Thank you all for your replies.

The firefighters are from Poland and in Poland they use OSM
exclusively for their work.

They do not know where they will be assigned yet so hopefully later today.

They said they generally are interested in roads, forestry roads,
waterways and water bodies (lakes, ponds, etc)

So that is what they would like you to map.

Any help finding hi resolution, recent imagery (government aerial
imagery sources are usually best), or feedback on the existing OSM
layers, which are best, most recent, etc is usually the very first
step.

I am guessing they will be assinged to one of the 9 areas on this map:

http://emergency.copernicus.eu/mapping/sites/default/files/thumbnails/EMSR298-AEM-1532344797-r05-v1.jpg

Whoops, now that I look they updated it in the last hour and now it is
12 areas. But I guess they will be at one of those areas.

That map also gives you a very high level overview of the region affected.

HOT mapping is just like regular OSM mapping, but we usually specify
what is being requested, in this case, roads, forest roads, water.

And the the Tasking Manager grids the area so people do not conflict
with each other.

I would suggest we use a private HOT Tasking Manager Project because
the osm-se Tasking Manager seems to have a configuration problem at
the moment (error on attempted login)  http://tasks2.openstreetmap.se/

HOT's main priority in a case like this is to not damage the existing
OSM mapping. We often work where there is no data (rural Africa for
example) so we do not have that worry. In Sweden, you have an active,
expert, group of mappers who already have a very good OSM map, we need
to make sure we do not accidentally cause any issues for your
community.

More information as I receive it......

Respectfully,
Blake



On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 2:21 PM, Johnny Blästa <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am a Swedish mapper with experience mapping in the areas surrounding the
> fires and are willing to help with mapping.
>
> /Johnny
>
> Den mån 23 juli 2018 kl 13:34 skrev Björn Stenberg <[email protected]>:
>>
>> I am a quite experienced Swedish mapper with some HOT mapping experience
>> but I have never organised HOT work. I would definitely help with a HOT
>> mapping effort.
>>
>> --
>> Björn
>> On 23 July 2018 12:53:16 pm Blake Girardot <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > Greetings,
>> >
>> > HOT received a request to improve the mapping around wild fires to
>> > support fire fighters in Sweden.
>> >
>> > Is there a local, active person, who would like to take responsibility
>> > to organize remote mapping projects to support that request?
>> >
>> > Or maybe folks who would contribute if I set up some project for local
>> > mappers only to work on?
>> >
>> > Please let me know.
>> >
>> > Respectfully,
>> > blake
>> >
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