[Talk-in] Indian Slum Mapping

[Mikel Maron]

> IMHO, this needs much more ground work for surveying these areas than
> simply drawing them on the map while sitting at home. But yes, the
> maps that we prepare can serve as a good base for survey agencies.
> 
> We need to identify what all amenities or POIs need to be mapped in
> addition to boundaries, lanes, public water taps/handpumps etc. that
> will be helpful to the government in executing this project.

Nishant, I very much agree with your assessment.

There's some documentation on what we encountered when mapping in Kibera

http://brainoff.com/weblog/2010/01/12/1513

A compilation of all tags...
http://files.maps.jsintl.org/tags.html

Our approach, and I think the OSM approach generally, is to find out from mappers themselves
what they think is important. So in Kibera, we left this in their hands. I think the same approach
in India could prove very fruitful, and give the government a very clear view on what the community
needs are.

-Mikel
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