Meshtastic network to create OSM notes

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The meshtastic network allows sending small messages from disconnected devices (no Wi-Fi, cell data, or Internet) to other devices.

I wondered if we could use this technology to create OSM notes to report issues or damages after a natural disaster.

Let’s say one Meshtastic fixed node is connected to the Internet, and other nodes on the ground send/report OSM notes. The moving nodes transmit the messages between them, and then the fixed node sends the messages to the OSM API to create the notes.

Is that possible? What should we have?

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Even without internet is possible create a network connected to remote location extending the mesh network of meshtastic.
This kind of devices allow connect sensors that connected to simplest tool’s could be able to create a emergency network with weather data, that can be used for prediction and analysis of risky places.