The first three weeks of Typhoon Haiyan OpenStreetMap tracing
Posted by AE35 on 30 November 2013 in English. Last updated on 1 December 2013.OpenStreetMap contributors from all over the world have from Nov 9th until Nov 30th (21:00CET) created/added the following new objects in the area where Typhoon Haiyan hit.
- 448.797 buildings
- 34.713 roads
- 7857 residential areas (tag landuse=residential)
- 4060 rivers
Regarding collapsed or damaged buildings the OpenStreetMap contributors have so far been checking and adding tags for
- 36.862 collapsed buildings (tag building=collapsed )
- 16.723 damaged buildings (tag building=damaged )
Source - Geofabrik hourly geodata updates (downloaded a copy 21:00 CET Nov 30th).
See also Pacal Neis hourly stats. with numbers of contributers and map changes (The numbers Nov 30th 21:00 CET - 1549 contributers which have made 4.078.767 map changes)
Still want to contribute? You can start reading the Wiki page regarding the Typhoon Haiyan mapping project.
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