<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 5:42 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lawgon@au-kbc.org">lawgon@au-kbc.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Wednesday 25 Nov 2009 11:09:51 pm Sajjad Anwar wrote:<br>
> > On Wednesday 25 Nov 2009 8:50:15 pm Sajjad Anwar wrote:<br>
> > > We recently had a very good experience getting involved in the<br>
> > > OpenStreetMap project through a mapping party. The event was really<br>
> > > interesting. As a part of the promotion of OpenStreetMap in and around<br>
> > > Kerala, we are planning to organize a series of mapping parties. From<br>
> ><br>
> > the<br>
> ><br>
> > > above party, we have learned how to organize a mapping party and<br>
> > > created<br>
> ><br>
> > a<br>
> ><br>
> > > document on that. The document is here<br>
> > > <<a href="http://geohackers.in/content/howto.html" target="_blank">http://geohackers.in/content/howto.html</a>>. Please go through it and<br>
> ><br>
> > leave<br>
> ><br>
> > > your comments/suggestions.<br>
> ><br>
> > where is the map you created?<br>
><br>
> The map is here<br>
</div>> <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?lat=11.32007&lon=75.93383&zoom=17" target="_blank">http://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?lat=11.32007&lon=75.93383&zoom=17</a><br>
<div class="im">> But this is the first attempt, hence the map is incomplete, the quality of<br>
> work is very poor. The document is a step forward to improve the quality.<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>I think you have totally missed the point of mapping - the idea of<br>
openstreetmap is to produce usable maps. Not to have parties. As far as I can<br>
see you have not touched the map since your party. And people who see your map<br>
will laugh at you - and laugh at OSM. Mapping is an activity that has to take<br>
place every day. And remember, it is a *street* map - which means it must show<br>
streets, roads and pathways. It must show buildings. I see a mini canteen<br>
there. How does one get to it? No road? not even a footpath? And how do the<br>
ladies get to their hostel? It is not even necessary to have a GPS instrument<br>
to sketch these things in. You have an outline. Now fill in the buildings,<br>
sketch the streets, paths, gardens, trees. Even if it is not precise, when you<br>
get an instrument you can correct it. For the last few months you have been<br>
talking about your party - and how you are going to hold parties in all the<br>
engineering colleges in Kerala. Please stop talking and writing documents -<br>
and start mapping. If you want to know how a map should look like, refer to<br>
the examples Prof Rai and I have shown you.<br></blockquote><div><br>I understand your points very well. We are reworking on the map. <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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</font><div><div></div><div class="h5">regards<br>
Kenneth Gonsalves<br>
Senior Project Officer<br>
NRC-FOSS<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Sajjad Anwar<br><a href="http://sajjad.in">http://sajjad.in</a><br>+91 9995 19 13 12<br>