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

[Larry O'Neill]

Hi Ishtiaque,

I think we both understand the difficulty of co-ordinating over a long
distance =0)
This email list could be a very valuable resource for making progress, and
I will be sending regular updates on my mapping.

My last edit in Bangladesh was on the Kamal Ataturk between Banani and
Gulshan. I converted it to a dual carriageway road.
Previously it was in as a single way, which doesnt fully reflect the
reality on the ground.
That edit was based partly on local knowledge from when i was there, but
also on the bing aerial imagery.
I might send a mail with more details this evening.

Thanks for the attachment too, I hope I'll get time this evening to read
through it.

best regards
Larry


On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed <
ishtiaque at csebuet.org> wrote:

> 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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>
>
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> Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed
>
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