I finally took the time to read,
And by the way, I want to send a message to HT talk and OSM Haiti.
We tried our best to continue to run our drone operation to highlight
some problem in Haiti. Since 2012, we tried to find some fund to fly
over Canaan area.
Since 2014 or earlier, international community came in Canaan Area and
we had to stop our mapping party in Canaan. So in 2015 we proposed to
fly over this area to ARC and others to maintain a link with this area.
We asked to cover the cost of the drone and the team.
Our goal is to finalize our methodology, and cover the cost to run a
drone unit in Haiti (it is quite costly) to help other community.
http://potentiel3-0.org/index.php/en/
As I am in Haiti, we can discuss about it ( 36 19 45 44) but again we
spent our own money, and received in 2014 the help of Cartong. We got a
small contract with ARC just now in fact. It help us to pay a new camera
and fix our drone
But our goal is still the same highlight some problem with accuracy and
find local solution.
So I have tried to make a coordination with hot Tanzania project this
year but I didn't success. At least I have tried
Right now, we are using drone to find the best warehouse for the
operation in Jeremie, later for the damage assessment. I am volunteer
for the Haitian government for the moment.
All the best and thanks all for the work done for Haiti. And help us to
build local capacity, open mind, it is the most important at the end.
FredM
wrote:
Great job Fred, glad that you've managed to get things going on your own.
When if you have the imagery available please feel free to let us know
and we can make sure it's available on OpenAerialMap.
Stay safe and we wish you the best.
On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 8:34 PM, FredM <frmo...@gmail.com
<mailto:frmo...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Oups,
Didn't read all your message. I have seen my name but I don't have
time for that.
Could you stop to use it as I have no time to cross check what you
said. Fred can talk for Fred : )
Just came back from an assessment in Jeremie for the gouvernment.
We have huge work to do. So I am right now with the CNIGS and
civil protection. In the field we flew drone for planification (
Warehouse, fix the port, damage assessment, etc...)
Let me know if you have more UAV resource, For now we have 2 ebee
and 3 quadecopter. + Satellite imagery.
Drone imagery is useful, we are using it in our NGO to promote
technology and use it for local community. Not for the business or
the storytelling.
Only for operational purpose,... far away from the "Humanitarian
circus" or something else.
All the best FredM
On 09/10/2016 01:58, Dale Kunce wrote:
Hey everyone,
First thanks to everyone that has contributed to the base mapping
thus far. Many humanitarian groups including the Red Cross,
Canadian Military, and the UN. I would much rather be mapping
than responding to the copious emails but I wanted to try and end
the discussion so we can get back to mapping.
There has been a lot of chatter about UAV imagery the disaster
imagery charter on the list serve with many accusations flying
back and forth. I in my role as the activation lead for Hurricane
Matthew, Vice-President of HOT, and GIS Lead for the American Red
Cross see no value in trying to coordinate UAV use in Haiti. As
has been said by Blake and Cristiano both of whom know more about
this subject than I HOT should focus on the things we do best and
leave coordination of UAV use and operation to UVAviators.
Yes HOT in 2010 was different and HOT members took extraordinary
measures to update the map for humanitarians. Due largely to
those efforts and later ones in the Philippines, West Africa,
Nepal, and many others HOT has become a trusted source of map
data immediately following a disaster. Groups like the ones
mentioned above have deeply integrated into their work and trust
HOT and its amazing volunteers to provide the map data. One of
the reasons HOT is trusted is because of our consistency. We
provide a very reliable service without causing a lot of drama
for the large humanitarian organizations. Throughout my time
responding to disasters over the last few years consistency is
paramount during large scale disasters.
Comparing the airspace and subsequent use of UAVs in Tanzania,
during normal "blue skies" times to the crowded chaotic airspace
in Haiti shows a lack of basic understanding of the complexity of
modern humanitarian operations. If I were empowered, which I'm
not even close to being able to do, to simply put someone in a
car or on a helicopter and send them into the affected areas I
wouldn't. Given the reports from the area from UN, Red Cross, and
other NGOs I would send food, water, and she
