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ray@lemmy.ml to OpenStreetMap community@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months ago

The night the earth shook, strangers started to draw

sheets.works

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The night the earth shook, strangers started to draw

sheets.works

ray@lemmy.ml to OpenStreetMap community@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months ago
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At least 9,235 volunteers drew two million buildings for rescuers they will never meet. Every edit is in the logs. I charted them.
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    Interesting read. This was new to me:

    When a disaster hits, a small nonprofit called the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team does something simple. It takes the affected area, chops it into small squares, and puts the squares on the internet, on a site called the Tasking Manager.

    https://tasks.hotosm.org/

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    Really intetesting. Good example of how the internet gets put to good use.

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    @ray
    “… tap its four corners. That’s it. That is the entire skill.”

    Yes, un-squared square buildings do seem to be standard for so many HOT responses. 😒

    @openstreetmap

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    Has anyone been helping Venezuela?

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      @mistermodal
      Unfortunately disaster.ninja seems to be down, but HOT does have several projects listed for the recent Venezuelan Earthquake.

      https://tasks.hotosm.org/explore?omitMapResults=0

      @ray

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      @mistermodal
      Unfortunately disaster.ninja seems to be down, but HOT does have several projects listed for the recent Venezuelan Earthquake.

      https://tasks.hotosm.org/explore?omitMapResults=0

      @ray @openstreetmap

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        Thanks very much

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