Hi, Does any local OpenStreetMap local team organize mapathon events working around tasks #22,#23,#24 ?
I mean perhaps Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal ? Here in Québec city, the community is small , so few volonteers engaged ... but why not trying ? Le 13 mai 2016 8:17 PM, "James" <[email protected]> a écrit : > Hello everyone OsmCanada had a meeting tonight and have traced polygons > estimating the areas damaged and have named them "Fort McMurray Fire Damage > Estimate". They are tagged as brownfield as the buildings have been > destroyed or burnt down. The major areas affected are Thickwood, Beacon > Hill and Abasand. We thought this may help the red cross immensely. > > Big thank you to Rps333 for the help. > > On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 2:56 PM, Dan Joseph <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi John, >> >> Dale is the American Red Cross GIS Team Lead. I'm on his team and have >> been deployed to Canada to work in-person with the Canadian Red Cross. In >> terms of OSM-CA / Red Cross coordination, I can be considered the point of >> contact on the RC side until someone within Canadian Red Cross is ready and >> willing to take it on. >> >> All the best, >> Dan >> >> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 2:44 PM, john whelan <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Have you talked to [email protected]? >>> >>> A coordinated approach might be better. OSM can use data obtained >>> through the Gov Canada open data portal and has done in the past as far as >>> I am aware. >>> >>> Thanks John >>> >>> On 13 May 2016 at 14:37, Dan Joseph <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi James, >>>> >>>> It looks like some good progress is being made on the tasks. >>>> >>>> Tasks #22 and #23 are focused on mapping different features but it >>>> looks like #24 overlaps in focus. Perhaps that task should be archived >>>> until the other two are completed to avoid confusion among newcomers to the >>>> site? >>>> >>>> Task #23 only provides minimal instructions (*Add address data via >>>> GeoBase. Add missing Roads and Street names.*). Would more people feel >>>> comfortable contributing if detailed instructions were included? It seemed >>>> the task is referring to the dataset described here: >>>> http://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/pub/geobase/official/nrn_rrn/doc/NRN.pdf >>>> Is the Canada open government licence compatible with OSM? >>>> >>>> Thanks and all the best, >>>> >>>> Dan >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 2:21 PM, James <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> What exactly do you need of me? Prioritize areas to get mapped? We >>>>> have tasks for the buildings, addresses and streets(which I think have >>>>> been >>>>> imported via CanVec) and a validation layer >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Dan Joseph <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm helping coordinate the Canadian Red Cross' use of GIS in their >>>>>> activities responding to the Fort McMurray fires. Staff has been very >>>>>> busy >>>>>> but we're ramping up and exploring options for how to leverage different >>>>>> tools and data sources to support the Red Cross operations. The focus is >>>>>> on >>>>>> the evacuees, many of which have dispersed to distant locations around >>>>>> the >>>>>> country. When residents are allowed to return to the town and longer-term >>>>>> recovery activities become a priority, I foresee having an excellent OSM >>>>>> base layer as being a valuable asset. Both for facilitating operational >>>>>> decisions, and demonstrating the power of the OSM community and easily >>>>>> accessible geo-data with an open license! >>>>>> >>>>>> I would love to connect with those involved in coordinating the >>>>>> current tasks up on http://tasks.osmcanada.ca/. Is the best channel >>>>>> of communication through this list or via Skype or some other means? >>>>>> >>>>>> All the best, >>>>>> Dan Joseph >>>>>> >>>>>> GIS Officer | International Services | American Red Cross >>>>>> Skype danielbjoseph | Twitter @danbjoseph | OSM ID danbjoseph >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Talk-ca mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 外に遊びに行こう！ >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Talk-ca mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >>>> >>>> >>> >> > > > -- > 外に遊びに行こう！ > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > >
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