Hi John, It might be helpful to know which tools the person was using. Perhaps it was one that wasn't updated very often.
Best, -Kate On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 10:03 AM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you for your input, that was roughly in line with my expectations > but for some reason didn't seem to match the person's experience in the > field, it could have been some time ago. > > Thanks John > > > On 3 August 2014 12:40, Pierre Béland <pierz...@yahoo.fr> wrote: > >> Hi John, >> >> In general, the tiles are updated to the minute. Looking at my edits this >> morning after a few minutes, tiles were refreshed both for the OSM and >> Humanitarian layers. I press F5 to refresh the screen and obtain the new >> tiles in the navigator. >> >> For OSMAnd, updates may vary. For major activations such as Ebola, we ask >> contributors to provide daily updates. For Ebola, see >> >> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2014_West_Africa_Ebola_Response#Offline_Navigation_on_Small_Devices >> For custom OSMAnd updates, see >> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2014_West_Africa_Ebola_Response#Custom_Android.2FOSMAnd_offline_file >> >> Pierre >> >> ------------------------------ >> *De :* john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> >> *À :* OpenStreetMap talk mailing list <talk@openstreetmap.org> >> *Envoyé le :* Dimanche 3 août 2014 12h28 >> *Objet :* [OSM-talk] HOT Mapping thoughts >> >> I was talking to someone who worked with one of the Agencies that used >> the data in the field and he was saying how great it was. >> >> However he said that the map started to appear after three of four days >> which struck me as a little odd. >> >> I understood HOT starts very quickly within hours and since we have >> mappers around the world working odd hours there should be something >> happening very quickly in the database. >> >> However the rendering means that tiles have to get refreshed, data has to >> be packaged for OSMAND etc. >> >> Is there a way the tiles and packaging for HOT areas given priority and >> done more frequently or is this already being done? >> >> I also note that in Haiti a sensefly eBee UAV has been used to collect >> aerial imaging for OSM mapping. I assume that the procedures have been >> worked out to use this device. Could one of the partner agencies UN, or >> someone with a bit of cash, be approached to arrange for one to be part of >> the initial deployment when a new area to be HOT mapped is decided on? >> >> Many Thanks >> >> Cheerio John >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> talk@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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