[Talk-gh] [HOT] Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana Address/Street Data

Enock Seth Nyamador kwadzo459 at gmail.com
Thu Jun 16 04:51:36 UTC 2016


Hi Kate,

Any updates on the above subject?

Best,

- Enock

On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 4:13 PM, Sylvester Adjapong <adjapongs at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
> This has always been an issue regards to government data in Ghana. There's
> alot of geodata available in silos with various government institutions and
> not knowing what to do with it.
>
> I worked on the Ghana street naming protect with some of the districts in
> Ghana. They were not willing to give out the data to Google or
> OpenStreetMap although I tried explaining the benefits to them. Am glad
> they are willing now.
>
> We could have alot of data to import to OpenStreetMap if they agree to
> release the data. Maybe a training on how to do that technically will help
> as well how to help update it will be of great benefit to these planning
> officers.
>
> Will be interested to see how things go with this one. Am currently also
> in the Western Region-Takoradi.
>
> Regards,
> Sylvester
> On May 25, 2016 3:35 PM, "Kate Chapman" <kate at maploser.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Enock for the link and offer of help.
>>
>> Jo, to answer your question I don't think they are going to be willing to
>> update the data themselves. Originally when I met the group they were
>> really just trying to figure out how to donate their data to Google. I
>> suggested why not also make it available for OpenStreetMap and they agreed.
>> I'm aware of the import process and I was hoping someone would be able to
>> walk them through both the social and the technical aspects of the process.
>>
>> -Kate
>>
>> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 8:45 AM, Enock Seth Nyamador <kwadzo459 at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Oops,
>>>
>>> Link: www.floodriskaccra.com
>>>
>>> - Enock
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 3:44 PM, Enock Seth Nyamador <
>>> kwadzo459 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Kate,
>>>>
>>>> Am here. Right in Tarkwa, 1.5 hours from Takoradi. Good to hear. Just
>>>> closed from a workshop in Accra and was talking about how difficult
>>>> institutions in Ghana find it giving out data. as part of Project Flood
>>>> Risk [1] which used OSM as their base map.
>>>>
>>>> Ready to help with this as usual.
>>>>
>>>> 1. projectfloodriskaccra
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> - Enock
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 1:34 PM, Jo <winfixit at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Another important aspect is keeping that data current and up-to-date.
>>>>> Are they prepared to (learn how to) do that part themselves? Would they
>>>>> consider to start using OpenStreetMap as the repository of their data?
>>>>>
>>>>> Polyglot
>>>>>
>>>>> 2016-05-24 15:22 GMT+02:00 Jo <winfixit at gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If I can have a look at the data, I can look into the technical side.
>>>>>> Are they prepared to release the data without restrictions?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Polyglot
>>>>>> Op 24-mei-2016 3:03 PM schreef "Kate Chapman" <kate at maploser.com>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm talking to an organization that has collected address and street
>>>>>> data for Sekondi-Takoradi in Ghana. They are potentially interested in
>>>>>> giving the data to OSM. I'm wondering if there is a volunteer here who
>>>>>> would be able to guide them through the import process both from a
>>>>>> community and technical stand point.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To be clear I don't think they want to do the import themselves, they
>>>>>> more would like to "donate" the data.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Kate
>>>>>>
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