Hi Mark, I contacted someone I know from WFP so that he can tell me who whould be the good persons for this. I introduce you as soon as I get an answer.
I agree, this is the kind of forgotten crisis. But at least we did something, we are the only Virtual Technical Community that did I think. Sincerely, Severin On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 3:48 AM, Mark Cupitt <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Severin, I think that we have mapped enough of the area so far where it > could be of value. If you could kindly introduce me to any stakeholders who > could put it to use or add input as to additional needs I am happy to > coordinate with them > > Tharparker has been receiving some slow steady mapping in between the > other efforts, if anyone has time to contribute and help us close it out > all efforts would be greatly appreciated. > > Kind Regards > > Mark Cupitt > > > > > Regards > > Mark Cupitt > > "If we change the world, let it bear the mark of our intelligence" > > See me on Open StreetMap <https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Mark_Cupitt> > > See me on LinkedIn <http://ph.linkedin.com/in/markcupitt> > > > *See me on StackExchange <http://gis.stackexchange.com/users/17846/mark-c>* > > > =============================================================================================== > The contents of this email are intended only for the individual(s) to whom > it is addressed and may contain > confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended > recipient, you must not disclose, copy, distribute, > or use the contents of this email. If you have received this email in > error, please notify the sender immediately and > delete the email and any attachments. > =============================================================================================== > > > > On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 11:38 PM, Severin Menard <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> We have a few jobs stuck in the Tasking Manager featured jobs lis >> <http://tasks.hotosm.org/>t, for quite a long time. Some were actually >> achieved even if their completion rate was not 100% and have been >> unfeatured. I let the people in contact with the Bosnian OSM community to >> state about the job on top of the list. >> Remain a few that wold deserve to be achieved. From up to down: >> >> *Tharparkar Drought in Sindh, Pakistan (Glide: DR-2014-000035 >> <2014-000035>-PAK)* >> >> This job is going forward slowly but surely thanks to Mark and other >> contributors. >> This is clearly one silent crisis with very few media coverage and >> actually a low humanitarian response, as mentioned last month >> <http://www.unocha.org/top-stories/all-stories/pakistan-tackling-nutrition-crisis-southern-sindh> >> by OCHA. The authorities <http://pdma.gos.pk/new/> response is >> apparently criticized >> <http://reliefweb.int/report/pakistan/un-blames-health-nutrition-issues-tharparkar-deaths>. >> One active local organization seems to be Jaggarta >> <http://www.jaggarta.org/> (see their report >> <http://reliefweb.int/report/pakistan/tharparkar-drought-2014>), we >> could approach them. Also, recently Australia gave funds to WFP >> <http://reliefweb.int/report/pakistan/australia-donates-27-million-wfp-help-build-resilience-sindh> >> that >> is a stakeholder that used to use OSM and we can contact to fit their needs >> (if needed, I can introduce you, Mark) >> >> *South Sudan, Nimule and Juba-Shambe areas* >> >> The political situation my be calmer but the rainy season worsened the >> food insecurity. This job can be finished quickly and then we can map Juba, >> the capital city, with a recent imagery provided by HIU, as soon as we will >> have inform the offsets with the offset db, following the experience made a >> few months ago in Malakal with GISCorps (getting back on this soon). >> >> *Goma, DRC* >> >> Goma is important to be mapped for preparedness regarding the instable >> situation in this region. Here a slow but impressive work led by Andrew is >> ongoing and not far to be achieved. >> >> *Central African Republic, Kembé* >> >> Still a major political crisis, we continue our systematic mapping of the >> country, prioritizing the places with humanitarian actions or concerns. >> Kembé is actually a old job that I featured again as the MapBox imagery >> allows to complete the cloudy areas on Bing. But seems being on the bottom >> of the list is not a good place for a job to be finished. :) >> >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Severin >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> >
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