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<P><FONT SIZE=2>And, of course, there's no streetnames.<BR>
No disrespect, as you're doing a great job, but we do need people on the ground to actually fill in street names - otherwise you're still in a maze of twisty passages, all alike.<BR>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" COLOR="#006699" SIZE="1"><STRONG>PHILLIP BARNETT<BR></STRONG></FONT>
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From: talk-bounces@openstreetmap.org on behalf of David Groom<BR>
Sent: Wed 2/14/2007 2:10 AM<BR>
To: talk@openstreetmap.org<BR>
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Baghdad maps<BR>
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From: "J.D. Schmidt" <jdsmobile@gmail.com><BR>
To: <talk@openstreetmap.org><BR>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 1:29 AM<BR>
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Baghdad maps<BR>
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> Robert (Jamie) Munro skrev:<BR>
>> I know we've been making maps of Baghdad from Yahoo aerial imagery. I<BR>
>> wonder if they'll be used:<BR>
>> <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6357129.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6357129.stm</A><BR>
>><BR>
>> Robert (Jamie) Munro<BR>
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> Following sent as a comment/email on that story to the BBC :<BR>
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> Google Earth might have satellite imagery for Baghdad, that the<BR>
> inhabitants can use for their escape routes out of the sectarian<BR>
> violence.. But try to navigate after a printed satellite photo, it's<BR>
> harder than you think.<BR>
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> OpenStreetMap.org, an british originated opensource wikipedia-like<BR>
> initiative for free and open geodata access, has had for some time now a<BR>
> detailed map of Baghdad available, free for all to peruse, zoom in,<BR>
> print out, or download the actual vector data and convert it to use on<BR>
> Garmin compatible handheld GPS devices.<BR>
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Dutch<BR>
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I think you might be a bit over optimistic :) Mapping a whole city of 6-7<BR>
million people takes a bit of time.<BR>
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Probably only about 50 % of Baghdad is currently mapped in detail.<BR>
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I've got the major roads, parks, forested areas, River Tigris, and railway<BR>
lines complete, but large amounts of the unclassified streets are still to<BR>
be completed.<BR>
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David<BR>
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> Link to the browsable map :<BR>
> <A HREF="http://www.openstreetmap.org/index.html?lat=33.3347527971797&lon=44.386386794263&zoom=14">http://www.openstreetmap.org/index.html?lat=33.3347527971797&lon=44.386386794263&zoom=14</A><BR>
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> Link to a PNG file, created by rendering the free vector data with one<BR>
> of the tools created by the OpenStreetMap community :<BR>
> <A HREF="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Image:Baghdad.png">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Image:Baghdad.png</A><BR>
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> OpenStreetMap can be found at the following URL :<BR>
> <A HREF="http://www.openstreetmap.org">http://www.openstreetmap.org</A><BR>
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> B. Rgds J.D. "Dutch" Schmidt<BR>
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