[HOT] Fwd: Re: New Job for Tracing in the Congo

Rafael Avila Coya ravilacoya at gmail.com
Sun Mar 24 20:56:23 UTC 2013


Pierre,

This one is a bit more detailed for the area of Kitchanga:
http://www.rgc.cd/site/index.php?option=com_phocadownload&view=category&download=79:etarrignki&id=12:autres-documents&Itemid=66

As an example, you can see the RS1031 secondary road. In the general map
for the whole RDC you can't see the ref. of that road.

Cheers,

Rafael.

On 24/03/13 21:17, Pierre Béland wrote:
> Rafael,
> 
> We can see from this pdf that there is good information about road
> classification in DR Congo. But this map is not detailed enough and
> there is no shape file provided for road classification in the rgc.cd
> site. I will check with Claire Halleux if such file is available.
> 
>  
> Pierre
> 
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     *De :* Rafael Avila Coya <ravilacoya at gmail.com>
>     *À :* Pierre Béland <pierzenh at yahoo.fr>
>     *Cc :* "hot at openstreetmap.org" <hot at openstreetmap.org>
>     *Envoyé le :* Dimanche 24 mars 2013 14h34
>     *Objet :* Re: [HOT] Fwd: Re: New Job for Tracing in the Congo
> 
>     Hi, Pierre:
> 
>     Looking for documentation, I found some official documents that classify
>     the major roads of the RDC [1].
> 
>     The document 4.1 [2] classifies the roads in 3 different types: routes
>     nationales, routes provinciales prioritaires and routes provinciales
>     secondaires.
> 
>     Wouldn't it be better for the RDC to take those documents as a
>     reference?
> 
>     Another concern is I'm finding some roads that have a ref. that doesn't
>     match with those documents. For example, road RP1030 appears as
>     reference for different roads/branches, and moreover they change their
>     type along the road. More puzzling is the fact that some of them have
>     the tags attribution=«Ces données géographiques proviennent du
>     Référentiel Géographique Commun (www.rgc.cd).» and source_ref=www.rgc.cd
>     when they are clearly wrong according to that source. Source date is
>     30th November 2007, though.
> 
>     I'm just tagging as tertiary and unclassified the roads that don't
>     appear to have a ref. number (according to those docs) and would suggest
>     to tag the rest following this schema:
> 
>     routes nationales=trunk
>     routes provinciales prioritaires=primary
>     routes provinciales secondaires=secondary
> 
>     What do you think? It quite follows the schema you proposed for Mali
>     anyhow.
> 
>     Cheers,
> 
>     Rafael.
> 
>     [1]
>     http://www.rgc.cd/site/index.php?option=com_phocadownload&view=category&id=12:autres-documents&Itemid=66
> 
>     [2]
>     http://www.rgc.cd/site/phocadownload/4_1_nomenclature_routes_dinteret%20general_a4.pdf
> 
>     On 24/03/13 14:15, Pierre Béland wrote:
>     > Rafael
>     >
>     > When mapping in african countries, we do not have access to
>     > documentation that classify roads. I proposed a classification for
>     Mali
>     > roads which I think is pertinent for african countries in
>     general.  This
>     > road classification is based on the observation of town sizes. The
>     > primary and secondary classes are for major towns and the tertiary for
>     > intermediate size towns. The unclassifed category is for smaller
>     towns.
>     > see http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mali_Highway_tag
>     >
>     > Looking at roads classification around Kitchanga, I observe in
>     general a
>     > good hierarchy of roads. But the network of tertiary roads is
>     incomplete
>     > and needs to be revised. If you are not sure, use the unclassified
>     > attribute.  Once the network is completed, it should be easier to
>     revise
>     > the classification.
>     > 
>     > Pierre
>     >
>     >   
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>     >    *De :* Rafael Avila Coya <ravilacoya at gmail.com
>     <mailto:ravilacoya at gmail.com>>
>     >    *À :* hot at openstreetmap.org <mailto:hot at openstreetmap.org>
>     >    *Envoyé le :* Dimanche 24 mars 2013 8h34
>     >    *Objet :* [HOT] Fwd: Re: New Job for Tracing in the Congo
>     >
>     >    Oups! I forgot the wiki URL:
>     >   
>     https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Congo-Kinshasa/Routes
>     >
>     >
>     >    -------- Original Message --------
>     >    Subject: Re: [HOT] New Job for Tracing in the Congo
>     >    Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:29:44 +0100
>     >    From: Rafael Avila Coya <ravilacoya at gmail.com
>     <mailto:ravilacoya at gmail.com>
>     >    <mailto:ravilacoya at gmail.com <mailto:ravilacoya at gmail.com>>>
>     >    To: hot at openstreetmap.org <mailto:hot at openstreetmap.org>
>     <mailto:hot at openstreetmap.org <mailto:hot at openstreetmap.org>>
>     >
>     >    Has anyone get any consensus on how to tag the national and
>     provincial
>     >    roads in RDC?
>     >
>     >    There is a wiki [1] with very nice info about the roads, with their
>     >    references and routes, but it doesn't say how to tag each of them:
>     >    trunk, primary, secondary, tertiary and unclassified.
>     >
>     >    Any clue?
>     >
>     >    Cheers,
>     >
>     >    Rafael Ávila Coya (edvac).
>     >
>     >    On 23/03/13 18:17, Pierre Béland wrote:
>     >    > The area around Sake and Kitchanga is a strategic point at the
>     >    carrefour
>     >    > of various roads and humanitarians have expressed concerns.
>     There have
>     >    > been violences repeatedly, massive displacements of people and
>     >    sanitary
>     >    > risks.  Thanks to the US State Department, we now have good
>     imagery to
>     >    > cover this area.  Thanks also to Jean-Guilhem and Andrew for the
>     >    imagery
>     >    > corrections and server setups.
>     >    >
>     >    > We should be able to cover this area rapidly. While we have
>     access to
>     >    > the Nextview imagery, we should map as much as we can.  For
>     this Task
>     >    > Manager job, We will give Workflow instructions to map this
>     area in
>     >    > detail including the buildings.
>     >    >
>     >    >
>     >    > Pierre
>     >    >
>     >    > 
>     >   
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>     >    >    *De :* Jean-Guilhem Cailton <jgc at arkemie.com
>     <mailto:jgc at arkemie.com>
>     >    <mailto:jgc at arkemie.com <mailto:jgc at arkemie.com>>>
>     >    >    *À :* hot at openstreetmap.org <mailto:hot at openstreetmap.org>
>     <mailto:hot at openstreetmap.org <mailto:hot at openstreetmap.org>>
>     >    >    *Envoyé le :* Samedi 23 mars 2013 10h45
>     >    >    *Objet :* Re: [HOT] New Job for Tracing in the Congo
>     >    >
>     >    >    Hi,
>     >    >
>     >    >    When I pointed out that clear high resolution images of
>     the town of
>     >    >    Kitchanga (and of the area between Saké and Kitchanga,
>     >    including the
>     >    >    village of Burungu) were available, thanks to the State
>     Department,
>     >    >    Claire, who is our main contact in DRC, replied that :
>     >    >    "We could set tasks for the national road surroundings,
>     Burungu and
>     >    >    Kitchanga.
>     >    >    But it would also be valuable to use them for mapping all
>     visible
>     >    >    infrastructures out of those first three."
>     >    >
>     >    >    And, half an hour later, she added :
>     >    >    "ICRC confirmed their interest for Kitchanga data already.
>     >    >    Considering the level of recent damages in town, it would be
>     >    good to
>     >    >    get all the buildings drawn as well.
>     >    >    Some other organisations might also be interested soon."
>     >    >
>     >    >
>     >    >    For more information in your language about what happened
>     recently
>     >    >    in Kitchanga, you can look it up in your favorite search
>     engine.
>     >    >
>     >    >    Here are for example a few links, in English :
>     >    > 
>     >   
>     https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/article.cfm?id=6673&cat=field-news
>     >    >    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21623068
>     >    >
>     >    >    and in French :
>     >    > 
>     >   
>     http://blog.lesoir.be/colette-braeckman/2013/03/07/kitchanga-nord-kivu-ville-martyre/
>     >    > 
>     >   
>     http://radiookapi.net/actualite/2013/03/06/felix-prosper-basse-la-monusco-appuye-les-fardc-pour-empecher-lavancee-de-lapcls/#more-144986
>     >    > 
>     >   
>     http://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_nord-kivu-kitchanga-se-noie-dans-son-sang?id=7943339
>     >    > 
>     >   
>     http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2013/03/07/la-croix-rouge-denonce-une-situation-dramatique-a-kitchanga-en-rdc_1844415_3212.html
>     >    >
>     >    >
>     >    >    Best wishes,
>     >    >
>     >    >    Jean-Guilhem
>     >    >
>     >    >
>     >    >    Le 23/03/2013 14:48, Andrew Buck a écrit :
>     >    >>    I am not sure what the goal is specifically, only that we
>     have
>     >    a gap
>     >    >>    in our coverage in the strip heading north from Sake and
>     we were
>     >    >>    granted access to some imagery to cover the area.  We got the
>     >    imagery
>     >    >>    due to interest in the region from humanitarian
>     organizations,
>     >    but I
>     >    >>    do not know who asked for the coverage or what specifically
>     >    they are
>     >    >>    looking for.  All I know is that we were missing imagery for
>     >    this area
>     >    >>    and now we have it.
>     >    >>
>     >    >>    Wish I had a more specific answer for you but that is all I
>     >    have at
>     >    >>    this point.  Hopefully someone can elaborate further so
>     we can set
>     >    >>    priorities appropriately, but even if not, this is just a
>     good
>     >    gap in
>     >    >>    our coverage to fill in anyway.
>     >    >>
>     >    >>    -AndrewBuck
>     >    >>
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