Dear All, At the request of humanitarian organizations, OCHA and the World Food Programme, the whole area currently under quarantine is going to be mapped.
A new task is now published on the Tasking Manager, where Bing imagery is available: http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/640 Squares are small, it doesn't take too much time and new contributors are welcome! Best, Claire Claire Halleux Volunteer and Member of the Board +243 99 256 9980 (Kinshasa, DRC) Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team http://www.hotosm.org/ http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2014_DRC_Ebola_Response On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Claire Halleux <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All, > > Last week 3 high_priority tasks were completed within 3 days in DRC thanks > to 25 active contributors. Some of those contributors have completed > numerous squares on all the 3 tasks, that was precious! > Those needs were expressed by Doctors Without Borders and data was > sucessfully shared with the organisation working on the ground in the Ebola > affected area. > > Death toll now reached 31 persons out of 53 cases. > Humanitarian organizations are trying to set up medical infrastructures in > the affected area. Being located in a dense equatorial forest, > accessibility to the area is problematic. Logistics aspects currently > challenge all who want to bring material for building temporary health > infrastructures and other structures. > > The UN agency OCHA sent a formal request to HOT last night in order to > increase our support in providing geographic data for a wider area, we are > therefore turning this DRC Ebola humanitarian project into a proper HOT > Activation. > > New tasks will be set up as soon as imagery is available. > Keep mapping! > > Claire > > ps: Our new Activation page: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2014_DRC_Ebola_Response >
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