This typhoon will definitely do some damage. Japan Meteorological Agency's bulletin [a] describes the typhoon's going to hit between "Very Strong" to "Violent". Unfortunately, the typhoons path is vast as Eugene pointed out.
>From a mapping perspective... 1) There are some unfinished jobs in the tasking manager. I believe those will help the communities that are working on to create a disaster recovery or risk reduction plans. Candaba[b], Lubao[c], Guagua[d]. However, these areas are a couple hundred kilometres away from the typhoon centre. 2) If anybody sees imagery with good detail and roads are untraced in the Visayas, please let us know 3) Jean-Guilhem, if you're able to provide new imagery, that would be great. I believe you pointed out or provided new imagery when Typhoon Bopha/Pablo hit Mindanao. Aside from that, let me know where to map and ill be happy to help. [a] http://www.jma.go.jp/en/typh/1330.html [b] http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/323 [c] http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/329 [d] http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/331 On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 8:37 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Jean-Guilhem, > > Currently, the typhoon is still too far off. The typhoon still has not yet > entered our country's meteorological area of responsibility so our weather > bureau (PAGASA) is not yet issuing any weather bulletins. In addition, we > still have no idea where the typhoon will make landfall—the possible area > is more than 1000 kilometers wide. > > So I cannot say for certain which areas would need mapping help. However, > the province of Bohol, which was hit by by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake last > October 15 is still recovering. Wherever the typhoon will make landfall, > I'm sure Bohol will be affected. So I think concentrating on Bohol > currently is best. However, there has already been a HOT task to map the > affected area (southwestern Bohol) that has available satellite imagery[1] > so I'm not sure what else can be done remotely. > > Maybe other people have ideas? > > Regards, > Eugene > > [1] http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/326 > > > > On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Jean-Guilhem Cailton < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Seeing alerts about typhoon Yolanda / Haiyan, apparently forecast to >> have reached category 4 when hitting the Philippines on Friday, with >> winds that could reach 240 km/h and very heavy rains: >> http://www.gdacs.org/report.aspx?eventid=41058&episodeid=9&eventtype=TC >> >> >> Is there anything related to mapping that could be done to help? >> >> Is anyone in contact with responders, who might have mapping needs? >> >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Jean-Guilhem >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk-ph mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph >> > > > _______________________________________________ > talk-ph mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > >
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