I would like to add one article that I got recently: How mapping can increase disaster resilience: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/news/v.php?id=40247
Best, *Yantisa Akhadi (Iyan)* *Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team* Tel: +62 81 5787 03388 Email: [email protected] hot.openstreetmap.org | openstreetmap.or.id On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 12:56 AM, Pierre Béland <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Chris, > > In the last few years, wee have showed to the UN agencies and humanitarian > organizations our professionalism and capacity to react / adapt rapidly. > > We are quite happy to collaborate to various projects like vaccination. > The Lubumbashi project with MSF-UK last spring is an example among many. > > But what is essential to progress, this is the necessity to develop an > ecosystem where people in the field, humanitarians feed also the map with > essential gelocated information about various infrastructures. We also need > infos from governments. > > Now that everybody in the field have a smarphone or a tablet, we should > find ways to progress to a better map with all the actors collaborating. > > Wheelmap.org is a nice example of a simple tool that shows hows we could > have a map application specific to a domain to both visualize and edit > data. I understand that humanitarian organizations have operational > challenges in the field. > See > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wheelmap.android.online > > > > Pierre > > ------------------------------ > *De :* Chris Daley <[email protected]> > *À :* "HOT@OSM (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team)" <[email protected]> > *Envoyé le :* Vendredi 7 novembre 2014 12h02 > *Objet :* Re: [HOT] Are there any detailed reports or research on the > utilization of HOT maps on the ground? > > Hi all, > As a humanitarian aid practitioner with numerous field missions I feel I > can speak from at least that perspective on the utility of HOT's work in > general. I first used OSM when I was planning a mass vaccination program in > Malawi in 2010. Accurate maps are essential when planning emergency > immunisation programs as you want to get the highest possible coverage > rates. The only maps we had were hand drawn, old or in limbo because the > Malawi government was trying to sell us the data they had. In the end, I > found the data I needed on OSM and it meant we could add dozens of villages > to our coverage that otherwise would simply have been forgotten. > If only HOT had existed then as it does now! > This is only one of many aspects of humanitarian aid delivery that > requires up to date and accurate map data that is freely accessible. > Emergency food distribution, managing refugee camps, WASH etc. The needs > far outstrip the means all too often. So far, OSM is the only platform and > HOT the organization doing this on the scale required. > There is a lot about digital humanitarianism that is at best misguided > internet solutionism and at worst risible, narcissistic or dangerous to the > people it is intended to help. The work that HOT volunteers perform is most > definitely not. I highly doubt there would be anyone with genuine > humanitarian experience who would disagree and I am curious as to why > someone would think this way. That some of the biggest names in Aid have > gotten behind the Missing Maps project speaks volumes about how important > this work is to them. > Keep those mappers mapping, we need them more than ever! > Chris > >>> > >>> On 10/31/2014 1:25 PM, Gideon Hartmann wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hey mappers, > >>>> > >>>> whenever I tell friends about the HOT projects, I get a lot of sceptic > >>>> responses. Most people don't see the importance of our maps and there > >>>> are even voices saying it is much more something to keep mappers > >>>> occupied than actual help. > >>>> If I go deeper into online research on the impact of HOT, I can find > >>>> some opinions here and there, but these are mostly very vague and > based > >>>> on few people's opinions. > >>>> Is there more than "The maps helped a lot!" or "The maps could help in > >>>> case xxx..." anywhere? > >>>> Are there any quantitative data sets or any scientifically executed > >>>> interviews? > >>>> > >>>> Keep mapping! > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> HOT mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > -- > Chris Daley > Pacific Northwest > > > e: > [email protected] > m: +1601 980 1249 > s: chebizarro > tw: chebizarro > tz: PDT > "Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist > the black flag, and begin slitting throats." > - H. L. Mencken > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > >
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