Does anyone know why the Humanitarian OSM Team’s (HOT) old 2014 project to map Gaza has been archived, and no new ones have been opened in recent weeks?

https://tasks.hotosm.org/projects/611

  • selokichtli@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    It’s probably archived because of the time frame. Right now, I don’t know why no one has created one HOT project for Gaza. Maybe take the initiative to some HOT board member?

  • pietervdvn@lemmy.mlM
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    1 year ago

    We normally don’t map situations that change fast, nor do we map regions with an active war (e.g. Gaza and Ukraine).

    Even if we did, we’d have to wait for aerial imagery and satellite imagery showing the latest situation. So, I get that you want to help but it might be better to wait until the whole situation de-escalates.

    • retiolus@lemmy.catOPM
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      1 year ago

      What generally does HOT and what I might find useful, is to map pre-conflict imagery, to then have a historial/comparison of the situation