Hi all, Just letting everyone know I will follow up with Yannis to see how we can best help him.
cheers, Blake On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 3:51 PM, Yannis Fourniadis <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > > > I am working for Arup, an international engineering consultancy based in > London. As Arup, we have been active participants to OpenStreeMap (OSM), > particularly as regards the Missing Maps Project. Employees from Arup > offices in the UK and the USA have contributed significant time to map parts > of South Kivu in the Congo. > > > > I am writing to enquire on the feasibility of initiating a mapping task > through OSM Tasking Manager (http://tasks.hotosm.org/) for the mapping of > buildings and infrastructure (roads, railways) in the Kyrgyz Republic. > > > > The Kyrgyz Republic is located in a region of high seismic hazard. In > addition, the typical buildings in the region are susceptible to damage from > seismic hazards (e.g. earthquake ground shaking). The population in the > region is therefore exposed to the combination of high seismic hazards and > vulnerable building stock. The country is therefore considered to be a > region of high seismic risk. > > > > The World Bank is supporting a project whereby a nationwide seismic risk > assessment study will be undertaken. A team led by Arup, and including the > Bishkek-based Central Asian Institute of Applied Geosciences (CAIAG), has > been appointed by the World Bank to carry out consultancy services in > relation to seismic hazard and risk for the Kyrgyz Republic. > > > > Together with science and engineering students from Bishkek University, we > will undertake community mapping of exposure data (buildings and > infrastructure) as part of this project, on 8-9 October 2015. Speaking to > Pete Masters (Missing Maps Project Coordinator for Doctors Without Borders > UK), he suggested I contact you to help us setup an OSM mapping task, > through which our local partners could undertake the community mapping. > > > > Could you please advise whether you are able and willing to create an OSM > task for us to use? I would be happy to liaise further in terms of > developing the task (i.e. features to be mapped, commonly used tags etc.). > > > > Many thanks in advance. > > > > Regards, > > Yannis > > > > Yannis Fourniadis > > Senior Engineering Geologist > > PhD DIC CGeol > > > > Arup > > 13 Fitzroy Street London W1T 4BQ United Kingdom > > d: +44 20 7755 4310 > > www.arup.com > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Electronic mail messages entering and leaving Arup business > systems are scanned for acceptability of content and viruses -- ---------------------------------------------------- Blake Girardot Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team Vice President, HOT Board of Directors skype: jblakegirardot _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
