think Pierre for this. we are ready to do this job.
2014-06-30 18:04 GMT+00:00 Pierre Béland <[email protected]>: > Sorrty the new tasking manager job is http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/572 > > Pierre > > ------------------------------ > *De :* Pierre Béland <[email protected]> > *À :* HOT Discussion list <[email protected]> > *Envoyé le :* Lundi 30 juin 2014 14h01 > *Objet :* [HOT] Ebola Outbreak Activation : The point > > > With the resurgence of the Ebola outbreak, both MSF and WHO have warned > about the risk of the spread of the epidemy with the multiplication of > sites of infection. There are difficulties, notably in the forests of > Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, in identifying cases, tracing the point > of contact and delivering the message to the population about the > infection. There will be an internatioanl conference this week to make the > point about the situation. > > Both the Red Cross and MSF are deploying actually in Sierra Leone where > various sites of infection have been identified. There will be again a > CartONG GIS specialist on the ground. This should faciliate the interface > with HOT about priorities to map. As new imagery is available, we will > create new jobs. > > You can contribute to this new Tasking manager job covering the zone from > Koidu to Gueckedou. > > It is also important to follow this mapping progress with validating the > data and correcting road classification. For the road data to be effective > for road navigation, it would be important that some experienced mappers > take the responsability to revise the highway classification according to > the https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Tag_Africa wiki page. > This Overpass query facilitates importing highway data in JOSM for review > of the classification. It imports both highway=track and highway=road for > review. > see http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/40c > > Note that we should not tag highways based on the condition of the road. A > highway interconnecting villages should be tagged as tertiaray, Highways > ending to various hamlets are taggged as unclassified. Track highways > should be reserved for roads going out of villages in surrounding forests > and farmlands. > > ReliefWeb report > > http://reliefweb.int/map/guinea/west-africa-ebola-viral-disease-overview-outbreak-reported-22-june-2014 > > MapAction Map > > http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/overview_west_africa_ebola_outbreak_june_2014.pdf > > > Pierre > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > -- Fofana Bagnoumana Bazo Etudiant en Master II (Géographie, Gestion des Ressources Naturelles) A l'université de Ouagadougou
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