[Talk-ug] Mapping Africa's National Parks, Game Reserves and Nature Reserves

[Douglas Ssebaggala]

Hi all,

This message was posted on the HOT mailing list [1], and thought it  
would be interesting to some of us here;

"Hi All
I am coordinating a project to map the protected areas (National  
Parks, Game Reserves, Nature Reserves etc.) in Africa. Apart from  
preserving wildlife, Africa's protected areas are an important and  
sustainable sources of foreign currency, jobs and upliftment in many  
countries on the continent. Outside of South Africa, protected areas  
have hardly been mapped on OSM making it very difficult for tourists  
and travel operators to navigate and review these areas before  
travelling to them.

I would like for this project 'Mapping Africa's Protected Areas' to be  
set-up on HOT so that is can receive the attention in really deserves.  
Is there anyone that is interested and can assist?

I have made a start on mapping some protected areas and tracking their
progress:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_African_National_Parks_and_Reserves
"

https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/hot/2014-September/006152.html

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