South Sudan Floods 2022

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General Information
Logo. South Sudan Floods 2022
https://www.hotosm.org/
Description
Activation to map South Sudan Unity Square in response to floods that affected multiple states in the country . (Image showing Flooding in South Sudan)
Coordination:

OpenStreetMap South Sudan

Partners:

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (Support)

Contact:

OSM South Sudan via AWG - Activation Working Group

Hashstag:

#hotosm-project-12505, #hotosm-project-12506, #hotosm-project-12507, #hotosm-project-12362

Campaing on Tasking Manager:

[1]

Timeframe:

April 2022 - 19 May 2022
-  (1 months)
Data

HDX HOT Export Tool

Progress & Changes

[2]


South Sudan Floods 2022 is a Disaster Mapping Response of OpenStreetMap South Sudan, supported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) regarding the Floods and torrential rains in South Sudan in April , 2022.


For Size-up, updates and more information visit [3].

About This Disaster Mapping Project(or Activation)

History of this Activation

Reactivity of the OSM Community

  • April 2022 - HOT Disaster Manager for the Eastern and Southern Africa - Hub (Wilson Munyaradzi), and HOT Project Manager and Disaster Response Coordinator (Russel Deffner), notified the HOT Disaster Services of the need to Map areas impacted by Floods contacted OSM South Sudan to take the lead in creating projects in Tasking Manager as well as mobilize mappers.
  • April 2022 - First mapping projects launched on the HOT Tasking Manager

For Mappers

  • POI and HOT Coordinator(s) requesting remote mapping assistance for estimated 6 week mapping response

How You Can Contribute

[HOT Tasking Manager] South Sudan Floods 2022 projects

Learn to Map

  • Most of our volunteer needs are for remote OSM contributors, visit LearnOSM.org to get started.

Mapping Priority

  • Please choose from highest priority first
  • Experienced mappers are also asked to participate in validating completed tasks. Information on validating can be found here
Project Priority Location What to map Imagery Source Task Mapping Status Task Validation Status
ACTIVATION PROJECTS
FLOODING IN OLD FANGAK- SOUTH SUDAN Urgent OLD FANGAK, Roads, and Buildings MAXAR Premium Complete (100%) Complete (100%)
FLOODING IN MALAKAL UPPER NILE STATE - SOUTH SUDAN Urgent MALAKAL UPPERNILE STATE Roads, and Buildings MAXAR Premium Complete (100%) Complete (100%)
FLOODING IN BENTIU, UNITY, SOUTH SUDAN Urgent BENTUI, UNITY Roads, and Buildings MAXAR Premium Complete (100%) Complete (100%)
FLOODING IN BOR, JONGLEI STATE SOUTH SUDAN Urgent BOR, JONGLEI STATE Roads, and Buildings MAXAR Premium Complete (100%) Complete (100%)


For Aid Organizations

Map and Data Services

Exporting Map Data is available on the HOT Export Tool.

Download the data

See Downloading data for instructions on getting large scale map data, or see the focused exports below:


Country Status HDX HOT Export Tool Partners/Other
Indonesia In Progress Country Page N/A N/A


About OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap offers an online map (and spatial database) that is updated by the minute. Various tools and services allow data extracts for GIS specialists, Routable Garmin GPS data, Smartphone GPS navigation, and other device-compatible downloads. With an internet connection, regular syncing is possible with open access to the community contributed data as it comes in, with OpenStreetMap's bulk data downloads ideal for use offline. In addition, maps can also be printed on paper.

Browse the (example) Activation Area to get a feel for the data that is currently available. Different map styles including a Humanitarian style can be selected on the right side, and some data may not render (appear) on the map but could be exported from the underlying database (See export section below).

Paper Maps

Poster size Maps and normal sized paper atlases of custom areas can be printed:

  • For print, the World Food Programme has built the Humanitarian Topographic Atlas.
  • We suggest FieldPapers Paper Maps with grid for field survey or general navigation purposes.
  • See OSM_on_Paper for an overview and list of other platforms and services for printing maps.

Offline Road Navigation with small devices

With the availibility of Small communication devices, Navigation Offline data proves to be very useful to the humanitarians deployed in foreign countries. We support the humanitarian NGO's using navigation data and invite them to give us feedback on the utilization of these devices in the context of field deployment.

  • See Software/Mobile for more information on using OSM in portable devices.
  • See also Mobile Mapping on LearnOSM.org for information on mapping in the field.

Usage of OSM data for Humanitarian Missions


Available Imagery

OSM Default Imagery Sources

Bing

Bing provides a global imagery data source that is the 'default' Imagery available for OSM (default option in most editors).

Mapbox

Mapbox provides a global imagery source and should be compared to Bing (typically use Bing for alignment if available and not instructed otherwise).

Alternative Imagery Sources

How to add/use Alternative Imagery

In many cases better imagery is available than the default; when possible we set up a remote link directly via the Tasking Manager, so there is nothing to do, the iD editor and (as long as enabled) JOSM will automatically add the imagery.

Additionally, with JOSM, it's relatively easy to add special imagery if the license is appropriate for tracing into OSM. For more details see JOSM Imagery Help