[OSM-talk] How can I help?

I've got a GIS background. Happy to get up to speed on OSM. What can I do to help Haiti relief and mapping efforts? I plan to be at the CrisisCamp DC on Saturday. I can attend in the afternoon. Margie -- Margie http://www.BaltimoreUrbanAg.org http://www.FarmersMarketVideo.org

Re: [OSM-talk] How can I help?

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Margie Roswell mrosw...@gmail.com wrote: I've got a GIS background. Happy to get up to speed on OSM. What can I do to help Haiti relief and mapping efforts? I plan to be at the CrisisCamp DC on Saturday. I can attend in the afternoon. Margie Margie, I

Re: [OSM-talk] How can I help?

...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Margie Roswell Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 3:16 PM To: OSM-talk Subject: [OSM-talk] How can I help? I've got a GIS background. Happy to get up to speed on OSM. What can I do to help Haiti relief and mapping efforts? I plan

Re: [OSM-talk] How can I help?

Margie, Even before learning OSM tools, you can be very useful by looking up the coordinates of Haiti hospitals. Please see : http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti/News There is a shared spreadsheet to fill. And people that already know OSM can then use the coordinates you

Re: [OSM-talk] How can I help?

happy to start on that. What's the best way to determine those lat-long points. Just internet research, or is there any other more direct approach? Margie On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Jean-Guilhem Cailton j...@arkemie.com wrote: Margie, Even before learning OSM tools, you can be very

Re: [OSM-talk] How can I help?

Margie, You can start with the current OSM map, which I have found to have the most relevant information. Simply using the name search, on the left, you can localize at least the town, and zoom in to see if the streets have names. In Jacmel, for example, the St Michel hospital was already