Blake, Thanks! That is very helpful!
Mike On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 3:52 PM, Blake Girardot <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Mike, > > Ideally, and typically we map in response to support organizations on the > ground who request the map data from us for emergency relief and they > provide us their priority areas. No one contacted us in this case and asked > us for map data or provided priority areas so we did not officially > activate. > > One of the community members (JGC) has been reviewing news and social > media to determine impacted areas and I am working on a tasking manager > project to support his suggested first priority area now (Koro Island). > > In this case the mapping we do will probably be used during the remainder > of the relief phase and just as importantly for the recovery efforts, > knowing what used to be where and planning during reconstruction (and used > in insurance claims to cover reconstructions believe it or not). > > But without direct contacts on the ground we will be "mapping in to the > blue" and will publish our resulting data sets on HDX ( > https://data.hdx.rwlabs.org/group/fji?sort=metadata_modified+desc) as > well as using the HOT Export Server to generate gps device maps with > building foot prints for relief workers. > > I expect the first Fiji project to come out shortly for Koro Island, which > is small and only about 500-1000 buildings. > > The follow on Fiji projects will probably cover the north shore of Viti > Levu as well as the small islands between Koro and Viti Levu. > > Since it is not an official HOT activation, it moves a little more slowly > as we find people with the time to handle the process of reviewing damage > reports, existing data sets, existing mapping, imagery and making TM > projects. > > So I think the answer is we are supporting, but without any ground > contacts it takes us a bit longer to get ramped up. > > Regards, > Blake > > On 2/23/2016 10:44 PM, Mike Thompson wrote: > >> What is the reason we are not supporting Fiji in the wake of Winston? is >> it because their are somewhat well off and do not need our help? I ask >> not just out of curiosity, but because I am likely to be asked at one of >> the upcoming mapathons. >> >> Mike >> >> On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 8:21 PM, Blake Girardot <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> Hi, >> >> I am not sure what mapping HOT can do to support Fiji after the >> typhoon, but this message to OSM-Talk is informative. >> >> If anyone is reviewing mapping or starts mapping there the below >> linked to wiki page seems important to review. >> >> Thanks to Richard <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> for pointing it out. >> >> Regards, >> Blake >> >> >> -------- Forwarded Message -------- >> Subject: [OSM-talk] HOT Fiji & 180th Meridian >> Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 21:10:26 +0100 >> From: Richard <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> Hi, >> >> not sure what the situation on Fiji is but if there is any >> HOT effort keep an eye on the >> >> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/180th_meridian >> >> Luckily most tools were improved over the past few months >> but keep in mind that there may be remaining problems and >> fairly new or experimental versions of some tools are >> required. >> >> Richard >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> >>
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