[HOT] Mapping Logging Roads in the Congo Basin

Sun Mar 29 21:15:44 UTC 2015

Hi Rafael and Jorieke,

Yes indeed and I came back to DRC a few days ago. Skype is still a bit
complicated on my side but I'm sure we can find a way to plan a talk on the
subject.
After you last mail I had also checked the DRC task and realized it had
already been completed! I validated a first tile but my connection was too
slow to be really efficient so I did not continue, but it seems that the
work has been well done!
Thanks a lot for supporting this project that had been in the air for quite
some time,

Claire

Claire Halleux
Volunteer and Member of the Board
+243 99 256 9980 (Kinshasa, DRC)
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

http://www.hotosm.org/
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2014_DRC_Ebola_Response

On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 9:37 PM, Jorieke Vyncke <jorieke.vyncke at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hey Rafael,
>
> Maybe, we should just do a skype on this.
> Will be easier to talk!
>
> Best, Jorieke
>
>
> 2015-03-26 14:17 GMT, Rafael Avila Coya <ravilacoya at gmail.com>:
> > Hi, Jorieke:
> >
> > I started the import discussion sending emails to the DRC, CAR and
> > Cameroon lists, but unfortunately I didn't received any answer.
> >
> > I did received an interesting email from yours about this last 10th Feb,
> > telling about the CAR WRI import [1] and about the Cameroon community
> > and state of the map for that country.
> >
> > For the CAR WRI: I used that import data to help extensively in mapping
> > roads all over the country while importing UNICEF data, although I
> > didn't actually work in any task. I was very focused on the UNICEF data
> > and would have to contact Séverin prior to work with that WRI import, so
> > I left it until the 3 TM UNICEF projects were finished.
> >
> > In any case, this WRI data import is focused only in forest tracks, not
> > roads in general. Therefore, it covers only the South West of
> Centrafrique.
> >
> > In any case, I will be happy to volunteer on that old WRI import if
> > needed, but bear in mind that there is a new and very interesting job
> > for road mapping/checking for CAR opened recently by Séverin [2], based
> > on public domain data from Groads (there is another one for Mali too
> [3]).
> >
> > As for the Congo's communities: I would love to contact them, and
> > collaborate/contribute in any way I can. I didn't know about the Rep. of
> > Congo community, but I did receive an email from Claire on 26th Feb from
> > Iraq, telling she would be back to DRC in a month or so and suggesting
> > to talk about this when she is back.
> >
> > For Cameroon the data is quite big (around 8,500 ways), so I was
> > thinking on splitting the import in 3, in order not to overload the data
> > server. If you are willing, you may check the data [4] and we can decide
> > how to better set the jobs.
> >
> > Please, tell me in what ways I can be of any help.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Rafael.
> >
> > [1] http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/219
> > [2] http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/783
> > [3] http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/813
> > [4]
> >
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/ys58zv40yfr0um3/CMR_Forestry_roadsFINAL.osm?dl=0
> >
> > On 25/03/15 22:47, Jorieke Vyncke wrote:
> >> Hi James,
> >>
> >> Thanks a lot for the initiative!
> >>
> >> For the two Congo's it might be usefull to still try to reach out a
> >> little more to the local communities. Because I know in both countries,
> >> we have OSM enthusiasts.
> >>
> >> By the way, are we talking about the same
> >> data? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Central_Africa_Import
> >> Then you should also have a look on the Task we created for
> >> CAR: http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/219
> >> It is partially done.
> >>
> >> Happy mapping!
> >>
> >> Jorieke
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 2015-03-25 16:08 GMT+00:00 James Conkling <
> james.lane.conkling at gmail.com
> >> <mailto:james.lane.conkling at gmail.com>>:
> >>
> >>     Hi all,
> >>
> >>
> >>     I’m pleased to announce the launch of a long-term initiative to
> >>     upload logging road data from across the Congo Basin.  We currently
> >>     have three TM projects running:
> >>
> >>
> >>       *
> >>
> >>         Democratic Republic of the Congo:
> >>         http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/920
> >>
> >>       *
> >>
> >>         Central African Republic: http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/956
> >>
> >>       *
> >>
> >>         Congo Brazzaville: http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/957
> >>
> >>
> >>     Over the coming weeks, we will be launching new TM projects for
> >>
> >>
> >>       *
> >>
> >>         Gabon
> >>
> >>       *
> >>
> >>         Equatorial Guinea
> >>
> >>       *
> >>
> >>         Cameroon
> >>
> >>
> >>     This is a joint initiative between the World Resource Institute and
> >>     Moabi--with considerable help from the HOT and OSM communities.  We
> >>     are validating and uploading to OSM thousands of kilometers of
> >>     tracks.  At a later point, we hope to compare these roads to
> >>     high-res satellite imagery mosaics from the year 2000 to 2014 so
> >>     that we can gain a better understanding of when roads were first
> >>     cleared and if they have since been abandoned.  Currently, however,
> >>     we are working to conflate all data with what already exists in OSM.
> >>
> >>
> >>     If you are interested, please join us with the upload on any of the
> >>     above TM projects, which include links to the project wikis.  If you
> >>     do contribute, please create a separate specific import account for
> >>     the upload (if you don’t have one yet), and follow the detailed
> >>     instructions in the workflow wiki.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>     If you have any questions, please reply to this thread or reach out
> >>     to me directly.
> >>
> >>
> >>     Find the initial call for comments announcement on the HOT listserv
> >>     here:
> >>
> >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/hot/2015-February/007307.html
> ,
> >>     and the announcement on the imports listserv here:
> >>
> >>
> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/imports/2015-February/003663.html
> >>
> >>
> >>
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