In the process of trying to figure out how the destruction of Kedarnath happened, I updated the map in the area with natural features and it exposes the vulnerable location of the shrine: http://osm.org/go/zsVPtLx
I am still unable to locate Chorabari Tal (Gandhi Sagar) whose breach caused an avalanche of mud and rocks downhill. Any help from trekkers? On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 6:23 AM, Pierre Béland <pierz...@yahoo.fr> wrote: > Thanks Ishan for these reports. I added two new Task manager jobs for > these two areas and revised the wiki page accordingly. > > These areas are very isolated and the roads connecting to these localities > are not all traced. We will add instructions in the wiki page to trace or > revise these roads. > > Taking into account the important landslides in the area, it is also > important to trace the various streams and locate the residential areas. > Instructions will also be added in the wiki page. > > Pierre > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Task Manager Jobs > > Harsil area > http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/263 > > Badrinath and Mana > http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/264 > > wiki page > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2013_North_India_floods > > > ------------------------------ > *De :* Ishan Chattopadhyaya <ichattopadhy...@gmail.com> > *À :* Pierre Béland <pierz...@yahoo.fr> > *Cc :* "h...@openstreetmap.org" <h...@openstreetmap.org>; OpenStreetMap in > India <talk-in@openstreetmap.org> > *Envoyé le :* Dimanche 23 juin 2013 19h21 > *Objet :* Re: 2013 North India Floods : Follow-up and mapping coordination > > Thanks Pierre, > Recently, I saw media reports that Badrinath and Harsil (near Uttarkashi) > make up the current focus of rescue and relief. > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/All-pilgrims-rescued-from-Kedarnath-focus-shifts-to-Badrinath-and-Harsil/articleshow/20734070.cms > Regards, > Ishan > (user:chatman) > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 12:06 AM, Pierre Béland <pierz...@yahoo.fr> wrote: > > To facilitate the follow-up on this activity, I have renamed the object of > the email from [HOT] [Talk-in] Fw: [CrisisMappers] 25 killed; 24,000 > stranded as rain wreaks havoc in Uttarakhand, India > > A Task manager job have been created for Haridwar urban area. See > http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/260 > Hot Contributor are invited to contribute by mapping these areas. > > For people with knowledge of the present situation in north of India, > please report other areas that you think they should be mapped in priority. > Please report to this list and describe the situation. > > The people with local knowledge can also contribute greatly to the map by > geolocating and adding description to the public services buildings, > hospital, schools, shelter places, etc. > > Wiki page where more informations and instructions are provided about this > emergency. > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2013_North_India_floods > > Pierre > > ------------------------------ > *De :* Pierre Béland <pierz...@yahoo.fr> > *À :* Ishan Chattopadhyaya <ichattopadhy...@gmail.com> > *Cc :* OpenStreetMap in India <talk-in@openstreetmap.org>; " > h...@openstreetmap.org" <h...@openstreetmap.org> > *Envoyé le :* Dimanche 23 juin 2013 11h41 > *Objet :* Re: [HOT] [Talk-in] Fw: [CrisisMappers] 25 killed; 24,000 > stranded as rain wreaks havoc in Uttarakhand, India > > Ishan, > > To reassure you and the India community, we are many at HOT to follow the > situation. Has you saw, Harry and Andrew have started to document a wiki > page were mapping priorities are expressed. It is suggested to start > mapping the major roads and rivers. > > The next step is to establish other mapping priorities. For urban areas, > we can create rapidly Tasking Manager jobs to facilitate Remote mapping by > the larger OSM community and add the corresponding information in the Wiki > Page. Could the India community identify these zones to cover? > > When such a crisis emerge, we start from the Hot Discussion list to > monitor, create a wiki page and decide collectively the priorities. This > first step is to monitor the sitution and facilitate remote mapping by the > larger community. We proceeded this way in Mali in 2012. For a year, we > were able to trace large zones before we passed to the Activation status in > 2013 and coordinated with OCHA and Humanitarian NGO's. > > Activation is an other step of priority where more coordination is > necessary with humanitarian partners or UN Agencies that request our > participation. > > Pierre > > ------------------------------ > *De :* Ishan Chattopadhyaya <ichattopadhy...@gmail.com> > *À :* Harry Wood <m...@harrywood.co.uk> > *Cc :* OpenStreetMap in India <talk-in@openstreetmap.org>; " > h...@openstreetmap.org" <h...@openstreetmap.org> > *Envoyé le :* Dimanche 23 juin 2013 7h27 > *Objet :* Re: [HOT] [Talk-in] Fw: [CrisisMappers] 25 killed; 24,000 > stranded as rain wreaks havoc in Uttarakhand, India > > Wow, this is great. Can we create a hot job on the tasks.hotosm.org and > link it to the wiki? > > On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Harry Wood <m...@harrywood.co.uk> wrote: > > Guys, I already announced a wiki page coordinating a response to this > disaster a day and half ago: > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2013_North_India_floods > Thanks to Reneman and AndrewBuck who responded quite rapidly by > investigating mapping possibilities and adding more info to that page. > > > You guys seem to have missed my mailing post and yellow lable on the > 'India' wiki page. I feel like something went wrong in that process. > > > Looking ahead, maybe we' should ramping this up into more of an > 'activation'. > > Next steps? > * tasking manager job? I think the city of Dehradun > http://osm.org/go/zm8r~jUM- presents the best opportunity for obvious > beginner-friendly mapping tasks. > * other mapping coordination? things like mapping in lots more rivers in > the mountains could be worthwhile, but may be less suited to a task manager > grid. We could use 'notes' just as I did in the Philippines once, > coordinating river mapping with OpenStreetBugs > * Supply more info to potential data *users* on the wiki page. We should > have templates for this really. How can we get our data into the hands of > aid people? > * I will tweet a link to the wiki page from @hotosm. > * reply to crisis mappers with a link to our wiki page?* Call it an > "activation"? > > ________________________________ > From: Mikel Maron <mikel_ma...@yahoo.com> > To: Ishan Chattopadhyaya <ichattopadhy...@gmail.com>; OpenStreetMap in > India <talk-in@openstreetmap.org> > Cc: "h...@openstreetmap.org" <h...@openstreetmap.org> > Sent: Sunday, 23 June 2013, 5:24 > Subject: Re: [HOT] [Talk-in] Fw: [CrisisMappers] 25 killed; 24,000 > stranded as rain wreaks havoc in Uttarakhand, India > > > > To start, we can identify the affected areas, and check on sources of data > to improve the map. > > > This is the region? > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=30.09&lon=79.3&zoom=8&layers=M Looks > very mountainous. > Quick spot checks on Bing imagery, it's high resolution. Other sources? > > > If we can identify a bounding box for the region, then can set up a job on > the tasking server http://tasks.hotosm.org/ > > * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron > > > >________________________________ > > From: Ishan Chattopadhyaya <ichattopadhy...@gmail.com> > >To: Mikel Maron <mikel_ma...@yahoo.com>; OpenStreetMap in India < > talk-in@openstreetmap.org> > >Cc: "h...@openstreetmap.org" <h...@openstreetmap.org> > >Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 5:24 AM > >Subject: Re: [Talk-in] Fw: [CrisisMappers] 25 killed; 24,000 stranded as > rain wreaks havoc in Uttarakhand, India > > > > > > > >Let us do something! Anyone has any pointers how can we start (in an > organized fashion)? > >Can someone please take a lead to start a mapping sprint towards helping > map the affected regions? Mikel? > > > > > >On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 8:48 AM, Mikel Maron <mikel_ma...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > >Some response to the floods in Uttarakhand. Is there anything for OSM to > improve in the base map of the region, to aid response? > >> > >>* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron > >> > >>----- Forwarded Message ----- > >>>From: Buddhadeb Halder <bhalder...@gmail.com> > >>>To: crisismapp...@googlegroups.com > >>>Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 3:17 PM > >>>Subject: [CrisisMappers] 25 killed; 24,000 stranded as rain wreaks > havoc in Uttarakhand, India > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>Hi CrisisMappers, > >>>Thousands are reported stranded in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh in > India due to heavy rains and landslides. > >>> > >>>Thanks, > >>> > >>>Buddha > >>> > >>>@HalderBuddha > >>> > >>>Some updates: > >>>1. Uttarakhand worst affected as rain wreaks havoc in north India; > thousands stranded > >>>2. Watch: in torrential rain, house collapses in Uttarakhand > >>>3. 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