Hi Robert, Thanks for the update. I would like to host an virtual event. I would like to thanks all the contributors those who put their valuable time and energy.
Best Regards, Danishka On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 12:33 AM, Robert Banick <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > ~24 hours ago HOT activated in support of the Disaster Management Centre > of Sri Lanka. We were requested to generate building information for the > Kelani River Basin so household level damages could be accurately assessed. > > The area of interest provided was huge so we broke it into three tasks. In > the past 24 hours we've completed *50% of one task*. This is actually a > major accomplishment, as this task focuses on the Colombo urban area and > includes many dense, difficult to map areas. > > In addition to our "normal" amazing contributors from all over the world > we had an exceptional response from South Asian OSM communities today. OSM > Bangladesh, OSM Nepal and OSM India all organized and contributed to > mapping the flood affected area in a really touching show of solidarity. > Mapbox India also dedicated staff to digitizing and identifying the most > useful imagery for the affected area. Thanks everyone! > > As night falls in Asia and the day drags on in the West we look forward to > mapathons from SardiniaOpenData in Italy, Milehigh Maptime! / OSM-Colorado > in Denver, USA and elsewhere focused on tasks 1913 and 1914* (soon to be > published)*. If you're interested in organizing another mapathon in > support of Sri Lanka please speak to Mikel Maron ([email protected]) > and he can help you get set you up! > > > Our contact at the Disater Management Centre went on relief work today and > reported to us that many houses were inundated up to the 2nd floor. All > single story houses nearby the Kelani were completely inundated. This is a > major urban area and that means a lot of people are homeless, wet and > scared. Meanwhile inland, huge landslides are burying homes and people. > It’s a national scale disaster and we’re focused on one of the biggest, > most affected areas. > > Keep on mapping everyone. Our work goes directly into the hands of the > disaster managers who need it most at this moment. > > - Robert > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > -- Danishka Navin http://danishkanavin.blogspot.com http://twitter.com/danishkanavin
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