Dear HOT Community, We are pleased to announce that after about 7 weeks and at least 220 experienced mappers coming together to digitize over 54,000 buildings in the greater Beirut metropolitan area; as of Tuesday, the 22nd, we have completely mapped, and validated, the area requested by the Lebanese Red Cross, giving them the data they need to continue the long road of recovery.
Though our work is complete here (for now), let's not forget that this was in response to the explosion at the port in Beirut that killed 190 people, leveled nearby buildings and damaged others up to 24 kilometers away, totalling an estimate of $15 billion in damages (source <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Beirut_explosion>). And the local OpenStreetMap community is still working on a variety of initiatives to help recovery efforts as well as prepare for future events. If you are interested in seeing what OpenMapLebanon is up to, visit their website: https://openmaplebanon.org/ - HOT will continue to support their efforts as the remaining response turns into recovery, in turn becoming preparedness and mapping for general usage. Thank you to everyone who played a part in this mapping response! On behalf of the HOT Disaster Services Team and Activation Working Group, =Russ Russell Deffner Disaster Response Coordinator russell.deff...@hotosm.org OpenStreetMap: russdeffner | +8 UTC *Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team* *Using OpenStreetMap for Humanitarian Response & Economic Development* web <http://hotosm.org/> | wiki <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team>| contact <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team#Contact_and_Media_Resources> | donate <http://donate.hotosm.org/>
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