Re: [HOT] Open Data and OSM

2017-07-06 Thread Denis Carriere
Ops.. wrong mailing list... :) *~~* *Denis Carriere* *GIS Software & Systems Specialist* On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 3:41 PM, Denis Carriere <carriere.de...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good day Arun, > > The first item in the Wiki anwsers this: > https://wiki.openstreetmap.o

Re: [HOT] Optimal NAS tech specifications to serve imagery tiles

2017-03-22 Thread Denis Carriere
for mobile data > surveys all offline. Thanks for sharing Dale! I never knew that POSM was capable of this, I will definitely need to dive into this one of these days. Cheers, *~~* *Denis Carriere* *GIS Software & Systems Specialist* __

Re: [HOT] HOT's Export Tool Development

2017-03-07 Thread Denis Carriere
Congrats! The HOT export tool is a great application for everyone in the HOT community. Awesome work, Keep it up! *~~* *Denis Carriere* *GIS Software & Systems Specialist* On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 9:05 PM, Blake Girardot <bgirar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings friends! >

Re: [HOT] Building Detection using Machine Learning

2017-01-05 Thread Denis Carriere
s! Cheers, *~~* *Denis Carriere* *GIS Software & Systems Specialist* On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 10:41 AM, Rory McCann <r...@technomancy.org> wrote: > You've noticed how your algoritm isn't able to get properly rotated > buildings. And this might be an advantage! All buildings being &

Re: [HOT] Surveying Helicopter Landing Zones (HLZs)

2016-11-07 Thread Denis Carriere
lication. *~~* *Denis Carriere* *GIS Software & Systems Specialist* *Twitter: @DenisCarriere <https://twitter.com/DenisCarriere/>* *OSM: DenisCarriere <https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/DenisCarriere>* GitHub: DenisCarriere <https://github.com/DenisCarriere> Email: carriere.

Re: [HOT] Surveying Helicopter Landing Zones (HLZs)

2016-11-07 Thread Denis Carriere
ing_zone (Not defined) http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:emergency:helipad (Not defined) *@MAF & @MountainChild @KLL: *It would be great to have your input on this topic. Cheers, *~~~~~~* *Denis Carriere* *GIS Software & Systems Specialist* *Twitter: @DenisCarriere <https://twitte

Re: [HOT] List of Shelters for Haiti

2016-10-03 Thread Denis Carriere
SON using Overpass Turbo* http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/iXU Hope this helps! *~~* *Denis Carriere* *GIS Software & Systems Specialist* *Twitter: @DenisCarriere <https://twitter.com/DenisCarriere/>* *OSM: DenisCarriere <https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/DenisCarriere>* GitHub:

Re: [HOT] Protecting girls at risk of FGM in Tanzania by mapping their villages - International Womens' Day event

2016-03-08 Thread Denis Carriere
t; am worried that it is going to upload the whole schools data set! > > Any clue what's going on?? > > Cheers, > > Pete > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 5:14 AM, Denis Carriere <carriere.de...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hey Janet, >> >> This is a gr

Re: [HOT] Protecting girls at risk of FGM in Tanzania by mapping their villages - International Womens' Day event

2016-03-07 Thread Denis Carriere
of a typical school in OSM, it will be useful to reference this example when someone is new to mapping. *Example* *Migeko Primary School* http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/-1.07689/34.14973=N Cheers, *~~* *Denis Carriere* *GIS Project Manager* *Twitter: @DenisCarriere <https://twitter.

Re: [HOT] Getting organised

2016-01-05 Thread Denis Carriere
Well said John, I agree very strongly with all your comments, thanks for giving your valuable input. -Denis On Jan 5, 2016 9:26 AM, "john whelan" wrote: > HOT is evolving, we started off with mainly experienced OSM mappers > mapping in response to short term emergencies.

Re: [HOT] FW: Validation

2015-08-29 Thread Denis Carriere
I'm liking check in check out, I feel terminology is more commonly used. Also ethically the words start work doesn't look as good as button vs. check in. My personal opinion, +1 on check in check out *~~* *Denis Carriere* *GIS Project Manager* *Twitter: @DenisCarriere https://twitter.com

Re: [HOT] Photos from Nepal (Sankhu Village)

2015-05-18 Thread Denis Carriere
] https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rnjuwd06zfhty7p/AAAVzgp5abFr55-g2luPazt-a?dl=0 Cheers, Mhairi On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 7:23 PM, Pierre BĂ©land pierz...@yahoo.fr wrote: Thanks Denis Cheers to all the people supporting in the field. Pierre -- *De :* Denis Carriere

Re: [HOT] newbie needs advice

2015-05-05 Thread Denis Carriere
*I'm not sure if succesful GIS is a crowd activity.* *I've asked but heard nothing about the end use of all this activity. Is it serving the folks on the ground?* OSM crowd activity is very successful, speaking from the Canadian Forces DART deployed on the ground. I've printed so far 300+

Re: [HOT] URGENT Post-disaster Job for east of Kathmandu - For experienced mappers

2015-05-04 Thread Denis Carriere
in improving the mapping quality of Nepal for years to come! Cheers, - Denis Denis Carriere Canadian Forces GIS Project Manager OP Renaissance Nepal 2015 OSM: @DenisCarriere Twitter: @DenisCarriere Email: carriere.de...@gmail.com ___ HOT mailing list HOT

Re: [HOT] How to locate places without addresses? Open location code

2015-05-02 Thread Denis Carriere
Most topographic maps will be using MGRS grids for referencing a location, it can be 1m precise to 100m depending on how much digits you grid contains. Garmin GPS's have MGRS built in by default, it's a good idea to use both LatLng MGRS when referencing a location. Example of MGRS - 45R UL 12345

Re: [HOT] Slum mapping project need help to imagery stitching

2015-04-21 Thread Denis Carriere
Awesome work everyone, the imagery looks great on JOSM! Well done to everyone that was involved in making this happen. @Humberto: For your next mapping party, you should consider including an appropriate *source *tagging schema. building=yes source=techo.org date=2015-03-16 If imagery was

Re: [HOT] validating tiles

2015-03-24 Thread Denis Carriere
Very good points you brought up Dan. I feel very strongly about the #2 point about adding a statistic for validators, it does take effort to browse the tiles properly. I sometimes end up adding a few missing buildings or landuse areas if they are only a few minor missing features. Hopefully

Re: [HOT] Post-disaster imagery for Vanuatu

2015-03-17 Thread Denis Carriere
Thanks for that information! There is a slight offset in the imagery, before editing with JOSM or OpenID, you should do an imagery offset to match the OSM data or Bing imagery. In JOSM Imagery Tab Imagery Offset Select Pleiades Left click drag on the map, move the imagery until it aligns

Re: [HOT] Suggestion needed: Household level OSM in Bangladesh

2015-03-09 Thread Denis Carriere
Hey Ahasanul, Here's an example of a project that was created during an OpenData hackathon in Canada at CODE [1]. http://ecotrust-canada.github.io/hypochondriapp/ It shows you regional wide statistical data from a country using boundary files, you could replicate this type of application for

Re: [HOT] Suggestion needed: Household level OSM in Bangladesh

2015-03-07 Thread Denis Carriere
Hey Ahasan, The best way to sync your census data with OSM would be to have similar administrative boundaries, they are typically stored as Multipolygons. There is tons of documentation on how to create accurate boundaries [1]. Any national wide census should start with defining every boundary