[HOT] Central african republic import

[Ben Abelshausen]

Hi,

This import was started as part of the EUROSHA project for the Central
African Republic and after the rebellion. The data being imported is served
with the task, a new feature for the tasking manager that we developed
while in Cameroon. The data of the WRI can be served with the task as a
mapping aid.

This is for now, an experiment but is meant to be executed I guess. I'm
sure that Severin Menard, the lead for HOT on this project, can also tell
you something more about this.

As far as I know there is some confusion about this task, a few of the
blocking issues:

- Do we need to use a seperate import account? (the import list is not very
responsive)
- Is the WRI data suited for this? Maybe partly using the data is something
we can do.
- This task is meant for well-seasoned mappers, is this something we can
expect?

This is my view on this little project and it's a bit sad to have all this
data for a mostly completely unmapped and from a humanitarian perspective
very difficult country and not use it. I think we should take every chance
we get to improve the map for the CAR.

If you have some suggestions on this, your thoughts are very very welcome
on how to do this better.

Met vriendelijke groeten,
Best regards,

Ben Abelshausen
ben.abelshausen at gmail.com
http://twitter.com/xivk


On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Simeon <simeon-online at gmx.de> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know if the WRI import already started?
> There is a wiki page:
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.**org/wiki/Import_CAR_WRI_Data<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import_CAR_WRI_Data>
> and a task:
> http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/**219 <http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/219>.
> Although the task says that its only a test, someone started to import
> roads around N'Dele:
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?**lat=8.39936&lon=20.69708&zoom=**
> 15&layers=M<http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=8.39936&lon=20.69708&zoom=15&layers=M>
> The track there appears on my tiles as a teriary road, but in the dataset
> there is nothing left but a new track with access=no. For me thats a
> strange combination, but the wiki pages says so.
> From tha satelite image, this road is bigger than a track and comtinues
> further than the import.
>
> I dont want to step on anyones toes, its just that I am confused why some
> roads disappeared and that I havent heard anything about this import.
>
> Regards,
>
> Theodin
>
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