Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Mapping The Ebola Response


The OpenStreetMap of Guéckédou earlier HOT mapping

The electrical flow Ebola outbreak started inward Guéckédou, inward southeastern Guinea. The affliction shortly spread to other nearby Republic of Guinea towns as well as and thus to Republic of Liberia as well as Sierra Leone.

One of the biggest problems for aid agencies as well as wellness organizations inward responding to the crisis was the lack of skillful 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 ameliorate OpenStreetMap coverage to assist responses to disasters as well as crisis to a greater extent than or less the world. In West Africa HOT has been working difficult to ameliorate OpenStreetMap information inward companionship to aid help agencies invention as well as co-ordinate their disaster reply teams.


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

The resultant 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 cheque out the improvements inward OpenStreetMap inward West Africa yourself past times using Harry' Wood's Before as well as After OpenStreetMap tool. This tool uses a slider command which allows you lot 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 as well as Macenta, 3 of the offset towns to endure hitting past times the electrical flow Ebola outbreak. You tin purpose the Before as well as After OpenStreetMap tool inward all 3 towns to stance how OpenStreetMap had side past times side to no coverage earlier the HOT response. Now all 3 towns convey extensive route maps as well as medical as well as wellness facilitates are also mapped.

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

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