[OSM-talk] Plug for mkgmap

[David Groom]

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> From: "Barnett, Phillip" <Phillip.Barnett at itn.co.uk>
> To: "David Groom" <reviews at pacific-rim.net>; <talk at openstreetmap.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:24 PM
> Subject: RE: [OSM-talk] Baghdad maps
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> 
> And, of course, there's no streetnames.
> No disrespect, as you're doing a great job, but we do need people on the 
> ground to actually fill in street names - otherwise you're still in a maze 
> of twisty passages, all alike.
> 
> Phillip
> 

Agreed, no street names, only educated guesses at some oneway streets, highway classifications etc.

Definitely needs people on the ground, its just that I'm not up for a Baghdad mapping party quite yet :)

On the positive side though, the basics are there and if anyone is on the ground in Baghdad there is at least something for them to work with.

David

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> From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org on behalf of David Groom
> Sent: Wed 2/14/2007 2:10 AM
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> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Baghdad maps
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "J.D. Schmidt" <jdsmobile at gmail.com>
> To: <talk at openstreetmap.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 1:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Baghdad maps
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> 
>> Robert (Jamie) Munro skrev:
>>> I know we've been making maps of Baghdad from Yahoo aerial imagery. I
>>> wonder if they'll be used:
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6357129.stm
>>>
>>> Robert (Jamie) Munro
>>
>>
>> Following sent as a comment/email on that story to the BBC :
>>
>> Google Earth might have satellite imagery for Baghdad, that the
>> inhabitants can use for their escape routes out of the sectarian
>> violence.. But try to navigate after a printed satellite photo, it's
>> harder than you think.
>>
>> OpenStreetMap.org, an british originated opensource wikipedia-like
>> initiative for free and open geodata access, has had for some time now a
>> detailed map of Baghdad available, free for all to peruse, zoom in,
>> print out, or download the actual vector data and convert it to use on
>> Garmin compatible handheld GPS devices.
>>
> 
> Dutch
> 
> I think you might be  a bit over optimistic :)  Mapping a whole city of  6-7
> million people takes a bit of time.
> 
> Probably only about 50 % of Baghdad is currently mapped in detail.
> 
> I've got the major roads, parks, forested areas, River Tigris, and railway
> lines complete, but large amounts of the unclassified streets are still to
> be completed.
> 
> David
> 
>> Link to the browsable map :
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/index.html?lat=33.3347527971797&lon=44.386386794263&zoom=14
>>
>> Link to a PNG file, created by rendering the free vector data with one
>> of the tools created by the OpenStreetMap community :
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Image:Baghdad.png
>>
>>
>> OpenStreetMap can be found at the following URL :
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org
>>
>> B. Rgds J.D. "Dutch" Schmidt
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