The job is both in french and english.
Thanks again to the contributors to be so reactive for remote mapping in such
emergency context. After only 12 hours, nearly 50% of the job for Zongo is
completed.
Mapping seems well advanced in the area, but it would be good if somebody from
the ground could make the point about all of this and indicate if any other
area needs to be covered or other infos added.
And as usual, we have the capacity to remote mapping rapidly. But there is no
facilities that are georeferenced. If we could establish a workflow where local
people contribute to complete the map, this would be great. For example, this
could be done using a smarphone OSM editor, or more simply using
http://openstreetbugs.schokokeks.org/?zoom=16&lat=4.34969&lon=18.59663&layers=B0T
Humanitarians or other people with some knowledge of the area could simply zoom
in, click on a building and give a short description of it. HOT contributors
could later use this info to complete the map. For the surname, they could
simply add the prefix #hotosm. After that, they could contact us by email in
case we have any specific questions about this.
Pierre
>________________________________
> De : Séverin MENARD <[email protected]>
>À : Pierre Béland <[email protected]>
>Cc : "Banick, Robert" <[email protected]>; Claire Halleux
><[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>Envoyé le : Lundi 25 mars 2013 2h52
>Objet : Re: [HOT] Central African Republic: Bangui taken over today by the
>rebels
>
>
>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
>>>
>>>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 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>Claire Halleux
>>>
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>>>
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