[Talk-bd] Editing, documenting, making great maps of Bangladesh!

[Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed]

Hi Larry,

I am really sorry that I could not make a proper co-ordination between you
and the local mappers. I have really been having a tough time with my PhD.
But I can share with you an article that we published in an International
Conference at Dhaka regarding the prospect of OSM (attached).

Since I am now in USA, it has also become tough for me to manage everything
personally. But the infrastructure I built there in BD for OSM should work.
Hasan Shahid Ferdous is still looking after the OSM projects. We could not
get response from many students when you were in BD simple because that was
the end of their semester. Now their exam will take another 1 month. I
believe they can work on OSM from March 2012. You can check that by posting
in the facebook group.

We are more than happy that you want to contribute to the local OSM of BD.
We would always appreciate your concern regarding our beautiful country.

Best,
Ishtiaque

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 4:48 AM, Larry O'Neill <larryoneill at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I've been doing a fair bit of work on OpenStreetMap over the last while.
> This started after I got back from my last trip to Bangladesh in early
> December last year.
> I hadn't edited OSM in almost 5 months, which was the biggest gap since i
> got involved.
> After collecting gps traces in Bogra, Saidpur, Banderban, Coxs Bazaar and
> Dhaka, I decided not to waste any time in getting the map updated.
> The experience of doing stuff with OSM again sucked me back into it, and
> since the new year, my activity on OSM has increased hugely.
>
> Then I realised something - the vast majority of my recent work has been
> in Ireland, and very little in Bangladesh.
> The reason I was putting off Bangladeshi edits was because I was slightly
> unsure about how to approach it.
> There is alot of potential in Bangladesh for OSM, with great sources of
> information, and enthusiastic people.
> Being on the other side of the world, it's difficult for me to get a
> feeling for how the Bangladeshi community maps.
> And so I started thinking "I'll leave this bit till later, maybe discuss
> it with the local Bangladeshi mappers..."
>
> Up until now, I havent actually discussed any mapping with you, the
> Bangladesh OSM community.
> This is something I intend to correct.
> So any time I make a significant edit from now on in Bangladesh, I will be
> emailing this list about the where, how, why, and everything else.
> I really hope this wont be a one-way thing, and that we get some active
> discussion going.
>
> Wishing you all the best, and happy mapping!
>
> Larry O'Neill
>
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Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed
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