[HOT] Hurricane Matthew: involving the local OSM communities

On January 12, 2010, a huge Earthquake hit the heart of Haiti, causing tens of thousands of casualties. The OSM community activated for the first time and created within a few days the most detailed map of Port-Au-Prince and its outskirts that has been used by the humanitarian organizations

Re: [HOT] Hurricane Matthew Mapping Urgently Needed

dale.ku...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Great question. Yes please map each individual house that you see. > >>>> Mapping > >>>> each building allows for better population estimates and allows for > >>>> better > >

[HOT] Hurricane Matthew response : Imagery/UAV coordination and support to local Haitian UAV capacities

Hi there, Thanks Blake and Cristiano, We do monitor imagery releases and understand imagery management in humanitarian response, Fred and I have been in this field for quite some time... When Fred wrote its email to the activation group dated 2-October 2016, the timing was good for a charter

Re: [HOT] Hurricane Matthew Mapping Urgently Needed

@openstreetmap.org Subject: [HOT] Hurricane Matthew Mapping Urgently Needed Hurricane Matthew continues to strengthen and is advancing on Haiti and the Bahamas. The next day is very important to keep mapping so that relief and humanitarian organizations like the Red Cross and others can help those affected

Re: [HOT] Hurricane Matthew Mapping Urgently Needed

We are coordinating the mapping efforts on Slack. If you would like to join the HOT slack channel just click the link below and you'll have access. All are welcome. https://hotosm-slack.herokuapp.com/. On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 2:44 AM, Elise White wrote: > Dale, > > Thank you

Re: [HOT] Hurricane Matthew Mapping Urgently Needed

Dale, Thank you very much for this information and our well wishes. Kind regards, Elise On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 8:27 AM, Dale Kunce wrote: > Elise, > Thanks so much for reaching out. The learning curve to start mapping takes > about 15 min for basic mapping of buildings.

Re: [HOT] Hurricane Matthew Mapping Urgently Needed

Elise, Thanks so much for reaching out. The learning curve to start mapping takes about 15 min for basic mapping of buildings. Instructions are included in each tasks and more how to map videos are available via YouTube. If you would like GIS data from the OSM this is also available and most

Re: [HOT] Hurricane Matthew Mapping Urgently Needed

Good Morning, Thank you Dale for this information on Task 2196. I am a local GIS Technician on Grand Bahama island in the Bahamas, but I am a novice when it comes to HOT. I am trying to learn quickly so that I can contribute as much as I can. Is the learning curve steep on HOT? I am asking

[HOT] Hurricane Matthew Mapping Urgently Needed

Hurricane Matthew continues to strengthen and is advancing on Haiti and the Bahamas. The next day is very important to keep mapping so that relief and humanitarian organizations like the Red Cross and others can help those affected in the coming days. We need to keep the mapping going. Some areas

Re: [HOT] Hurricane Matthew

Thank you Blake, that is clear. I think I will go for evacuation_center=yes. Any other tags that are relevant? 2016-10-01 7:34 GMT+02:00 Blake Girardot : > Hi Milo, > > evacuation_center=yes that can go on buildings > > has been used in the past for hurricane events. > >

Re: [HOT] Hurricane Matthew

Hi Milo, evacuation_center=yes that can go on buildings has been used in the past for hurricane events. There is also the possibility to use http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:social_facility%3Dshelter which I do not like as a tag for emergency shelters. There is also

[HOT] Hurricane Matthew

As the people in Jamaica prepare for the hurricane, I came across a list of priority and secondary shelters. They are mostly public locations like schools. Any tips on registering these secondary functions on the schools? Is there a tagging scheme for shelters? Kind regards, Milo