Hi Claire, Regarding the identification of inhabited areas, do you know about the “Global Urban Footprint” dataset? See for example:
https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/New_map_offers_precise_snapshot_of_human_life_on_Earth https://urban-tep.eo.esa.int/geobrowser/?id=portfolio#!&context=GUF%2FGUF2012-12m Could it also be useful? Best wishes. Jean-Guilhem Le 20/05/2018 à 13:35, Claire Halleux a écrit : > Hi all, > > Many thanks to the 293 OSM contributors and to the amazing validators > who have already participated to the mapping in the Equateur province, > since May 8th. > > The 17th task was published this morning to respond to the needs > expressed by Doctors without Borders and the Congolese Ministry of Health. > Yesterday afternoon, while visiting the emergency operation center > team at the Ministry, it was said that the identification of inhabited > areas in OSM (mapped as residential landuse) is particularly helpful > to them at the moment, as well as the detailed mapping of the urban > areas, to better follow the people that have recently been in contact > with confirmed cases. > > While there's been at least one new case detected each day in the area > since the outbreak declaration, they also wished additional areas to > be mapped as well. > Some tasks are already ready to be added but in order to keep up with > the quality of the data produced (i.e. keeping the rythm with the > validation), *we need more validators*. > > If you are already participating to this validation, thank you so > much! If you are not yet but have already significantly contributed to > OSM, maybe it's time to give it a try... > > If you want an overview of the area covered by these mapping tasks so > far, you'll find one here: > http://umap.openstreetmap.fr/fr/map/osm-mapping-response-ebola-outbreak-2018_219291#9/-0.5273/18.8965 > > Happy mapping! > > Claire > > > Claire Halleux > +243 81 611 6998 (Kinshasa, DRC) > OpenStreetMap RDC > > http://www.openstreetmap.cd > https://www.facebook.com/OpenStreetMap.RDC > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot -- « Tant qu’on n’aura pas compris que le cerveau est une machine à dominer, on ne pourra pas lutter efficacement contre ces hiérarchies aliénantes. » Dominique Dupagne, La revanche du rameur <http://www.larevanchedurameur.com/>
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