[OSM-talk] Possible new source of data

[S Knox]

I have noticed a potential datasource from an article in the Economist about distributed computing. 
http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10202635
More details at http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/setiathome/setiathome_20080115.html 

A project called Africa at home is planning to use volunteers to geocode roads, rivers and other key features from UNOSAT mapping. Whether or not OpenStreetMap would be able to use the resulting data or not I don't know, but at least people on here who might like to help them are aware (not that I'm trying to get people to leave OSM!). 

Also, it is probably the case that people who sign up to an initiative like this are interested in maps, and if takeups of other distributed computing projects are anything to go by, it could be a great marketing opportunity for OSM. Don't know if the project is up and running yet, I can't find any further info.




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