Interestingly, the majority of Tacloban is now mapped, as well as many other areas.
Someone's run stats: 245 volunteers who created nearly 440,000 map changes within the aforementioned extent. It's now up to 600,000+
More exciting than that, however, is the sheer number of emergency responders using OpenStreetMap data.
For example; since we mapped just about every building in Tacloban, satellites have been redirected to capture updated images.
The two are being explicitly combined. You can see a really detailed map of what survived, and what did not:
http://emergency.copernicus.eu/mapping/ems-product-component/EMSR058_02TACLOBANCITY_GRADING_DETAIL03/1
You can also see a mashup of geotagged photos from reports on the ground, backed up by OSM tiles:
https://haiyan.crowdmap.com/
While we can't change the fact thousands have died, there's a quite reasonable hope that accurate, up to date geospatial information can change the situation; enabling people to prioritise with data driving decisions in both the immediate and longer term recovery efforts.
Someone's run stats: 245 volunteers who created nearly 440,000 map changes within the aforementioned extent. It's now up to 600,000+
More exciting than that, however, is the sheer number of emergency responders using OpenStreetMap data.
For example; since we mapped just about every building in Tacloban, satellites have been redirected to capture updated images.
The two are being explicitly combined. You can see a really detailed map of what survived, and what did not:
http://emergency.copernicus.eu/mapping/ems-product-component/EMSR058_02TACLOBANCITY_GRADING_DETAIL03/1
You can also see a mashup of geotagged photos from reports on the ground, backed up by OSM tiles:
https://haiyan.crowdmap.com/
While we can't change the fact thousands have died, there's a quite reasonable hope that accurate, up to date geospatial information can change the situation; enabling people to prioritise with data driving decisions in both the immediate and longer term recovery efforts.
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