Re: [HOT] OSM Fiji linked with U-Report for TC Winston response

2016-05-10 Thread Russell Deffner
Hi Kate, U-Report looks great, there are probably others that can give you better assistance, but I’m wondering if some of the errors are related to the 180th meridian? You might find some of the information you need on one of these pages: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/180th_meridian

[HOT] OSM Fiji linked with U-Report for TC Winston response

2016-05-10 Thread Kate Learmonth
Dear HOT list, I am working with UNICEF Pacific to roll out U-Report Fiji as a pilot community feedback mechanism for TC Winston. This will be the first time it will be government-led and used in this type of emergency response. The Fijian Government is also interested in using U-Report for early

Re: [HOT] HOT in Research

2016-05-10 Thread Heather Leson
HI folks, here is our quick report back from the HOT Research Working Group. We talked about the opportunity for research literature reviews, shared curriculum and TeachOSM. Some next steps: 1. The Research Scramble could be asynchronous. We suggest people use the Working Notes document below

[HOT] Humanitarian Mapathons for Children

2016-05-10 Thread Tyler Radford
Hi all, A group of colleagues at Politecnico di Milano and I presented a webinar last week entitled "Humanitarian Mapathons for Children". Both slides and a recording are available. You might find some useful tips (and have ideas of your own to share with us) about how we can all involve more

Re: [HOT] Japanese earthquake projects

2016-05-10 Thread john whelan
I had a reply this morning: > First, the Facebook maps is using OpenStreetMap data in Japan area. After our tasks, they updated map tiles by latest OSM map dataset. I understand these projects have now been lowered from high pirority to low. I think I'll go back to mapping Africa etc. for some

Re: [HOT] Fwd: Re: [Talk-ca] Fort McMurray forest fires

2016-05-10 Thread Yantisa Akhadi
Hi Paul, I just saw at Twitter that Planet Labs just released imagery that is available for OSM mapping, more info about it here: https://www.planet.com/pulse/fort-mcmurray-wildfire/ Best, *Yantisa Akhadi (Iyan)* *Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team* Tel: +62 81 5787 03388 Email: