Place names are probably one of the biggest challenges that we face and
unfortunately local knowledge on the ground is the best source. Some
data is available for imports such as school names but the quality is
variable only some line up with a building or even being within a
kilometer or two out.
Could you organise an effort to tag in someway those locations that have
the correct name as correct so they can be relied upon?
Thanks John
Jorieke Vyncke wrote on 2020-03-19 12:23 PM:
Hi all,
Just sharing from the point of view of Médecins Sans Frontières
(MSF). Our teams have not requested any mapping data yet, but just
letting you know that the data that is most useful for medical
interventions (Covid-19 but also for most other health interventions)
are information about where health facilities are and place names.
Locations and names of health facilities is fairly obvious, but also
place names are very important! Names of villages, of neighbourhoods
in your towns, but also the boundaries of these, do allow
epidemiologists and other health professionals to do contact tracing
and the mapping of cases. So any health facility or place
name/boundary that you add on the map is useful!
Best wishes,
Jorieke
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Op wo 18 mrt. 2020 om 00:29 schreef David Garcia
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Dear friends in OSM and HOT, these are trying, overwhelming, and
perilous times for all of us. Please let's be kind and listen
slowly to one another and support each other.
Sincerely,
*David*
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