Here's a couple additional ideas: - Looking at the other Current projects listed on the HOT page http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Hot#Current, they all have a OSM wiki page which explains what the crisis is, what areas are affected, what imagery/maps are available, what the most valuable ways are to contribute, etc. On the Ivory Coast page, there's a lot about data sources, but not much on what to do (which to me really helps people convert their effort into the maximum impact). - In scanning through the last few months of posts on the HOT list, Ivory Coast has rarely been mentioned (before this thread, 3 messages in 2011 that I saw). - In addition to the Japan crisis, Libya has also drawn a fair amount of attention.
Thanks for bringing this up, Brad 2011/4/21 Frédéric Bonifas <[email protected]> > Yes, > > Political crisis following the presidential elections led to violence > all over the country : > > * In Abidjan, number of displaced people was estimated to 800.000 two > weeks ago. Although calm slowly returns to Abidjan, violence is still > ongoing especially in the Yopougon district (west of the city, 1 > million people). > > * Violence has been terrible in the western part of the country. UNHCR > talking about "massacre" [1]. This area has been especially affected > [2] and the imagery we got yesterday from SPOT covers this. > > * There are refugee camps in Liberia, approximately 150.000 Ivorian > refugees according to UNHCR [3]. UNOSAT has authorized OSM to trace > over one of its imagery for the Bahn camp in Liberia (the biggest camp > if I make no mistake) [4] > > Unfortunately, the "end" of the political crisis does not > automatically implies the end of the humanitarian crisis : displaced > people will still stay in camps for a time, infrastructures are > destroyed, people are afraid of reprisals and violence. Protection, > health and food needs are big. Many organizations are now operating > there and lacking good baseline data. > > As I told yesterday, OSM is in the Common Operational Dataset of OCHA > [5] : so OSM data is already used but needs to be improved > > I know I am not good at summarizing the situation, many reports can be > found here for those interested : > http://reliefweb.int/taxonomy/term/69 > > Frederic > > > [1] : http://reliefweb.int/node/394813 > [2] : http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/map_47.pdf > [3] : http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/map_59.pdf > [4] : wms: > http://cernunosat05.cern.ch/ArcGIS/services/CIV/CIV_Liberia4/MapServer/WMSServer?FORMAT=image/jpeg&VERSION=1.1.1&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetMap&Layers=0&Styles=default&; > [5] : > http://ochaonline.un.org/UrgencesEmergencies/ElectionsCocirctedIvoire/tabid/7330/language/fr-FR/Default.aspx > > 2011/4/21 Mikel Maron <[email protected]> > > > > Frederic > > > > Perhaps everyone is not as aware of the humanitarian situation in Ivory > Coast? Can you elaborate what's happening? > > The media focus was on Gbagbo (at least in the US), and the humanitarian > crisis there was overshadowed by Japan. > > > > -Mikel > > > > == Mikel Maron == > > +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Frédéric Bonifas <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Thu, April 21, 2011 7:35:54 AM > > Subject: [HOT] Why we fail mapping Ivory Coast ? > > > > Hi, > > > > I have noticed that the participation in mapping Ivory Coast isn't huge. > > > > We usually have no data sources. So we spend time tracing with landsat, > defining the areas of interest, trying to get images, and complaining about > the lack of available data sources. > > > > For Ivory Coast we are in the contrary case : we have tons of satellite > images but no one to trace over it. > > > > Perhaps you are currently mapping another area ? > > Perhaps you don't see the interest in mapping Ivory Coast ? > > Perhaps the data sources available were not promoted enough ? > > Perhaps quality of available satellite imagery is too bad ? > > Perhaps the communication around the usefulness of this mapping action > wasn't good ? > > Perhaps the media did not talk a lot about this crisis ? > > Perhaps ... ? > > > > This is really a "naive" message, without pre-conceived ideas, just to > understand why we fail and how we can improve. > > > > Thanks > > > > -- > > Frédéric Bonifas > > +33672652807 skype:fredericbonifas > > > > -- > Frédéric Bonifas > +33672652807 skype:fredericbonifas > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >
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