Mikel, thanks for your reply. I got in contact with Claire, we will try to coordinate in the field, but I'm not sure who the MSF person in CAR is. Do you have a contact?
Thanks, Laurent On Mon 22 Jul 2013 08:36:56 PM CEST, Mikel Maron wrote: > Laurent > > I just returned from DRC, just Kinshasa. You should connect with > Claire Halleux, who's based in DRC, might be familiar with the area, > or have some thoughts. > > Also, could be fruitful to connect with the MSF person working in CAR > right now. HOT was supporting him a bit. > > -Mikel > > * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Laurent Savaëte <[email protected]> > *To:* hot <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, July 22, 2013 2:58 PM > *Subject:* [HOT] mapping Kalemie/DRC > > Hello HOTties, > > I am heading out to Kalemie/DRC > (http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-5.9223&lon=29.184&zoom=13&layers=M) > in august to work on a cholera prevention program through > water/sanitation (and possibly an associated vaccination program) with > MSF (Doctors without Borders). > > Cholera is endemic in the area, and a number of actions are planned, > including distributions of portable water filters, and the > revamping of > (parts of) the water distribution network. > Although I don't have details yet, I am convinced that a detailed map > showing houses/buildings and the road network would be invaluable in > improving the water distribution network. Given the waterborne > nature of > the disease, mapping the natural water streams would also be helpful, > but this may be a lot harder from sat imagery. > > I recently spoke with Andrew Buck about it, and he suggested > setting up > a task manager job for it. > Obviously a map of the whole town would be amazing, but initial focus > could be on the banks of the Lukuga river > (http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-5.91326&lon=29.18621&zoom=16&layers=M) > and the southern part of town > (http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-5.95177&lon=29.19123&zoom=15&layers=M) > where MSF should focus its work (other NGOs are focusing on other > parts > of the city). > The map would help a lot in defining optimal locations for water > distribution points, planning/tracking progress of filter > distributions, > and tracking locations of cholera cases. > > As I will be in the field very soon, I'll be able to add field level > info to the map, and hopefuly I'll be able to send some photos of OSM > printouts in the offices :) > > Cheers, > Laurent > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
