I sent an email to the contact email to ask for more information, but by
the looks of it they aren't uploading anything to OpenStreetMap, they are
creating their own datasets (which may or may not be released as open data,
they haven't stated yet). It's unclear how they are planning on consuming
OpenStreetMap though. I'm still keen to see what they've identified as
important or useful to map.

What they've stated is they'll be using Planet Labs imagery
https://www.planet.com/disaster/fires-in-australia-2019-11-06/.

1) As far as I'm aware we don't have an imagery tracing waiver from Planet
Labs, it's worth reaching out to Planet Labs to ask for this waiver for use
in OpenStreetMap.

2) Since access to the imagery is restricted "We provide limited access to
Explorer for up to 30 days to qualified disaster volunteer organizations,
humanitarian organizations, and other coordinating bodies." it's unclear
how we'd go about asking for access, and who gets access. But for now at
least, without (1) my view is we can't trace Planet Labs imagery for use in
OpenStreetMap.



On Thu, 6 Feb 2020 at 11:50, Stephen Backway <stev...@email.com> wrote:

> Hi group,
>
> I just came across this Map-A-Thon by chance, apologies if it has been
> shared already and I missed it:
> https://sssi.org.au/fire-map-a-thon/about-map-a-thon
>
> Extract from the above page:
>
> *The SSSI National Bushfire Recovery Map-a-thon is being held on Sunday,
> 9th February, 2020 and registrations are now open!  To register visit: SSSI
> National Bushfire Recovery Map-a-thon
> <https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/sssi-national-bushfire-recovery-map-a-thon-nat057-tickets-90744133145>
>  *
>
> *SSSI is thankful to the surveying and geospatial community for reaching
> out to assist with the bushfire recovery effort and for the continued
> offers of assistance from individuals and businesses from within Australia
> and globally.*
>
>
>
> From reading through the pages, they are going to be using OpenStreetMap
> in conjunction with government data and imagery, so not sure if they have
> any new datasets/imagery layers that we haven't already mentioned on the
> list...
>
>
>
> Stephen.
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