[talk-ph] request for assistance to import Philippine data from PAFID

[Ronny Ager-Wick - Develo Ltd.]

Would this be something that in the future could be used as a basis for
a 3d model of the OSM map?
I mean does it contain topological data enough to create displays like
the one displayed here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Topographic-Relief-perspective-sample.jpg
Or are they simply image files?
Ronny.

Maning Sambale wrote:
> hi,
>
> PAFID gave OSM Philippines permission to import it's geodata mainly of
> topographic features based on digitized 1:50K topomaps of the country.
>
> The coverage are the mountainous and rural areas of the country where no
> satellite image or GPS maybe available.
>
> Approximately 179 toposheets are available or roughly 18% of the entire
> 1:50K toposheets of the whole country.
>
> I am currently collecting ideas on how we can add the data to OSM here:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Philippines/Data_import/pafid_data
>
> To date, this is one the biggest data import we will do for the
> Philippines and will cover much of the unmapped areas.
>
> Please share your insights on how we can implement the import.  I am
> hopeful that the success of this import would pave the way for many
> geodata silos in the Philippine to donate data to OSM.
>
>