Re: [Talk-us] San Louis Obispo CA area - Chimney Wildfire - OSM US Tasking Manager Project

2016-08-18 Thread Blake Girardot
Hi Mike, HOT has been asked 2 times in the past that I know of to help with US based incidents that I know of. One was another CA fire and we were contacted by a local responder who was already used to using OSM data, knew of its quality and potential limitations and asked us to fill in/update/re

Re: [Talk-us] San Louis Obispo CA area - Chimney Wildfire - OSM US Tasking Manager Project

2016-08-17 Thread Jonathan Schleuss
Mike and all, Great questions! I'll let Blake answer the other question, but I figured I could chime in on the first, since I was about to message the group anyway. We've got another series of tasks [1] to improveĀ roads near the Blue Cut fire [2], which has caused the evacuation of more than 8

Re: [Talk-us] San Louis Obispo CA area - Chimney Wildfire - OSM US Tasking Manager Project

2016-08-17 Thread Mike Thompson
Blake, It is great to see OSM being used in disaster response within the US. 1) Will there be more such tasks, either associated with this fire, or with other events? 2) Are there other cases where OSM has been used like this in the US? I am scheduled to give a talk about OSM to the Wyoming GIS C

Re: [Talk-us] San Louis Obispo CA area - Chimney Wildfire - OSM US Tasking Manager Project

2016-08-17 Thread OSM Volunteer stevea
Thank you for setting this up, Blake. I've never done a HOT task before, and since this is my backyard, I dove right in. And it was FUN! (BTW, it is San Luis Obispo). A couple/three years ago I made contact with Joe Larson, a SLO-county based firefighter and OSM volunteer who used County GIS

[Talk-us] San Louis Obispo CA area - Chimney Wildfire - OSM US Tasking Manager Project

2016-08-16 Thread Blake Girardot
Hi all, One of the many fires burning in CA at this time is one that started this weekend and is currently only 10% contained. A local OSM'er is in contact with the county GIS folks and they report they have excellent road network data, but could possibly use building footprints and backyard swim