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On Aug 14, 2012, at 12:26 PM, Banick, Robert wrote: > Hi All, > > The American and Ugandan Red Cross have teamed up with the State Department’s > Humanitarian Information Unit and HOT OSM to trace the cities of Gulu and > Lira in Northern Uganda using recent high-resolution satellite imagery. We > invite and encourage all HOT members / followers / fans to join in and help > us trace these rapidly expanding cities which are rebuilding after years of > conflict. > > We’ll be using the resulting maps to conduct on-the-ground trainings for > Ugandan Red Cross staff and volunteers, including trainings in how to use and > contribute to Open Street Map. Those trainigs will be put to use preventing > traffic accidents and responding to the frequent house fires which plague the > area. > > For those of you in the DC area, we’ll be hosting a Mapping Party at the > American Red Cross’s International Response Operations Center this Sunday > afternoon. Mikel Maron will be following up with details. If time and > resources permit, we’d love to webcast the party and invite others, > particularly Ugandans, to join. Stay tuned! > > For more details, read into the tasks at the below addresses. We’ve included > a Visual Tracing Guide to help tracers know which tags to apply to which > types of buidlings/roads/areas. > > Gulu task: http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/48 > > Lira task: http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/49 > > This is our first time using mapping and Open Street Map in a big way for > disaster preparedness and we’d love for it to be a success. Any and all help > is extremely appreciated – after all, the Red Cross runs on volunteerism. > > Best, > Robert > > Robert Banick | GIS Coordinator | International Services | Ì American Red > Cross > 2025 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20006 > Tel 202-303-5017 | Cell 404-964-3451 | Fax 202-303—052 | Skype robert.banick > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot Alex Barth http://twitter.com/lxbarth tel (+1) 202 250 3633 _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
