype. Then, specific tasks were reserved for the Heidelberg Univ. Other then the contribution for mapping, some students might be interested by the software deve