In case you want to kick it old school, the URL to use in Potlatch for "best aerial" is http://hypercube.telascience.org/tiles/1.0.0/haiti-best-900913/!/!/!.jpg, and you can view the 1:50K topo map along with other layers at http://haiticrisismap.org/
<http://haiticrisismap.org/>Brad On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 8:57 AM, ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen <[email protected]> wrote: > There is a huge amount of stuff to map in rural areas. > > > > 1. Install java en download JOSM > > 2. Install the WMS plug-in > > 3. Choose a rural area somewhere, not to big and download data > > 4. play around and study JOSM for an hour or so, ask questions if > you need to > > 5. Install WMS layers “best aerial” and TOPO 50K > > 6. JOSM may shift layers so as to align them, to already avalaible > data : the topo map below is less then 100 meter off however. > > 7. compare and map rivers, hamlets, roads (most tracks anyway) land > slidings , important buildings mountain peaks > > 8. The tope map gives you a wealth of names and places and > mountains peaks to map > > 9. The areal pictures show you roads, buildings and rivers (depends > on available resolution in your area) > > 10. Study, compare and add missing items > > 11. Report the area you are working on to this list (topo map reference > lines ?) to avoid duplicates > > > > WMS links for JOSM > > > > best aerial : > http://hypercube.telascience.org/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/geo/haiti/mapfiles/4326.map&layers=haiti-best&request=GetMap&version=1.0.0&styles=&format=image/jpeg&service=WMS&; > > > > topomap 1:50K (all of Haiti) > > > http://hypercube.telascience.org/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/home/ortelius/haiti/haiti.map&layers=haiti-tlm-50&request=GetMap&version=1.0.0&styles=&format=image/jpeg&service=WMS&; > > > > Well you also might map using the potlatch editor, but you won’t have 2 > layers to switch to, > > and while potlatch is easier to start with ….. JOSM will do much better and > accurate mapping, > > and has some features (like Q : make a building or area square-angled) and > add-node-on-the fly > > You should see me mapping rivers / areas with that, that you will miss very > much. > > > > Oh, do not forget to connect roads to roads, other wise a router may never > find them. > > Loose roads are of no use . > > > > Well, see for yourself. > > > > Gert Gremmen > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > [image: Osm] > > Openstreetmap.nl (alias: cetest) > > P* Before printing, think about the environment.* > > > > > > *Van:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *Namens *Karl Guggisberg > *Verzonden:* Friday, February 12, 2010 3:28 PM > *Aan:* Jean-Guilhem Cailton > *CC:* [email protected] > *Onderwerp:* Re: [Talk-ht] Onboarding new mappers > > > > Hi, > > please don't try to import/merge Health Facilties manually. We have a plan > to import/merge v2 of the list later. This is rather not a task for people > onboarding to the Haiti Relief Effort, unless they have good scripting > skills we would, of course, be happy to benefit from. I'm currently cleaning > up the Humanitarian Data Model for Health Facilities, which has become the > most mature part of the HDM. I've also created mapping to the PAHO model, > see > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Tags/Humanitarian_Data_Model/MappingHdmPaho > . > > I feel that we soon reach a state where we can import v2 with a tag set > which can be claimed "fully compliant with HDM". > > amenity=hospital is discurated for health facilites in general. HDM > currently assumes that three types of health facilites will be tagged with > amentiy=hospital ( @Jean-Guilhem Cailton: field hospitals too, this will > solve your issue) > > There is a list of potential duplicates I've identified. PAHO and other > involded organisation are aware of them, Jean-Guilhem and Kate are liaising > with them. Lets wait for the next consolidated master list which, hopefully, > will include less duplicates. Besides OSM there are dozens of other > organisations working of data reconcilation regarding Health Facilities. We > are now at a state where it doesn't make sense to "deduplicate" in the OSM > database. It would be helpful, though, to *identify* duplicate Health > Facilities and flag them as such in OSM, see this link > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti/Status/Hospitals#How_to_deal_with_duplicate_entries > for how to do that. > > Regards > Karl > > Am 12.02.2010 14:52, schrieb Jean-Guilhem Cailton: > > A few suggestions: > > - Help could be welcome to continue cleaning up the Haiti Health Facilities > (HHF) list. As described on > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti/Status/Hospitals > a master list is available on > http://sites.google.com/a/netspective.org/haiti-health-facilities/ > Version 1 has been integrated into OSM (to the extent possible, due to > duplicates.) > > Karl has prepared a .osm file containing version 2 (the last one currently > available, with tags modified as also described on > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Tags/Humanitarian_Data_Model > and I think he is working on scripts to import this version 2. (Which still > contains many duplicates.) > > If you are interested, I could forward to you work spreadsheets from health > specialists, which could help bringing HHF in OSM to the equivalent of a > version 2.5, while awaiting for version 3 of the master list to be released. > > While dedicated tagging (particularly with health_facility:type=*) > precisely follows the HHF master list categories, I suggest using, in a > ad-hoc fashion for Haiti, "amenity=hospital" for the HHF in general (maybe > temporarily), so that they show, with a red cross and at zoom levels > allowing a sufficiently large area to be seen at once, on the map at > www.openstreetmap.org that OSM outsiders are most likely to consult first. > > > - An important request from the government of Haiti requesting an IDP > database was transmitted to the CrisisMappers mailing list. IDP camps are > available from various sources (OCHA, UNOSAT, JRC, Chinese Academy of > Sciences, OSM contributors, etc...) It would certainly not hurt to have them > reviewed, merged and integrated in OSM. > > > - Mapping the slums. See : > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti/Tasks_and_Ideas#Currently_for_Haiti_-_.22Now.22 > > > I think this could keep quite a few volunteers usefully busy for a while. > :) > (and I still have other ideas, if needed.) > > Best regards, > > Jean-Guilhem > > > > Mikel Maron a écrit : > > Anthony > > Thanks for checking in ... I'm not sure what's the most pressing need right > now .. can anyone suggest more tasks? Or are we reaching a plateau for now? > > -Mikel > > > > == Mikel Maron == > +254(0)724899738 @mikel s:mikelmaron > http://mapkibera.org/ > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Haiti > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Anthony Mintrup <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Fri, February 12, 2010 1:35:28 AM > *Subject:* [Talk-ht] Onboarding new mappers > > I'm the point person at Crisis Camp Chicago for onboarding vols to help > with mapping Haiti (though have no mapping experience). I've developed a 101 > guide based on info I've sifted through on wiki pages. For fun, I completed > tutorials and attempted to practice so I could field questions from vols. > However, it is difficult for me to find items that are not mapped. Seems > like whatever I click on has been mapped and tagged. What am I missing? Are > people just responding quickly to documented tasks and getting it done? > > > > Tony > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-ht mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ht > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ht mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ht > >
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