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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> ----- Original Message ----- <BR>> From:
"Barnett, Phillip" <<A href="mailto:Phillip.Barnett@itn.co.uk"><FONT
color=#0000ff>Phillip.Barnett@itn.co.uk</FONT></A>><BR>> To: "David Groom"
<<A href="mailto:reviews@pacific-rim.net"><FONT
color=#0000ff>reviews@pacific-rim.net</FONT></A>>; <<A
href="mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org"><FONT
color=#0000ff>talk@openstreetmap.org</FONT></A>><BR>> Sent: Wednesday,
February 14, 2007 2:24 PM<BR>> Subject: RE: [OSM-talk] Baghdad maps<BR>>
<BR>> <BR>> And, of course, there's no streetnames.<BR>> No disrespect,
as you're doing a great job, but we do need people on the <BR>> ground to
actually fill in street names - otherwise you're still in a maze <BR>> of
twisty passages, all alike.<BR>> <BR>> Phillip<BR>> </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Agreed, no street names, only educated guesses at
some oneway streets, highway classifications etc.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Definitely needs people on the ground, its just
that I'm not up for a Baghdad mapping party quite yet :)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On the positive side though, the basics are there
and if anyone is on the ground in Baghdad there is at least something for them
to work with.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> <BR>> <BR>> PHILLIP BARNETT<BR>>
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Message-----<BR>> <BR>> From: <A
href="mailto:talk-bounces@openstreetmap.org"><FONT
color=#0000ff>talk-bounces@openstreetmap.org</FONT></A> on behalf of David
Groom<BR>> Sent: Wed 2/14/2007 2:10 AM<BR>> To: <A
href="mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org"><FONT
color=#0000ff>talk@openstreetmap.org</FONT></A><BR>> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk]
Baghdad maps<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ----- Original Message ----- <BR>>
From: "J.D. Schmidt" <<A href="mailto:jdsmobile@gmail.com"><FONT
color=#0000ff>jdsmobile@gmail.com</FONT></A>><BR>> To: <<A
href="mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org"><FONT
color=#0000ff>talk@openstreetmap.org</FONT></A>><BR>> Sent: Wednesday,
February 14, 2007 1:29 AM<BR>> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Baghdad maps<BR>>
<BR>> <BR>>> 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"><FONT
color=#0000ff>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6357129.stm</FONT></A><BR>>>><BR>>>>
Robert (Jamie) Munro<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> Following sent as a
comment/email on that story to the BBC :<BR>>><BR>>> 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>>><BR>>> 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>>><BR>> <BR>> Dutch<BR>> <BR>> 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>> <BR>>
Probably only about 50 % of Baghdad is currently mapped in detail.<BR>>
<BR>> 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>> <BR>> David<BR>> <BR>>>
Link to the browsable map :<BR>>> <A
href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/index.html?lat=33.3347527971797&lon=44.386386794263&zoom=14"><FONT
color=#0000ff>http://www.openstreetmap.org/index.html?lat=33.3347527971797&lon=44.386386794263&zoom=14</FONT></A><BR>>><BR>>>
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"><FONT
color=#0000ff>http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Image:Baghdad.png</FONT></A><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>
OpenStreetMap can be found at the following URL :<BR>>> <A
href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/"><FONT
color=#0000ff>http://www.openstreetmap.org</FONT></A><BR>>><BR>>> B.
Rgds J.D. "Dutch" Schmidt<BR>>><BR>>>
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