Are these maps from NAMRIA? If yes, how sure are you about the copyright status? Remember that Ph government's "free of copyright" is not public domain.<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 4:18 PM, maning sambale <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com">emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com</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;">Here's the list of available 1:50K topo map in qct raster format:<br>
<br>
Basilan<br>
Bicol<br>
Bohol<br>
Calabarzon<br>
Cebu<br>
Jolo<br>
Leyte<br>
Luzon Central<br>
all of Mindanao<br>
Negros<br>
Palawan<br>
Quezon<br>
Samar<br>
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An example image of the detail we can use:<br>
<a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3550/3389600844_92582dea74_o.jpg" target="_blank">http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3550/3389600844_92582dea74_o.jpg</a><br>
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I will start tracing major roads in some "uncharted" areas. Anybody<br>
interested to help out?<br>
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On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 1:51 PM, maning sambale<br>
<<a href="mailto:emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com">emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> I got hold of a copyright free 1:50,000 topomaps of the whole country.<br>
> Provincial roads and other POIs doesn't change much so I think we can<br>
> use it for OSM.<br>
> The problem is the file is in a cryptic secret QCT raster file format.<br>
> I can't get a free converter, but you can use Memory Map's<br>
> trial-version viewer to load the map.<br>
> From memo map, we can trace the roads and export either to gpx or shapefile.<br>
><br>
> Is there anybody interested in doing this? Just let me know.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> cheers,<br>
> maning<br>
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cheers,<br>
maning<br>
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