@Kapil, if you guys have some time, the Bhaisepati area could look a lot better in OSM :) http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=27.65222&lon=85.30421&zoom=17&layers=M
Cheers -- Bibek Shrestha bibekshrestha at gmail dot com Twitter: http://twitter.com/bibstha "You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.", Eames to Arthur, Inception 2010 On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 5:44 AM, kapil nakhwa <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi guys, > > I appreciate the work you guys are doing. But you guys re reminding me of > the day when we tried naming the streets on our community. Here is the > expperience of how we as a company tried giving something back to the > community > http://blog.cloudfactory.com/2012/01/crowdsourcing-the-street-names.html > > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 6:04 AM, Nama Budhathoki <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Naming streets is an essential but challenging task for us. It might be >> difficult to generate consensus even at the local level: some might want to >> use the name of the political leader from the party they are affiliated to; >> others might prefer to use names reflecting history/culture etc. So it is >> more than mapping:) >> >> I will try to talk to couple of people if they any suggestion from their >> past experience naming the streets in Kathmandu. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Nama >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 7:41 PM, Prabhas Pokharel < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Incredible work everyone.. the level of detail looks amazing. >>> >>> Re: names... do the more institutionally connected mappers among us have >>> any thoughts? Nama ji? Anil ji? >>> >>> On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Aashish Tripathee < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I'm really surprised that there are streets without names. Naming it >>>> ourselves might not be such a bad idea in my opinion but we need to get the >>>> people living around there use the same name. If we're successful at doing >>>> that, even if the government keeps the names later on, they'll be bound to >>>> keep the names we've kept. (Whoa! ) >>>> >>>> So, perhaps the challenge is getting people to use the same name that >>>> we keep because if we keep Aashish Marga somewhere around in Baneshwor >>>> (just an example) but if it's around in just OSM, that won't be useful to >>>> anyone at all. Names in OSM must be in-sync with what people use/are used >>>> to with. Just my opinion though! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 1:44 AM, Rajeev Amatya >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi guys, >>>>> We have completed most of our comprehensive mapping in >>>>> Tinkune-Koteshwor area. Please have a look here: >>>>> >>>>> http://tools.geofabrik.de/mc/?mt0=mapnik&mt1=googlemap&lon=85.34561&lat=27.68357&zoom=17 >>>>> >>>>> We will probably finish up with polygons/houses next week. The house >>>>> polygons are only experimental and we will not spend time on it for other >>>>> regions. We will now move west to Sankhamul area. >>>>> >>>>> We have also tried putting few house names in the map to get an idea >>>>> about how they are numbered. Seems like they are numbered by taking a >>>>> distance from a fixed reference point, which I think is not a bad way to >>>>> go >>>>> in Kathmandu. While most of this region had street names, I am pretty sure >>>>> most regions in Lalitpur and Bhaktapur do not have the names. We are >>>>> adding >>>>> most of the street names right now from the project that the govt and the >>>>> EU did some 10 years ago. >>>>> >>>>> So, we wanted to start this discussion on how to tackle this issue and >>>>> whether it is even possible to fix this problem. Is it a good idea to give >>>>> names ourselves without approval from the govt? The government probably is >>>>> not gonna do much in the next five years. >>>>> >>>>> Let us know if you have any thoughts on this. >>>>> >>>>> Rajeev >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "MapKathmandu" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mapkathmandu?hl=en. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> *Aashish Tripathee* >>>> *Founder Partner* >>>> *Bwingle Web Solutions <http://bwingle.org/>* >>>> >>>> <https://www.facebook.com/bwinglenepal> <https://twitter.com/bwingle> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "MapKathmandu" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mapkathmandu?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Prabhas Pokharel >>> http://twitter.com/prabhasp >>> US mobile: +1 347 948 7654 >>> skype/facebook/whatever: prabhasp >>> >>> -- >>> FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] >>> http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> Mailing List Guidelines: >>> http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines >>> Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> ______________________________________________________ >> Nama Raj Budhathoki >> >> >> >> -- >> FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] >> http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> Mailing List Guidelines: >> http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines >> Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ >> > > -- > FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > Mailing List Guidelines: > http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines > Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ > -- FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] Mailing List Guidelines: http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/
