In most of the cases if a name contains "Center" is that it is Temessadou Centre in Temessadou sub-prefecture , as opposed to other villages in the same prefecture is calling also Temessadou. Centre or Center : main city
Hope it helps. Sylvie de LaborderieGIS OfficerCartONG+33 7 87 05 43 92+33 4 79 26 28 82www.cartong.org > Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 21:10:46 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [HOT] FW: Message OSM + points villages MSF > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ok, I have finished merging in the names from the shapefile you sent > me. The changeset for the merge is listed below. I added > source=MSF-CH to both the changeset and the nodes themselves (maybe a > bit redundant but that was what I did). The changeset consisted of > 193 new place names to add, 176 existing nodes that are either moved > to a new position or had their tags changed or both (and 4 nodes I > deleted, 2 were correct 2 need to be undeleted as I seem to have > accidentally deleted them somehow). Thanks to Paul Norman and Jaakkoh > for helping me with the undelet work. > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/21788686 > > In total there were 358 objects in the shapefile you sent me. I > manually checked each one and for any that had nothing at all in OSM > already I just dumped them straight in. For the ones that already had > a name in OSM spelled identically I just merged the nodes so that the > position is taken from the MSF node and any old tags like alt_name or > the GNS unique feature ID get copied over (this lets you cross > reference your own database against the GNS database if you want). > > There were about 100 or so towns which had entries already in OSM with > slightly different spellings, in these cases I just merged the nodes > and switched the OSM spelling to alt_name and used your names for the > name=* field (except for a few cases where the accenting was better on > the OSM version so I kept that in name and added yours as an alt_name). > > There were about 10 or so places where OSM already had a town name but > that name was very different from the MSF name. In these cases I kept > both nodes and added a 'fixme' and 'note' tag to explain the > situation. Those towns can be found in the query below. It would be > good if someone from MSF could have a look through these and see if > they can fix any of them. The query below will pull in all of these > nodes plus all place nodes within 500 meters of them so you can see > the towns that were already in OSM that got me confused. If you click > the 'export' button at teh top you can load the data from this > overpass query directly into josm through the remote control by > clicking the 'josm' link on the export window that pops up. > > http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/36P > > The only question I had was regarding some of the names you provided. > About 10 or so had a town name followed by the word 'Center' or > 'Centre'. I am wondering if this 'Center' should be deleted from the > name or left as it is. You can see an overpass query of these nodes > at the link below if you want to see the actual names. > > http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/36R > > So aside from that no major problems. If you want to see all the > names that have been added from MSF (both in this block and the first > ones you gave us for Guekedou) you can see them at the following query: > > http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/36S > > Thanks for all of this data, it is really interesting to get results > like this back from the field. Not only are your town names now > merged into a much larger database allowing your teams to more > accurately find place names by searching, but they also help us find > mistakes in our own data (there were a couple I found that the topo > maps had wrong, or that we had wrongly located), and we also get > alternate spellings on a lot of places to which makes you more likely > to find a place when you search for it in OSM. > > - -AndrewBuck > > > > > > On 04/18/2014 12:42 PM, nicolas chavent wrote: > > *Version française infra* > > > > Thanks CartONG, Sylvie and JG for your appreciation of the HOT/OSM > > community support to the response to the ebola outbreak in Guinea > > and surrounding countries by MSF CH, IFRC/ARC and through them WHO, > > Government and NGOs. I am translating this email in French; the > > actions required to make the best use of the field-sruveyed 350 > > features MSF-CH localities database shared with OSM are being > > looked at by some of OSM/HOT coordinators. > > > > > > Merci CartONG, Sylvie et JG pour votre appréciation positive de la > > réponse des communautés OSM et HOT en soutien à la réponse à > > l'épidémie d'Ebola en Guinée Conakry et dans les pays limitrophes > > par MSF CH, ICFRC/ARC et à travers eux l'OMS, les structures > > gouvernementales et ONGs. Ci-dessous, une traduction libre/rapide > > de votre courriel. Certains des coordinateurs OSM/HOT examinent le > > jeu de données terrain de 350 localités collectées par MSF CH et > > partagées avec OSM pour en faire le meilleur usage possible. > > > > > > Aux équipes/ communautés OSM et HOT, > > > > Avant toute chose et une fois de plus, nous voudrions vous > > transmettre nos vifs remerciements à chaque individu actif dans > > cette réponse de crise. Votre travail est un don pour celles et > > ceux engagés dans la réponse sur le terrain. Votre cartographie à > > l'échelle du bâti sur de si larges théâtres d'opération est une > > aide immense et précieuse pour nos équipes mobiles, ainsi que pour > > les nombreux internationaux récemment arrivés et nécessitant un > > briefing sur la dynamique notamment spatiale de l'épidémie. > > Identifier, localiser et accéder à des lieux de peuplement reculés > > est très souvent une course contre le temps dès lors que quelques > > heures peuvent faire la différence et pour les patients, et pour > > arriver à temps de façon à prévenir de nouvelles contaminations et > > d'enrayer ainsi la propagation de l'épidémie. L'utilisation > > conjointe des savoirs de terrain mobilisables et des cartes OSM ou > > produites à partir de données OSM nous a permis de gagner en > > efficacité, d'améliorer par des gains de temps l'élasticité de > > notre réponse. > > > > A propos des noms de lieux de peuplement, nous avons été acapable > > de constituer à partir de données terrains collectées au GPS une > > base de données consolidée de qualité portant sur les noms des > > localités (lieux de peupelement) des sous-préfectures de > > Gueckedou-Centre, Temessadou-Dibo, and Guedembou. Nous pensons que > > cela pourrait être un apport intéressant pour le projet OSM. ce > > serait notre contribution en support (à notre tour) pour votre > > remarquable et étonnant travail. Ces données peuvent être > > librement partagées dans la mesure où elles demeurrent attribuées à > > MSF-CH. Il se peut qu'il y ait encore des modifications mineures à > > y apporter, notamment dans les endroits les plus reculés et > > inaccessibles, mais toutes ces localités ont été relevés au GPS et > > la toponymie confirmée par certains de leurs habitants. > > > > En espérant que cela vous soit d'intérêt. Une fois de plus : merci > > ! > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Sylvie De Laborderie < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Please kindly find feedback from the MSF GIS off. from the > >> field. > >> > >> To all OSM-Hot teams, First of all and once again, we would like > >> to send a big THANK YOU to every single one of you. Your work is > >> a gift to us all in the field. Building-scale mapping for such an > >> area is a huge help for our outreach teams, and for many expats > >> newly arrived and needing a briefing on how the outbreak is > >> evolving. Finding remote localities and access to them is often a > >> race against time as a few hours can make a serious difference, > >> not only for patients, but also to arrive in time to prevent new > >> contacts to happen and keep the outbreak from spreading further. > >> Cross-checking between local knowledge and OSM maps allows us to > >> work much faster Regarding locality names, we were able to > >> acquire through various field trip with GPS devices a confirmed > >> database of localities covering the sub-prefectures of > >> Gueckedou-Centre, Temessadou-Dibo, and Guedembou. Thought this > >> might be a nice input for you guys, to come as support to your > >> amazing work. This data can be freely shared as long as credited > >> to MSF-CH. There might be still some minor confirmations/changes > >> to make, especially in remote/inaccessible areas, but these > >> places have been taken directly by GPS on the field, and > >> confirmed with local inhabitants. Hope this helps. One more time: > >> thanks! > >> > >> JG > >> > >> > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJTUdshAAoJEK7RwIfxHSXb2pkP/Awc6w6X6iYjzP5cUET0552P > jkE01+q4XXA8l8W4cGbshzu04opnIpC+Gk06z3T282Dejo8DLAbnzhJBFXm11eaD > bi9seaNIEM0QYxz6sMyuoCZZXFkFckbpdeeIasS5GqvF68LhBkwm1fJU2znsHcJh > AfqcrdKB7RoznrcuyeueCOBk98SWyPRlMZlk/PqTnl8hm0D/6409aIfU8r+eLCLd > Irlf7GnQ3pCxQY7SOKlmPi6ebDEqN0FBW1GiOI8KL5YvsyyWmJTwpdDHKyHXQpD2 > lWkmJuqFT6bJhuUJb31VNNV49fRFfpiCUVaUvMU51ZjVLqaB2mvhZC1IUZxuKahy > 5qSmn4FnDGqn0NkTcMVqV+8f1TGN2XVGUufFF+lNMYvphKqpOBPGD7hF9khHW1sw > kgTD8lkdFSAVYahicaGnXm88ypD/yJiAm+rvPiyjXaYb248mFftsdjZdOpNpUVSl > DH+srEf/bXJYwmQRjY2+1HAUgMPtJ706ESmau1uGZJQTpn1J+mv0ShKZun7ddtzF > v637S5G7TfZSfeOW48/yuNMwysXxwStd75nevbtzXIDleRIMJrqRDi57ZNxXBxjb > 5aoj60uJn37QLbAOAKaNUg0X/s0vlVN9uI6n6X9t/UK92Uhg27EDbjn0ZDLkkffi > 9L9n3uhrkffg9TZk0V9X > =4GCg > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
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