New Mapping The Ebola Response

The OpenStreetMap of Guéckédou earlier HOT mapping

The electrical flow Ebola outbreak started inward Guéckédou, inward southeastern Guinea. The affliction before long spread to other nearby Republic of Guinea towns together with and thence to Republic of Liberia together with Sierra Leone.

One of the biggest problems for assist agencies together with wellness organizations inward responding to the crisis was the lack of adept maps inward the areas where Ebola has been most prevalent. This is why the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) started the 2014 West Africa Ebola Response.

HOT industrial plant to amend OpenStreetMap coverage to assist responses to disasters together with crisis closed to the world. In West Africa HOT has been working difficult to amend OpenStreetMap information inward guild to assist help agencies excogitation together with co-ordinate their disaster reply teams.

The OpenStreetMap of Guéckédou subsequently the HOT 2014 West Africa Ebola Response

The lawsuit has been a huge improvement of OpenStreetMap coverage inward West Africa, especially inward the areas most affected past times the electrical flow Ebola outbreak. You tin banking concern stand upwardly for out the improvements inward OpenStreetMap inward West Africa yourself past times using Harry' Wood's Before together with After OpenStreetMap tool. This tool uses a slider command which allows y'all to compare the electrical flow OpenStreetMap coverage to the OpenStreetMap coverage earlier the start of the HOT 2014 West Africa Ebola Response.

Here are links to the maps of Guéckédou, Kissidougou together with Macenta, 3 of the kickoff towns to live on hitting past times the electrical flow Ebola outbreak. You tin role the Before together with After OpenStreetMap tool inward all 3 towns to persuasion how OpenStreetMap had side past times side to no coverage earlier the HOT response. Now all 3 towns bring extensive route maps together with medical together with wellness facilitates are also mapped.

You tin larn to a greater extent than most HOT past times visiting the Ebola reply wiki page.