Dear all, I've not looked at Syria mapping in any coordinated manner for a while now, but there is some areas that we could start on; I've been thinking about starting some Task Manager jobs for a while now as Bing imagery has improved (I've not looked at the result of the recent MapBox / DigitalGlobe / iD announcement).
HOT have been asked to trace population centres, roads and POIs such as places of worship. I think we can still do this without creating the risks that Sev has previously mentioned. I understand that this might not be getting the most from Syrian mappers interested, but I think it's a good starting place for now.There are some other jobs that would be really useful, such as matching existing OSM place names to visible towns / villages on the imagery - a lot of this simply doesn't match up. I'm on vacation at the moment, but can hopefully start a job later this evening if it would be wanted. Anyone interested in the meantime could look at my OSM edit history [0] to see areas that have recently become visible on Bing. Best, Joseph [0] http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/IknowJoseph/history#map=8/36.235/39.397 On 17 April 2014 16:14, Severin Menard <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > We need to be careful with the data we produce, cause it is well known the > social medias in general are tracked by the Syrian government and that > Point of Interests that should not be targeted unfortunately are. It would > be really harmful eg to put the locations of mobile clinics or any health > facility in OSM, as confirmed by a representative of a NGO of local medics > I recently discussed with. I think for this crisis we should first > discussed with humanitarian stakeholders to balance the benefits (I expect > the Syrian government has more data and maps than the humanitarian relief > organizations) and the harms of a imagery based mapping that could also be > done more discretely than usual. > What do think the readers of this list working for such relief > organizations? > > Sincerely, > > Severin > > > On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 6:35 PM, Russell Deffner < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> No, anyone can use the damage tagging – please do! >> >> >> >> *From:* Hanan Yazigi [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Thursday, April 17, 2014 10:14 AM >> *To:* Mikel Maron >> *Cc:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [HOT] Syria Activation >> >> >> >> I know some locations in Damascus. And in Homs governorate. But not in a >> priority zone. >> >> But I can try to figure out how I can involve more syrians from different >> areas and cities, or work with them on specific features. >> >> And also: I didn't find any layers about the destructions. I think it >> would be a very interesting information. I remember that you use to map it. >> Am I wrong? >> >> Best >> >> On 17 Apr 2014 20:03, "Mikel Maron" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Hanan >> >> >> >> The Syrian Activation has been going for some time, but not recently >> under an active projects. The exceptions have been import of data for >> refugee camps in northern Jordan by UNHCR. >> >> >> >> There is still definitely a need to improve coverage in Syria. Are there >> any particular regions that you have knowledge of, and that could use >> greater detail, like the location and names of specific services? Perhaps >> we can examine the state of things and think through some new tasks. >> >> >> >> Thanks for your interest. >> >> Mikel >> >> >> >> * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron >> >> On Saturday, April 12, 2014 5:52 AM, Hanan Yazigi <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I'm very interested by the "Syria Activation" project. It will be very >> helpful for so many projects (UN or small local initiatives!). >> I would be glad to participate. >> I know well the country and the language (I'm syrian although I grew up >> abroad). And I have a long experience with GIS and geographic data, data >> quality, data analysis, web-mapping, etc... >> How can we know more about the timeline of the project? And the tasks? >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
