[OSM-Talk-ZA] Micro Mapping Informal Settlement

[Grant Slater]

Hi All,

There is some amazing on-the-ground micro mapping of a location in Cape
Town. They are using GPS & fieldpapers
https://twitter.com/osmcbba/status/636146688701374464

Map: http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/-34.02332/18.65585

A big welcome to our new mappers :-)

Kind regards,

Grant
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Re: [OSM-Talk-ZA] Micro Mapping Informal Settlement

[Kieron Thwaites]

Wow... that's impressive.  (:

Just one concern that I have: given the nature of an informal
settlement, won't the data become outdated relatively quickly?

--K

On 1 September 2015 at 08:12, Grant Slater  wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> There is some amazing on-the-ground micro mapping of a location in Cape
> Town. They are using GPS & fieldpapers
> https://twitter.com/osmcbba/status/636146688701374464
>
> Map: http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/-34.02332/18.65585
>
> A big welcome to our new mappers :-)
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Grant
>
>
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Re: [OSM-Talk-ZA] Micro Mapping Informal Settlement

[David Richfield]

> Just one concern that I have: given the nature of an informal
> settlement, won't the data become outdated relatively quickly?

That's not such a big problem, IMHO: there is now a core group who
understand what OSM is and that it can be fixed, and when things
change, it provides an impetus to keep engaging with the project. One
of the things that I find difficult here in Munich is that so much is
already perfect that it simply isn't a "target-rich environment"
anymore. I get excited when a Döner-stand changes its name ;-]

-- 
David Richfield
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