My guess is that they are laminated sacks (popular color is blue), it is very common here in the Philippines for temporary roofing. Photos here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/philippines/10455036/Typhoon-Haiyan-survivors-gather-to-pray-in-ruined-churches-as-task-of-rebuilding-gets-under-way.html http://www.livemint.com/Politics/TytUrHyVroCyVzBVuGaKsM/Philippine-typhoon-survivors-begin-to-rebuild.html
Always check with old Bing imagery just to be sure. On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Jonathan <[email protected]> wrote: > Agreed. > > http://bigfatfrog67.me > > On 20/12/2013 01:44, Nick Allen wrote: > > I'm not sure. You could well be right about 'tarps', & I think in some > places materials such as corrugated iron sheets have been reused. What was > once extensive tree cover obscuring buildings is now fairly open ground, so > in some cases the outline has changed purely because we can now see the > whole structure. > > Nick > > Volunteer 'Tallguy' for > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team > > Mapping volunteer 'Tallguy' for http://www.openstreetmap.org > > Treasurer, website & Bonus Ball admin for > http://www.6thswanleyscouts.org.uk/ ([email protected]) > > On 20/12/13 01:33, Jonathan wrote: > > Thanks Nick, that was a helpful kickstart. The one query I still have is > are all the blue structures tents? As you say, most have appeared where > there was once a building and in some cases they are alongside. I've not > tagged any as tents as most seem to be in place of a building or as well as > a building so I wonder wether they are "tarps" that have been draped over > ruins or damage? So I've simply marked the building as damaged. > > Jonathan > > http://bigfatfrog67.me > > On 20/12/2013 00:18, Nick Allen wrote: > > Hi, > > Having just completed one of the squares for this task, a few notes which > may help (It's not easy, so be prepared to take your time & do your best); > > If using JOSM, load not only the imagery linked to the task, but also Bing > or whatever imagery was first used. By hiding the different layers you can > then compare the before (Bing?) & after imagery to see how the building has > changed. > > Alignment - slightly different to the existing tracing. As usual no gps > traces available, but always worth trying. > > History - Be prepared to look at the history of buildings - on my square > someone had been creating new buildings using the post disaster imagery 12 > hours before I started - they were only tagged as building=yes, so it took > me a few minutes of investigation to work out what had been done (Ctrl+h in > JOSM will bring up the history of a selected node or way). > > Tents - I'm fairly certain that at least two of the buildings added 12 hours > ago are actually tents - they are on the site of old buildings or nearby, > but are a completely different outline. I've done a search on the wiki, but > nobody seems to have been mentioning tagging them before - I've tagged mine > 'building=tent' until someone comes up with a better scheme. > > Nick > > Volunteer 'Tallguy' for > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team > > Mapping volunteer 'Tallguy' for http://www.openstreetmap.org > > Treasurer, website & Bonus Ball admin for > http://www.6thswanleyscouts.org.uk/ ([email protected]) > > On 19/12/13 03:06, Banick, Robert wrote: > > Hello All, > > Greetings from Manila. > > As efforts to alleviate the damages from Typhoon Haiyan / Yolanda in the > Philippines shift from response to recovery the need for detailed, precise > information about damages and recovery rates has become more pressing. > Agencies are still investing lots in mass-distribution style emergency > shelter relief but are already looking at the next stage of "supporting > self-recovery" activities and the eventual move towards permanent shelter > solutions. > > One of the more affected municipalities in Haiyan's path is Carles, on the > Northeastern tip of Panay Island. Much like the islands of neighboring > municipality Estancia to the south, the exposed islands of Carles and the > buildings along its shores were hit hard by the typhoon. Survivors are doing > an inspiring job of putting their lives in order and moving on but the need > for assistance and support is still real. We've create a task to support > this process at: http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/392 > > To support that assistance process we'd like to assess the damages at a > building-by-building level. Our hope is to better target assistance from aid > agencies in the area, track reconstruction progress at a building level and > verify the accuracy of these assessments through OSM for future work. > > Thanks to the continued generosity of the U.S. State Department, we've been > able to procure post-disaster imagery for the municipality of Carles on the > northeast tip of Panay Island. Please download the imagery into your editing > software of choice and be sure to insert the necessary tags to recognize the > NextView license's part in the data so created. > > Many thanks to all of you for your contributions and continued support. I > cannot speak enough to how well received OSM is by government, NGOs and > companies alike here. This operation represents a huge leap forward in terms > of the credibility and recognition of OSM for disaster response purposes. > > Best, > Robert > > > Robert Banick | Field GIS Coordinator | International Services | Ì American > Red Cross > > 2025 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20006 > > Tel 202-303-5017 | Cell 202-805-3679 | Skype robert.banick > > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > -- cheers, maning ------------------------------------------------------ "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
