Pierre, This one is a bit more detailed for the area of Kitchanga: http://www.rgc.cd/site/index.php?option=com_phocadownload&view=category&download=79:etarrignki&id=12:autres-documents&Itemid=66
As an example, you can see the RS1031 secondary road. In the general map for the whole RDC you can't see the ref. of that road. Cheers, Rafael. On 24/03/13 21:17, Pierre Béland wrote: > Rafael, > > We can see from this pdf that there is good information about road > classification in DR Congo. But this map is not detailed enough and > there is no shape file provided for road classification in the rgc.cd > site. I will check with Claire Halleux if such file is available. > > > Pierre > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *De :* Rafael Avila Coya <[email protected]> > *À :* Pierre Béland <[email protected]> > *Cc :* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Envoyé le :* Dimanche 24 mars 2013 14h34 > *Objet :* Re: [HOT] Fwd: Re: New Job for Tracing in the Congo > > Hi, Pierre: > > Looking for documentation, I found some official documents that classify > the major roads of the RDC [1]. > > The document 4.1 [2] classifies the roads in 3 different types: routes > nationales, routes provinciales prioritaires and routes provinciales > secondaires. > > Wouldn't it be better for the RDC to take those documents as a > reference? > > Another concern is I'm finding some roads that have a ref. that doesn't > match with those documents. For example, road RP1030 appears as > reference for different roads/branches, and moreover they change their > type along the road. More puzzling is the fact that some of them have > the tags attribution=«Ces données géographiques proviennent du > Référentiel Géographique Commun (www.rgc.cd).» and source_ref=www.rgc.cd > when they are clearly wrong according to that source. Source date is > 30th November 2007, though. > > I'm just tagging as tertiary and unclassified the roads that don't > appear to have a ref. number (according to those docs) and would suggest > to tag the rest following this schema: > > routes nationales=trunk > routes provinciales prioritaires=primary > routes provinciales secondaires=secondary > > What do you think? It quite follows the schema you proposed for Mali > anyhow. > > Cheers, > > Rafael. > > [1] > > http://www.rgc.cd/site/index.php?option=com_phocadownload&view=category&id=12:autres-documents&Itemid=66 > > [2] > > http://www.rgc.cd/site/phocadownload/4_1_nomenclature_routes_dinteret%20general_a4.pdf > > On 24/03/13 14:15, Pierre Béland wrote: > > Rafael > > > > When mapping in african countries, we do not have access to > > documentation that classify roads. I proposed a classification for > Mali > > roads which I think is pertinent for african countries in > general. This > > road classification is based on the observation of town sizes. The > > primary and secondary classes are for major towns and the tertiary for > > intermediate size towns. The unclassifed category is for smaller > towns. > > see http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mali_Highway_tag > > > > Looking at roads classification around Kitchanga, I observe in > general a > > good hierarchy of roads. But the network of tertiary roads is > incomplete > > and needs to be revised. If you are not sure, use the unclassified > > attribute. Once the network is completed, it should be easier to > revise > > the classification. > > > > Pierre > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *De :* Rafael Avila Coya <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > *À :* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > *Envoyé le :* Dimanche 24 mars 2013 8h34 > > *Objet :* [HOT] Fwd: Re: New Job for Tracing in the Congo > > > > Oups! I forgot the wiki URL: > > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Congo-Kinshasa/Routes > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: Re: [HOT] New Job for Tracing in the Congo > > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:29:44 +0100 > > From: Rafael Avila Coya <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > > Has anyone get any consensus on how to tag the national and > provincial > > roads in RDC? > > > > There is a wiki [1] with very nice info about the roads, with their > > references and routes, but it doesn't say how to tag each of them: > > trunk, primary, secondary, tertiary and unclassified. > > > > Any clue? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Rafael Ávila Coya (edvac). > > > > On 23/03/13 18:17, Pierre Béland wrote: > > > The area around Sake and Kitchanga is a strategic point at the > > carrefour > > > of various roads and humanitarians have expressed concerns. > There have > > > been violences repeatedly, massive displacements of people and > > sanitary > > > risks. Thanks to the US State Department, we now have good > imagery to > > > cover this area. Thanks also to Jean-Guilhem and Andrew for the > > imagery > > > corrections and server setups. > > > > > > We should be able to cover this area rapidly. While we have > access to > > > the Nextview imagery, we should map as much as we can. For > this Task > > > Manager job, We will give Workflow instructions to map this > area in > > > detail including the buildings. > > > > > > > > > Pierre > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > *De :* Jean-Guilhem Cailton <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > > *À :* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > *Envoyé le :* Samedi 23 mars 2013 10h45 > > > *Objet :* Re: [HOT] New Job for Tracing in the Congo > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > When I pointed out that clear high resolution images of > the town of > > > Kitchanga (and of the area between Saké and Kitchanga, > > including the > > > village of Burungu) were available, thanks to the State > Department, > > > Claire, who is our main contact in DRC, replied that : > > > "We could set tasks for the national road surroundings, > Burungu and > > > Kitchanga. > > > But it would also be valuable to use them for mapping all > visible > > > infrastructures out of those first three." > > > > > > And, half an hour later, she added : > > > "ICRC confirmed their interest for Kitchanga data already. > > > Considering the level of recent damages in town, it would be > > good to > > > get all the buildings drawn as well. > > > Some other organisations might also be interested soon." > > > > > > > > > For more information in your language about what happened > recently > > > in Kitchanga, you can look it up in your favorite search > engine. > > > > > > Here are for example a few links, in English : > > > > > > > https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/article.cfm?id=6673&cat=field-news > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21623068 > > > > > > and in French : > > > > > > > http://blog.lesoir.be/colette-braeckman/2013/03/07/kitchanga-nord-kivu-ville-martyre/ > > > > > > > http://radiookapi.net/actualite/2013/03/06/felix-prosper-basse-la-monusco-appuye-les-fardc-pour-empecher-lavancee-de-lapcls/#more-144986 > > > > > > > http://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_nord-kivu-kitchanga-se-noie-dans-son-sang?id=7943339 > > > > > > > http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2013/03/07/la-croix-rouge-denonce-une-situation-dramatique-a-kitchanga-en-rdc_1844415_3212.html > > > > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > > > > Jean-Guilhem > > > > > > > > > Le 23/03/2013 14:48, Andrew Buck a écrit : > > >> I am not sure what the goal is specifically, only that we > have > > a gap > > >> in our coverage in the strip heading north from Sake and > we were > > >> granted access to some imagery to cover the area. We got the > > imagery > > >> due to interest in the region from humanitarian > organizations, > > but I > > >> do not know who asked for the coverage or what specifically > > they are > > >> looking for. All I know is that we were missing imagery for > > this area > > >> and now we have it. > > >> > > >> Wish I had a more specific answer for you but that is all I > > have at > > >> this point. Hopefully someone can elaborate further so > we can set > > >> priorities appropriately, but even if not, this is just a > good > > gap in > > >> our coverage to fill in anyway. > > >> > > >> -AndrewBuck > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> HOT mailing list > > >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > > > gpg 0x5939EAE2 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > HOT mailing list > > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > HOT mailing list > > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > > > > -- > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/ravilacoya > > > > -------------------------------- > > > > Por favor, non me envíe documentos con extensións .doc, .docx, > .xls, > > .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx, aínda podendoo facer, non os abro. > > > > Atendendo á lexislación vixente, empregue formatos estándares e > abertos. > > > > http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument#Tipos_de_ficheros > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > HOT mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > > > -- > Twitter: http://twitter.com/ravilacoya > > -------------------------------- > > Por favor, non me envíe documentos con extensións .doc, .docx, .xls, > .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx, aínda podendoo facer, non os abro. > > Atendendo á lexislación vixente, empregue formatos estándares e abertos. > > http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument#Tipos_de_ficheros > > -- Twitter: http://twitter.com/ravilacoya -------------------------------- Por favor, non me envíe documentos con extensións .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx, aínda podendoo facer, non os abro. 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