On 2012-04-04 19:35, Stéphane Henriod wrote:
I am browsing through inasafe website and it seems indeed pretty
interesting and relevant for the issues I raised in my first email.
However, I believe that it is complementary rather than conflicting:
what I would aim at is the possibility to collect hazard data in an
OSM-compliant format that could, in turn, be used for risk analysis, for
example with InaSAFE.
I see your point that hazard data (flood-prone areas, recurrent
landslides, seismic zones...) might need to be located out of the main
OSM DB, but I would be interested to read whether this opinion is mostly
shared by other HOT members? What I mean is: is the hazard data really
less relevant to the humanitarian and to the overall communities than
the blocked roads, the IDPs locations or the Search and Rescue zones?
IMHO, they would fall in the same category, so either everything in the
main OSM DB, or everything out of it. Does that sound silly?
Thanks a lot for replying to me, and looking forward to engage the
discussion with any other member that would feel interested!
Hi Stéphane,
I'm only a small-time contributor, both here and in the greater OSM
community, but I firmly believe that
* integration of diverse datasets (not in the planet.xml, but in the
OSM "universe"), and
* flexible creation of derived works with an emphasis on creating a
feedback loop through OSM back into the datasets
are two key missing concepts in the current OSM incarnation.
I've written a little bit more about this at the bottom of
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Strategic_working_group/Suggestion_review
Best Regards, David
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