2009/1/13 Lars Aronsson <[email protected]> > > Wikipedia's article about OpenStreetMap is now available in 26 > languages. The most recently added is a brief translation in > Swahili, the East African language. > > http://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap > > It starts out by explaining that "OpenStreetMap (OSM) ni mradi > shirikishi wa uumbaji wa ramani hairirifu na huria ya dunia." > > The article was started by a German user who claims not to speak > Swahili, and only consisted of headlines, images and links. The > text in Swahili was added by a native speaker of the language. > > Tanzania being the former colony "German East Africa", the Swahili > Wikipedia has several German contributors. Maybe the Germans will > go on a mapping safari as soon as Germany is covered. Parts of > Nairobi and Mombasa are already mapped, apparently based on > satellite imagery. > > > -- > Lars Aronsson ([email protected]) > Aronsson Datateknik - http://aronsson.se > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
Forget mapping parties, mapping safaris all the way! Certain local tag usage will naturally change. For example English footpaths may get tagged with 'note=angry landowner with shotgun denies right of way', while African tracks may have 'note=angry elephant heard don't read council bylaws'. -- Gregory [email protected] http://www.livingwithdragons.com
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