Hi Wilson, Excellent work!
We can add anything we want (as long as it is truthful), and definitly roads as well. The way to do that is to click the map once and then move your mouse, and click another time. If you are at the last point of your road, click twice. If your road connects to another road in real life, try to connect it to the existing roads on the map as well. There are also some tools to cut roads into parts (so you can rename or delete the individual parts). To map the whole bypass without arial imagiry, we might have to ask Rob Gipmap, our GPS guy, to drive up and down the bypass one afternoon and track it. Rob, dont forget to round all the roundabouts in full :-) In regards of your Google question. Google's licensing scheme is quite different from both OSM and Yahoo. Yahoo is actually friendly enough to allow us to use their imagery to map OSM. Google runs a commercial service. They do provide more detailed satelite images, but they will not allow you to use their images or download your own mapping data. Once you plot Kamwokya, Kamwokya will be owned by Google and you will have to use Google services to get to your own contribution. With OSM you can map Kamwokya and then create any map you want with that data, on or offline, in paper or as JPG, as long as you pay tribute to OSM. -- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 782 801 749 www.mountbatten.net Do you have a businessplan? Make your idea work: www.startyourbusiness.ug On Wednesday 30 December 2009 11:35:40 Wilson Abigaba wrote: > Thanks Reinier! > > I've been able to map a few places in Kamokya. > > I noted the northern bypass and some other few lanes (like the one > opposite kobil petrol station connecting Kira road and Bukoto street, > where Digital Solutions is, is either missing or badly placed). The > picture also looks to be so outdated, may be more than 3 years old!). > Is it possible to map a new road and include it? > > I wish they could use google maps instead of yahoo! > > Warm Regards, > Wilson > > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Reinier Battenberg > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > It took a while, the walking papers servers. They got a bit stuck while > > processing them, but, here they are: > > > > http://walking-papers.org/scan.php?id=rwdbz659 > > http://walking-papers.org/scan.php?id=fn86252s > > > > If you would like to start mapping based on these scans here is what you > > do: > > > > - goto http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/new and create an account > > - Once your account is activated, go to one of the scans pages > > - In the grey area at the bottom, login with your openstreetmap account > > - The online editor will start > > - Choose Edit with Save (to be sure the first time) > > - You can now see the scan of your map, and the points and roads that > > openstreetmap already knows. > > - Go ahead! Add some more detail!! > > > > When you dont understand the editor, read the help, its good. Here is the > > startpage: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Potlatch > > > > > > If you think this is fun, go ahead and do your neighourhood. Here is how > > minister's village is getting along. Most roads were there, but I am > > slowly working on some more roadnames and points of interest: > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=0.35154&lon=32.61889&zoom=16&layers=B00 > >0FTF > > > > Have Fun! > > > > -- > > rgds, > > > > Reinier Battenberg > > Director > > Mountbatten Ltd. > > +256 782 801 749 > > www.mountbatten.net > > > > Do you have a businessplan? Make your idea work: www.startyourbusiness.ug > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > > way. --------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > way. --------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
