On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 7:56 AM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2010/1/14 Jim Croft <jim.cr...@gmail.com>: >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti#2010_Earthquake_Response >> http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2010/01/13/haiti-earthquake/ > > I'm not trying to detract from how badly off people are in Haiti... > but nothing like this occurred when Australia had those really bad > fires recently.
There's an international charter "On Cooperation To Achieve The Coordinated Use Of Space Facilities In The Event Of Natural Or Technological Disasters". It did get activated for the Australian bushfires but the USGS were the only ones to act on it and there's no published imagery: http://www.disasterscharter.org/web/charter/activation_details?p_r_p_1415474252_assetId=ACT-244 The Haiti response is a lot more open and thus OSM is able to gain the required access to help: http://www.disasterscharter.org/web/charter/activation_details?p_r_p_1415474252_assetId=ACT-287 If we could have helped with mapping, we would have. The CFA already have several GIS projects/officers to track and manage fire incidences: http://bit.ly/5SDJEg _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au