Hi there, I'm very proud to announce that I started to map my first favela here in Rio, the Favela Santa Marta [1] [2] [3]. It has a funicular system to the top, and I've added a couple of POIs.
However (and obviously), the GPS tracks were completely erratic due to the sub-meter wide footpaths. I've tried with my Nokia N95 GPS. It is very dense [4] there, you can check how erratic was the log [5]. But it is already something! :D Judging the satelite image, what do you think it would be better: purchasing sub-meter pixel satellite imagery, an expensive GPS unit or a combination of both? I believe that once the main footpaths/stairways are mapped, we can have mapping parties with Walking Papers. I'd love to have the kids helping by adding POIs, for instance. Perhaps talking with the local school... Cheers, 1: http://osm.org/go/OVcx0aKmL- 2: http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favela_Santa_Marta 3: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=pt-BR&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fpt.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFavela_Santa_Marta&sl=pt&tl=en 4: Check on Google Maps sat imagery (just to have an idea because Yahoo! imagery is very poor): http://maps.google.com.br/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=pt-BR&geocode=&q=dona+marta,+botafogo,+rj&sll=0,0&sspn=74.600551,158.027344&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Botafogo+-+Rio+de+Janeiro+-+RJ&ll=-22.947333,-43.194632&spn=0.002262,0.004823&t=k&z=18 5: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Nighto/traces/570988 Please notice I forgot to pause the logging as soon as I left the slum so the track continue in a few streets (already mapped) -- Arlindo Saraiva Pereira Jr. Bacharelando em Sistemas de Informação - UNIRIO - uniriotec.br Consultor de Software Livre da Uniriotec Consultoria - uniriotec.com Acadêmico: [email protected] Profissional: [email protected] Geral: [email protected] Tel.: +5521 92504072 Jabber/Google Talk: [email protected] Skype: nighto_sumomo Chave pública: BD065DEC
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