Robert, did you gather any photographs while in Gulu? Would be great to post
this note, along with some on the ground views, to the HOT blog!
Cheers, Mikel
* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron
>________________________________
> From: "Banick, Robert" <[email protected]>
>To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 3, 2012 5:21 PM
>Subject: [HOT] Update: Gulu / Lira mapping exercise
>
>
>
>Hi Hotties,
>
>The first stage of the Red Cross's on-the-ground mapping exercises are
>wrapping up and I wanted to provide an update to all the incredible volunteers
>who got us this far.
>
>Your contributions to OSM were huge to us in Gulu, where we led a training on
>GIS basics for 12 Uganda Red Cross Society members. OSM in Gulu was used
>throughout to ground the course in real data: our GPS exercises were about
>collecting data for OSM and our mapping sessions made heavy use of the Gulu
>data. Uganda Red Cross staff were pretty delighted to see their contributions
>go right into the map.
>
>As our project is just getting under way, we’ve only begun to scratch at the
>surface of what’s possible. The next step will be to use the data at hand to
>make in-house maps identifying the most at-risk areas in Uganda. See the
>attached map made by the American Red Cross and the Ugandan Red Cross Society
>during our training for an idea of where we’re going with this. As we narrow
>our focus on specific neighborhoods and communities within Gulu, we’ll come up
>with a hit list of critical infrastructure to be mapped and design a
>curriculum to collect it. This map is very much alive.
>
>Having the basic infrastructure in place means the world to us, and we owe it
>all to you. On behalf of the American and Uganda Red Cross Societies, thank
>you to all of the volunteers and HOT members who put time and effort into
>making the maps of Gulu and Lira as incredible as they are. A lot of people
>inside the Red Cross, myself included, are blown away by the quality of these
>maps and the possibilities they create for us. We’re in the very unfamiliar
>and totally fantastic position of having more data than we know what to do
>with and we’re quite excited to see what innovative stuff we can come up with
>now. We’ll be sure to share any successes that emerge.
>
>A final note (and appeal): Lira still needs a little bit of love, particularly
>in the hut tracing department. As the attached map shows, knowing where these
>huts are an effective rough proxy for any number of social vulnerability
>indicators. Thankfully, Bing just contributed some very high resolution
>imagery which can be used to trace the remaining roads in huts in the Lira
>area. Anyone who has free time and energy to commit to mapping the huts of
>Lira would earn our eternal gratitude. I’ll be pitching in to do the same in
>my free time.
>
>Again, my sincerest thanks to all of the volunteers and HOT members who
>contributed to this project. You all have helped prove the value of
>crowdsourced mapping to the Red Cross and opened a lot of eyes on this end.
>Thank you.
>
>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
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