[OSM-talk] BBC: Villages 'discovered' in DR Congo

[Peter Miller]

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> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:13:12 +0100
> From: Matt Williams <lists at milliams.com>
> Subject: [OSM-talk] BBC: Villages 'discovered' in DR Congo
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> It seems the DR Congo has been mapping their villages using GPS devices
> since
> traditional mapping methods are made difficult by the thick forest. See
> the
> BBC article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7355335.stm.
> 
> Compare their map
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/africa_enl_1208537563/htm
> l/1.stm
> to our's at present
> http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=-2.017&lon=17.117&zoom=9&layers=B0FT.
> 
> Does anyone have any more information about this?
> 
> Regards,
> Matt Williams

Fyi, I saw the article earlier this evening and have already emailed someone
in the oganisation to tell them about OSM and ask if we can help them or if
they can provide their data to us for someone  in our community to enter on
their behalf.

Regards,


Peter