[OSM-talk-cm] Road network improvements in Cameroon
john whelan
jwhelan0112 at gmail.com
Dim 3 Juin 16:19:11 UTC 2018
> but I'm just an amateur :)
Most of us are in OpenStreetMap. If the schools are using HOT tiles or
project then let me know and I can validate their work. Sorting out or
creating a HOT project is something we should be able to mange fairly
easily if there is an area of interest.
Cheerio John
On 3 June 2018 at 12:11, Willy MANGA <mangawilly at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Le 31/05/2018 à 14:51, john whelan a écrit :
> > I'm not local but I have been cleaning up in Cameroon and other African
> > countries. The biggest problem I can see in Cameroon is highways marked
> > source "MINTP CTIN - Référentiel Routier du Cameroun 2014" etc. or
> > operator=Commune which do not align with Bing and other imagery.
> Sometimes
> > you can guess which highway they are supposed to be sometimes not.
>
> Maybe find ways to get in touch with people who have these data. The big
> issue will be to find the *right* people :) .
>
>
>
> > There are some long tracks sometimes connecting settlements marked
> > forestry. Fine except they do not follow the guidelines in
> > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Tag_Africa where highways
> that
> > connect settlements should be unclassified, path etc. anything except
> > track. Again a number of these are tagged operator=Commune so it looks
> > like an import.
>
> I think it should be an import from data coming from a ministry and
> national institute of statictics.
>
> I knew they were an association in Yaounde some years ago mainly
> sponsored by a french company who has done lot of work on the ground.
>
> Besides keep in touch with some schools on geomatic in Douala or
> Ngaoundere can be useful. Instead of providing data to google maps, they
> could provide it to OSM . I will try to suggest it to one professor.
>
> On a personal level I use to contribute sometimes, when it's possible
> but I'm just an amateur :)
>
>
> --
> Willy Manga
> @ongolaboy
> https://ongola.blogspot.com/
>
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