not everyone is here yet

[andycarvin]

Hi guys,

Unless other key folks like Andrew sign up, you may have to stick to
cc'ing everyone via email and just asking if there's anyone who
doesn't want to be cc'ed. I'm concerned if everyone doesn't sign up
soon, valuable time is lost.

[Ange Embuldeniya]

A good idea Andy, I think it would be a first step to writing back the others on the cc of the earlier e-mail to find out if there are folks who don't want to be copied in on e-mails, and alternatively suggest this mailing list. Another alternative is to have Andrew sign up on here ;-) I understand he's currently not on the mailing list, being just AC, Earl, Matt and Edward.

Cheers!

PS: Would anyone find it feasible to deploy Sahana's Shelter Finder for Gustav or even Sahana's other modules like People Finder, Mapping, etc. for Hanna? (sahana.lk) - happy to do the install for those who need it.

[Andy Carvin]

Ange, please see the ning site for shelter/people discussions. There are people there already asking about what should be done and I'm worried we're balkanizing discussions by creating email lists. Let's just do our major conversations at ning and then split into smaller groups as needed once everyone is in the loop as to what's being done.

ac

 

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[Earl McGehee]

I think the group is set now. Numerous requests were awaiting my approval.
There are a few open invitations but I believe the active workers have all
joined. I have made everyone a manager so anyone should be able to invite
and approve other members. Andy is also an owner.

First official question for the group:
Some links to working maps have been posted in the Google Group and we also
have links to the working maps on the To Do list of the Maps Team Wiki page
(not the public page). I think we should only have one spot to store all
our work and links. What do you prefer? Which location works best for you?

Team Page http://www.gustavwiki.com/wiki/Interactive_Maps_Team_Page
Go here to get work assignments and working links. Post public notes and
news on the discussions tab at this page. There are also some resource
links there - feel free to add to all this.

<> Earl McGehee

[Edward Vielmetti]

an addition to the set of useful maps:

traffic.com for new orleans has some very detailed, useful
reporting on road conditions; see

http://www.traffic.com/New-Orleans-Traffic/New-Orleans-Traffic-Reports.html

now they don't have everything, and they don't cover
every metro region in the wake of Gustav (in particular
Baton Rouge is not covered). but what this does say
to me is that there's a map infrastructure that I was ignorant
of focused solely on traffic reporting that would be worthwhile
to bake into our thinking.

(apologies to anyone for whom this is obvious)

Ed

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[Andy Carvin]

Is anyone looking for similar maps for the Carolinas, FL, etc, given that's where Hanna and Ike are headed?

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----- Original Message ----
From: Edward Vielmetti <edward.v...@gmail.com>
To: hurricane-info-...@googlegroups.com

[Earl McGehee]

The evacuation routes map for South Carolina was live yesterday. You can
click the TRAFFIC link at the top of the Google map to show real time
traffic info on that map. There is a message about this on the map.

I am working on adding Evacuation Centers to the South Carolina map now so
we can publish that.

<> Earl

[Edward Vielmetti]

here is their coverage map

http://www.traffic.com/allCities.html?ct=hm_map

in the direct path of Hanna they have Jacksonville,
and further inland they cover the bigger cities from
Charlotte to Boston.

[Andy Carvin]

cool, thanks...

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www.andycarvin.com
www.pbs.org/learningnow
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----- Original Message ----
From: Earl McGehee <ejm...@gmail.com>
To: hurricane-info-...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, September 4, 2008 9:13:32 PM
Subject: [hurricane-info-center-maps-team] Re: not everyone is here yet

The evacuation routes map for South Carolina was live yesterday. You can
click the TRAFFIC link at the top of the Google map to show real time
traffic info on that map. There is a message about this on the map.

I am working on adding Evacuation Centers to the South Carolina map now so
we can publish that.

<> Earl

-----Original Message-----
From: hurricane-info-...@googlegroups.com
[mailto:hurricane-info-...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Andy
Carvin
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 8:06 PM
To: hurricane-info-...@googlegroups.com