[OSM-talk] Metro Manila Philippines needs some OSM love Part 2

[maning sambale]

Hi,

A number of people have responded to our OSM love appeal.  Thank you
for your contributions!
As result were expanding our coverage in the "noname" layer :)

http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=14.589&lon=121.0679&zoom=12&layers=000BFTF

You can continue remote editing with Yahoo!

cheers,
maning

On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 9:19 AM, maning sambale
<emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just got the news today from an OSM mapper that Metro Manila
> Philippines is now in Google Mapmaker
> See this: http://www.google.com/mapmaker?gw=10&ll=14.555339,121.05835&spn=0.295086,0.31826&z=12
>
> I have to admit that it is impressive in many parts (but not as
> detailed as where I am currently mapping).  However, we all know it
> ain't free as in freedom.
>
> So again here's my OSM love campaign.  Calling all OSMer!  Please join
> us in an online mapping party for Metro Manila Philippines.  A couple
> of minutes (or hours or days) of your time editing using the Yahoo!
> imagery is most welcome.
>
> Using yahoo imagery, we want to complete a "first pass" edit to many
> areas in the metropolis (yahoo imagery in Metro Manila is pretty much
> dated by our guesstimate: 5 years old, but still very much useful).
>
> Before editing please consider the following:
> 1. choose an area where there is virtually no edits (this way we don't
> mess-up other contributions);
> 2. we have "mostly" completed major routes (motorway/truks/primary)
> so the remaining tags would be mostly residential areas;
> 3. add the tag highway=road.
>
> Also have a look at the
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Yahoo!_Aerial_Imagery#Problems_with_tracing_Yahoo
> for tips.
>
> cheers,
> maning
>
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