Hi, When I pointed out that clear high resolution images of the town of Kitchanga (and of the area between Saké and Kitchanga, including the village of Burungu) were available, thanks to the State Department, Claire, who is our main contact in DRC, replied that : "We could set tasks for the national road surroundings, Burungu and Kitchanga. But it would also be valuable to use them for mapping all visible infrastructures out of those first three."
And, half an hour later, she added : "ICRC confirmed their interest for Kitchanga data already. Considering the level of recent damages in town, it would be good to get all the buildings drawn as well. Some other organisations might also be interested soon." For more information in your language about what happened recently in Kitchanga, you can look it up in your favorite search engine. Here are for example a few links, in English : https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/article.cfm?id=6673&cat=field-news http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21623068 and in French : http://blog.lesoir.be/colette-braeckman/2013/03/07/kitchanga-nord-kivu-ville-martyre/ http://radiookapi.net/actualite/2013/03/06/felix-prosper-basse-la-monusco-appuye-les-fardc-pour-empecher-lavancee-de-lapcls/#more-144986 http://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_nord-kivu-kitchanga-se-noie-dans-son-sang?id=7943339 http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2013/03/07/la-croix-rouge-denonce-une-situation-dramatique-a-kitchanga-en-rdc_1844415_3212.html Best wishes, Jean-Guilhem Le 23/03/2013 14:48, Andrew Buck a écrit : > I am not sure what the goal is specifically, only that we have a gap > in our coverage in the strip heading north from Sake and we were > granted access to some imagery to cover the area. We got the imagery > due to interest in the region from humanitarian organizations, but I > do not know who asked for the coverage or what specifically they are > looking for. All I know is that we were missing imagery for this area > and now we have it. > > Wish I had a more specific answer for you but that is all I have at > this point. Hopefully someone can elaborate further so we can set > priorities appropriately, but even if not, this is just a good gap in > our coverage to fill in anyway. > > -AndrewBuck > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > -- gpg 0x5939EAE2
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