Inside HOT's Remote Activation for Nepal EQ 2015, UR2016 #2
Description
Inside HOT's Remote Activation for Nepal EQ 2015
Moving quickly
First post ~1.5 hours since EQ in the HOT ml
Quick numbers
Approximately 44K km^2 mapped, ~120K km of roads
~1.9M buildings, IDP camps, helicopter landing sites, landslides, etc.
Coordination
- Directing mappers to where it matters.
- Coordinates directly with KLL.
- 24 hr mapping coordination.
- ~7,500 (3,544 new) mappers across the globe.
Post-disaster imagery processing
WorldView-3 post-EQ imagery of most of Kathmandu
- Imagery donations from DigitalGlobe, Airbus D&S, ISRO Cartosat-2, Skybox, Formosat-2, ESA Sentinel-1A, US Dept of State - HIU
- Served through Mapbox, Google Crisis Response, OpenStreetMap France, MapGive infrastructure
Mapping events and mapathons
Mapathon in DC
Using the data
- ARC, IOM, MapAction, UN-OCHA, etc
Challenges
Local context is critical. KLL was instrumental in providing local coordination along with HOT.
This allowed us to direct priorities where it is needed on the ground, but, in many areas where crisis happens,
this is an exception in most cases. In many parts of the world where disaster happens, OSM advocates like KLL has no presence.
Building local capacity to support international interest to contribute is an important ingredient to mobilize mapping resources.
Post-crisis imagery
For crisis of this magnitude, post-crisis imagery played an important role in the continuous update of the map.
But in some cases, we did not maximize imagery due to quality, resolution, and overlaps.
We need to understand how usable imagery can fit the activation.
Modelling and damage assessment
COSMO-SkyMed damage proxy maps. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech, OpenStreetMap, Mapbox
- Efforts to do damage assessment through remote mapping is difficult.
- How do existing work on rapid assessment allows us to properly decide where to map?
From adhoc to a structured coordination
HOT Activation Protocol
HOT developed an Activation Protocol to work on formalizing activations.
Formalizing support with private sector and humanitarian institutions
- MissingMaps - http://www.missingmaps.org/
- Mapbox ❤️ HOT
- https://www.mapbox.com/blog/hot-commitment/
- mapbox.com/humanitarian (soon)
- DigitalGlobe crisis mapping - http://www.digitalglobeblog.com/2015/04/26/digitalglobe-opens-access-to-satellite-data-to-support-disaster-response-efforts-in-nepal/
- Imagery to the Crowd (IttC) - is an initiative of the State Department’s Humanitarian Information Unit (HIU).
http://mapgive.state.gov/ittc/
See also
- http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2015_Nepal_earthquake/
- http://kathmandulivinglabs.org/blog/nepal-earthquake-kll-situation-room-update-may-26/
- http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/news/article.page?doc=finding-the-way-geomatic-support-team-creates-maps-in-nepal/i99x64lh
- https://www.mapbox.com/blog/nepal-earthquake-imagery-0427/
- http://osm.townsendjennings.com/nepal/
- http://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/hot-imagery-coordination_37804#7/28.300/86.325
- http://hotosm.github.io/tracing-guides/guide/Nepal.html#IDP%20Collection%20Guidance
- https://hotosm.org/updates/2015-07-14_nepal_earthquake_a_note_of_thanks_to_hot%E2%80%99s_aerial_imagery_providers
- https://hotosm.org/updates/2015-06-26_tomtom_june_2015_hot_mapathon
- https://hotosm.org/updates/2015-04-30_volunteers_from_around_the_world_help_hot_map_nepal
- https://hotosm.org/updates/2015-04-28_openstreetmap_community_india_rallies_in_aid_of_their_neighbor_nepal_report_3
- https://hotosm.org/updates/2015-04-25_strong_earthquake_in_nepal_hot_activates_report_1
- https://github.com/hotosm/imagery-requests/issues
- http://www.quakemap.org/
- http://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/hot-imagery-coordination_37804#7/28.295/86.556
- http://mapgive.state.gov/ittc/
Meta
- Presentation during Bridging the divide: Digital humanitarians and the Nepal earthquake session at the Understanding Risk 2016 in Venice, May 20, 2016
- https://understandrisk.org/event-session/bridging-the-divide/