Dear Nama sir, Thank you for your suggestions. I have visited the OSM of pokhara and I think it's easy to map in pokhara. I've mapped some places of pokhara. I hope, we will have some interaction program about OSM in pokhara.
Best Regards Sushil Ale Magar Student at Gandaki College of Engineering and Science Lamachaur, Pokhara On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 5:37 PM, Nama Budhathoki <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Sushil, > > I checked Besishahar in OSM. The existing imagery is not that helpful for > a beginning mapper. You need to visit the field with GPS (or GPS enabled) > device for areas where good imagery does not exist. What I would suggest > you, however, is to spend some time mapping Pokhara where you are currently > located. Here is an excellent learning material to begin: > *http://learnosm.org/en/beginner/* > > Once you develop familiarity with OSM, you can begin mapping Besishahar or > other places in Lamjung. > > We will be more than happy to help you. Please write me an email off the > list so that we can exchange our phone numbers and talk more. We can also > think of coming to Pokhara and giving an introductory mapping training if > there is enough interest. > > BTW: As Nirab shows Kathmandu is already densely mapped in OSM. We are now > planning to extend OSM mapping outside the Valley. It would be great if > those who are traveling to their homes during Dashain could map their home > towns in OSM. We can provide them training before Dashain. We will also be > running OSM booths on SFD. Looking forward meeting lots of FOSSians there. > > Cheers, > > Nama > > > > > On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 12:25 AM, Sushil Ale Magar < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> hi >> will someone look for Besishahar in OSM and guide me how to map that >> area. I have searched pokhara and I get the graphical view with buildings >> and roads which makes easier to map. But for Besishahar, it's totally >> different. i just get geographical view. i can i map in such view? i have >> no idea about how to map in such view. i tried other view through layer but >> it's too difficult. I request you to guide me and if there is any event for >> mapping pokhara or any group who are mapping pokhara in OSM please inform. >> >> Best regards >> >> Sushil Ale Magar >> Student at Gandaki College of Engineering and Science >> Lamachaur, Pokhara >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Sushil Ale Magar < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> yes! I'm from western Nepal, I currently at pokhara and originally >>> form Lamjung. I would like to be the part of it. so help me please. >>> >>> On 9/2/13, Nirab Pudasaini <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Please join this OSM Nepal group, >>> > https://www.facebook.com/groups/mapkathmandu/. Here are few videos >>> that can >>> > >>> > help you to get started http://www.osmnepal.org/videos/ . For specific >>> > tagging to be used for Nepal >>> http://www.osmnepal.org/tagging-guidelines/ . >>> > If you have specific questions then there is a project from world bank >>> who >>> > are mapping kathmandu in OSM. They run free OSM Clinic hours every >>> friday >>> > from 1 to 4 at their office in Baluwatar. If you have specific >>> questions >>> > then you can go to them. Also i heard that they will have clinics on >>> SFD as >>> > >>> > well. >>> > >>> > I too am an android programmer who work with OSM data. I will also >>> help you >>> > >>> > as much as i can. >>> > >>> > On Sunday, September 1, 2013 9:52:59 PM UTC+5:45, MagarSushil wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Hi, >>> >> >>> >> I'm really interested to map my area. I have searched it on >>> >> openstreetmap.org but there is nothing except the road. Now, i want >>> to >>> >> map my hometown. how can i do it? i have mapped on googlemap but i >>> have >>> >> seen that it is different from the google map. will you please kindly >>> >> explain about the mapping in open street map. and thanks to >>> foss-nepal, >>> >> after joining this group i have learned lots of new things. >>> >> >>> >> best regards >>> >> >>> >> Sushil Ale Magar >>> >> Student at Gandaki College of Engineering and Science >>> >> Lamachaur, Pokhara >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Nirab Pudasaini >>> >> <[email protected]<javascript:> >>> >> > wrote: >>> >> >>> >>> Maybe other major cities in Nepal will one day become as densely >>> mapped >>> >>> as Kathmandu valley is ( >>> >>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/27.7079/85.3153 ) :) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, September 1, 2013 11:06:49 AM UTC+5:45, Nirab Pudasaini >>> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>> >>>> I see that dhangadi and in general the western and far western >>> regions >>> >>>> of nepal are much less mapped in OSM. http://www.openstreetmap.** >>> >>>> org/#map=14/28.6979/80.5828< >>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=14/28.6979/80.5828> >>> >>>> **This is the state of map in dhangadi. The map of biratnagar ( >>> >>>> http://www.openstreetmap.**org/#map=16/26.4586/87.2858< >>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/26.4586/87.2858> >>> >>>> ) >>> >>>> and chitwan ( >>> >>>> http://www.openstreetmap.**org/#map=15/27.6824/84.4377< >>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/27.6824/84.4377> >>> >>>> ) >>> >>>> have been getting better but there are not much mapper who are >>> active in >>> >>>> >>> >>>> western parts of Nepal. I have seen that there are people from far >>> >>>> western >>> >>>> who are active in this group. I guess they would be interested to >>> >>>> contribute to the free and open source map of their place. >>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> -- >>> >>> FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] <javascript:> >>> >>> http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal >>> >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected]<javascript:> >>> >>> >>> >>> Mailing List Guidelines: >>> >>> http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines >>> >>> Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ >>> >>> >>> >>> --- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups >>> >>> >>> >>> "FOSS Nepal" group. >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>> send an >>> >>> >>> >>> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> > -- >>> > -- >>> > 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/ >>> > >>> > --- >>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups >>> > "FOSS Nepal" group. >>> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an >>> > email to [email protected]. >>> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> > >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Sushil Ale Magar >>> Student at Gandaki College of Engineering and Science >>> Lamachaur, Pokhara >>> >> >> -- >> -- >> 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/ >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "FOSS Nepal" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > > > -- > ________________________________________________________________________ > Nama R. 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