Mapping Africa has is likely to be the most challenging - and at the same time the most valuable - project that OSM contributes to.
Tony Bowden (User:Tmtm) and I are trying to get a pilot project going in Uganda to help the Guardian's Katine project ( http://www.guardian.co.uk/katine) which is located North East of Soroti ( http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=1.85&lon=33.28&zoom=8&layers=B0FT). The Guardian is working with local aid agencies to support development in an area with 66 villages and no access to any up-to-date maps - anyone else that would like to get involved should email me or leave a message on my wikipage (User:PaulY). PaulY On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 1:13 PM, Matt Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It seems the DR Congo has been mapping their villages using GPS devices > since > traditional mapping methods are made difficult by the thick forest. See > the > BBC article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7355335.stm. > > Compare their map > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/africa_enl_1208537563/html/1.stm > to our's at present > http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=-2.017&lon=17.117&zoom=9&layers=B0FT. > > Does anyone have any more information about this? > > Regards, > Matt Williams > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk > > -- Tel: +44(0) 7814 517 807
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