Hi Norman
I will let others talk in general.
The present humanitarian activation for North of DR Congo is particular. There
are 914,000 displaced persons
within North-Kivu (whose about 500,000 have been displaced since April
2012, following the last rebellion). These persons are spread over a large
territory and NGO's cannot join all of them easily. GIS tools help them make
various geospatial analysis. For that, they need very good maps and rapidly.
For this activation, we are in close contact with humanitarian organizations on
the ground and help them plan their activities. In this area, their is a
rebellion, arm troops, violence against population in general and a high level
of instability. Added to that, their is cholera epidemy. At the request of
humanitarian NGO's, we map various roads, residential areas, refugee camps.
When te mapping is completed, the HOT export API (see
http://hot-export.geofabrik.de/jobs/1102) and other tools lets these NGO's
extract data from the OSM database and bring it into GIS softwares. They
combine this information with humanitarian layers for analysis. They then plan
humanitarian relief. They see where people are, how they can join them, etc.
There are various ways the OSM data can be used.
For Uvira where there is presently a cholera epidemy, NGO's asked us to map
very specific information that will import in GIS software for analysis.
It is also possible to import OSM data into GPS for road navigation. In 2010 in
Haiti, data was updated every night and rescuers could move on the next morning
and find ther way through road blocks.
I started to help for Haiti in 2010, and I thought we could make the
difference. And I am still there and still convinced.
Pierre
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> De : Norman Rathmann <[email protected]>
>À : HOT Openstreetmap <[email protected]>
>Envoyé le : Samedi 15 décembre 2012 9h25
>Objet : [HOT] mapping for HOT
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>Hi
>
>i am mapping since some time for the HOT jobs.
>
>I am asking myself, who really will use this mapping as a help for the
>humanitarian purpose?
>
>regards
>Norman (Divjo)
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