Thanks, I updated the Wiki page Would be good is possible to make a French version of the job. I created a French page for the WIki project and the crisis, and informed the OSM-FR community, which is one of the most active.
Severin On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 2:12 AM, Pierre Béland <[email protected]> wrote: > Bing Imagery is available for this area. To be able to start mapping > immediately, I have created a Task Manager job for Zongo. > We will have the opportunity to create other jobs later if necessary. > > See http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/218 > Please map in detail. > > > > Pierre > > ------------------------------ > *De :* "Banick, Robert" <[email protected]> > *À :* Claire Halleux <[email protected]>; Pierre Béland < > [email protected]> > *Cc :* Séverin MENARD <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > *Envoyé le :* Dimanche 24 mars 2013 20h47 > *Objet :* Re: [HOT] Central African Republic: Bangui taken over today by > the rebels > > Zongo would definitely be helpful to humanitarian organizations. When > last I heard the IFRC was operating in part out of Zongo (this was weeks > ago and may have changed). We recently sent some folks out with poster > sized OSM printouts of Bangui / Zongo and were frustrated by the relative > lack of detail in Zongo. > > *Robert Banick* | GIS Coordinator | International Services | Ì American > Red Cross <http://www.redcross.org/> > > From: Claire Halleux <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, March 24, 2013 7:44 PM > To: Pierre Béland <[email protected]> > Cc: Severin Menard <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" < > [email protected]> > Subject: Re: [HOT] Central African Republic: Bangui taken over today by > the rebels > > Since this Sunday morning, increasing numbers of CAR residents have > been crossing the border to get more secured on the other side of the > Ubangi river. Many of them arrived directly in Zongo, the neighbouring town > on DRC side. > Its mapping is far less detailed than Bangui's, maybe we could set a task > for mapping Zongo (if Bangui digitization process is achieved), HR Bing > imagery is available for the area. > > Thousands of refugees from Central African Republic had already been > registered around Mobayi area (East of Gbadolite) for the last few months > but in this area, there is not so much imagery available yet. > > Claire > > > 2013/3/24 Pierre Béland <[email protected]> > > Séverin, > > I have revised the text in both french and english. Instead of talking > only of Mali, I have modified to talk of african countries in general. > > > Pierre > > ------------------------------ > *De :* Séverin MENARD <[email protected]> > *À :* [email protected] > *Envoyé le :* Dimanche 24 mars 2013 16h13 > *Objet :* [HOT] Central African Republic: Bangui taken over today by the > rebels > > Hi all, > > Bangui, the capital city of Central African Republic, has been taken > over today by the Seleka rebels, three months after their coming from > the northern part of the country. When they arrived close to Bangui in late > December, we started a preparation, connecting with the humanitarian > stakeholders there to identify both already affected towns as well as the > ones prone to be, thanks to the EUROSHA volunteers that were deployed in > Bangui (but obviously had to leave the country due this political crisis). > Specific TM jobs have been created and partially completed, and an import > process of the data provided by some stakeholders (eg UNICEF) have started. > > I just updated the OSM wiki page for > CAR<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Central_African_Republic> > to > coordinate the mapping goals as of today. Finishing both Bangui and > secondary towns is one of them. Regarding the road network, I changed the > former proposed typology by the one created for the Mali crisis. Indeed, > the really impressive work made by the Hotties in charge of this activation > apart, I really like this road typology that, IMHO, could be extended to > the rest of Africa and maybe all the developing countries (what is the > opinion from people experienced in other continents?). To involve more > French speaking people, I translated it today. Pierre, might be good if you > have a look on it to be sure I did not make any confusion. > > Some existing data, surveyed in the field by various humanitarian > organizations, will be imported soon, providing health centers, schools, > and watsan objects. > > Sincerely, > > Severin > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > > -- > Claire Halleux > *- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -* > *Geographic Information Systems Specialist > * > *Kinshasa, Democratic Rep. of the Congo* > *Mobile: +243 99 256 9980* > *http://www.rgc.cd* > > >
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