Is anyone collecting press clippings for this mapping effort? I've seen a few mentions (I'm especially paying attention because of yesterday's CrisisCamp in DC).
Just let me know if there's somewhere I should be filing these :) On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 9:55 AM, pavithran <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I guess some have noticed but here is an article from The Guardian . > > Online volunteers map Philippines after typhoon Haiyan > Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team coordinates mapping effort after > enormous storm devastated country > > More than 700 volunteers have collaborated to provide rescue workers > with high quality maps of areas in the Philippines hit by typhoon > Haiyan. > Working on OpenStreetMap, a collaboratively created map of the world – > like Wikipedia, but for cartographers – the volunteers have made over > 1.5m changes, providing information for humanitarian aid workers on > the ground and updating maps to reflect damage from the storm. > > > http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/15/online-volunteers-map-philippines-after-typhoon-haiyan > > Regards, > Pavithran > > -- > pavithran sakamuri > http://look-pavi.blogspot.com > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >
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