2023 Hurricane Otis Mexico
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Context of the Activation Hurricane Otis caused at least 27 deaths and severe damage when it struck the coast of the city of Acapulco, Mexico, as a Category 5. It is one of the fastest intensifying tropical cyclones on record, second only in the current era to Hurricane Patricia in 2015. While the authorities organize the action strategy on site, and post-disaster images are being produced, we are mapping the area of greatest impact around the city of Acapulco: buildings and roads. This project is organized by HOT's LAC Hub in articulation with CENAPRED. The mapping strategy will follow this collaboration. | |||||||||||||||||
2023 Hurricane Otis Mexico
For Aid Organizations
Map and Data Services
Exporting OpenStreetMap data
See Downloading data for instructions on getting large scale map data, or see the focused exports below:
- HDX for HOT in Mexico (data refreshed every 6 hrs)
About This Disaster Activation
About HOT
To learn more about the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT), explore more of our wiki-pages (root: HOT) or our website hotosm.org. HOT is a global community, mostly of volunteers, and it is a US registered nonprofit able to contract with organizations (email info at hotosm.org to contact our staff), we are also a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
History of this Activation
OSM Community Activation
29 Oct, 2023 - Following the event, the Open Mapping Hub Lating America and staff from HOT agreed to launch an activation to support response efforts after conversations with the local authorities (CENAPRED). Furhter coordination around priorities for mapping, their capacity to coordinate and engage, and the technical aspects of Tasking Manager projects happened on via private messaging and HOT Slack Workspace channel #disaster-mapping which is bridged through Matrix.
Coordination
- Lead(s):
- Céline Jacquin (Coordination Lead)
- Arnelle Isaac (HOT Tasking Manager support)
Data Quality
All contributions through HOT's Tasking Manager are tracked with a unique changeset comment tag: #2023Mexicohurricaneotis
Validation
Validation permissions for Tasking Manager projects are restricted to particular Tasking Manager Teams / users to ensure high quality validation:
- HOT Global Validators
- Validator Trainees
- MSF Validators
- Data Quality Interns
- Data Quality Interns 2022
OSMCha
A specific OSMCha filter can be used to detect data quality issues across a wider area.
Overpass Turbo
A specific Overpass Turbo query can be used to check the data quality regularly. Open it in JOSM and run validation (Shift+V).
For Mappers
How You Can Contribute
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 | Name | What to map | Imagery Source | Task Mapping Status % | Task Validation Status % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACTIVATION PROJECTS | ||||||
| 15734 | High | MEXICO GUERRERO RECOVERY FROM HURRICANE OTIS 2023 | Buildings and Roads | ESRI World Imagery; Bing Imagery as 2nd option | 100% Complete | 100% Complete |
| 15797 | Archived | MEXICO ACAPULCO RECOVERY FROM HURRICANE OTIS 2023 - DAMAGED BUILDINGS - (1) | Damaged Buildings | OAM, drone imagery | 100% Complete | 100% Complete |
| 15798 | Archived | MEXICO ACAPULCO RECOVERY FROM HURRICANE OTIS 2023 - DAMAGED BUILDINGS - (2) | Damaged Buildings | OAM, drone imagery | 100% Complete | 100% Complete |
| 15799 | Archived | MEXICO ACAPULCO RECOVERY FROM HURRICANE OTIS 2023 - DAMAGED BUILDINGS - (3) | Damaged Buildings | OAM, drone imagery | 100% Complete | 100% Complete |
| #15825 | Archived | MEXICO ACAPULCO RECOVERY FROM HURRICANE OTIS 2023 - DAMAGED BUILDINGS - (4) | Damaged Buildings | 100% Complete | 100% Complete | |
| #15838 | Archived | MEXICO ACAPULCO RECOVERY FROM HURRICANE OTIS 2023 - DAMAGED BUILDINGS - (5) | Damaged Buildings | 100% Complete | 100% Complete | |
| #15850 | Archived | MEXICO ACAPULCO RECOVERY FROM HURRICANE OTIS 2023 - DAMAGED BUILDINGS - (6) | Damaged Buildings | 100% Complete | 100% Complete | |
| #15853 | Archived | MEXICO ACAPULCO RECOVERY FROM HURRICANE OTIS 2023 - DAMAGED BUILDINGS - (7) | Damaged Buildings | 100% Complete | 100% Complete | |
| #15864 | Archived | MEXICO ACAPULCO RECOVERY FROM HURRICANE OTIS 2023 - DAMAGED BUILDINGS (8) | Damaged Buildings | 100% Complete | 100% Complete | |
| #15869 | Archived | MEXICO ACAPULCO RECOVERY FROM HURRICANE OTIS 2023 - DAMAGED BUILDINGS (9) | Damaged Buildings | 100% Complete | 100% Complete | |
| #15871 | Archived | MEXICO ACAPULCO RECOVERY FROM HURRICANE OTIS 2023 - DAMAGED BUILDINGS (10) | Damaged Buildings | 100% Complete | 100% Complete | |
| #15886 | Archived | MEXICO ACAPULCO RECOVERY FROM HURRICANE OTIS 2023 - DAMAGED BUILDINGS (11) | Damaged Buildings | 100% Complete | 100% Complete | |
Community Mapathons
| Date | Time | Lead Community | Country | Location/ Meeting Link/ Registration Link | Type | Status | Notes | Social Media Post |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13th November 2023 | 10:00 – 11:30 (Europe/Madrid) | HOT Led | Mexico | Zoom Link | Any Level | Concluded | Help us create an open map of disaster affected areas to assist the disaster responses on the ground! | NA |
Available Imagery
ESRI World Imagery
ESRI World Imagery is relatively the clearest and most updated imagery among the others in this area. Tasking Manager contributors are told to use ESRI World Imagery as their first option (and it loads by default). However, contributors are instructed to check other imagery sources such as Bing Imagery if there are clouds or no high-resolution imagery available. Contributors are told to align the imagery with existing/mapped features if necessary.
Drone Imagery
Imagery for part of the affected area, is now available through OpenAerialMap (OAM). This imagery will be used to identified damaged buildings through Tasking Manger projects.
How to add/use Alternative Imagery
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