Thank you Jean-Guilhem for this, I have started to add place names with. I have also seen that you added GEOnet to the Ivory Coast wikipage : http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GEOnet_Names_Server While needing to be careful with sometimes incorrect names, this is a great source of information, and easy to use through the WMS.
Fred 2011/5/12 Jean-Guilhem Cailton <[email protected]>: > Le 12/05/2011 18:06, Frédéric Bonifas a écrit : >> Hi, >> >> I relay a demand from an organization currently working in Ivory Coast >> and looking at OSM data. >> The area of interest is the western part of Ivory Coast ( >> http://osm.org/go/asyLX0 ), as geodata is scarcely available there. >> Very useful features are : >> >> * Village names, PD maps are available : >> http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/cote_d%27ivoire.html >> * Landuse, and especially agricultural land if distinguishable on the imagery >> * Completing the map of Man >> >> These features can be traced with the third Spot satellite imagery : >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/En:WikiProject_Ivory_Coast/Imagery >> >> Thanks for the help >> > > Hi All, > > To help with village names, a public domain US Army Map Service > 1:1,000,000 map (from 1962) that includes South West of Côte d'Ivoire is > available as WMS from the Relief Map Warper. > > WMS URL link: > http://maps.nypl.org/relief/maps/wms/367 > > WMS URL link for JOSM: > http://maps.nypl.org/relief/maps/wms/367?request=GetMap&version=1.1.1&styles=&format=image/png&srs=epsg:4326&exceptions=application/vnd.ogc.se_inimage&; > > It was georeferenced simply with the printed lat/lon of the four corners. > > Feel free to do the same with 1:250,000 maps if you feel it could be > useful. Or let me know. > > Best wishes, > > Jean-Guilhem > > -- > pgp 0x5939EAE2 > > -- Frédéric Bonifas +33672652807 skype:fredericbonifas _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
