[OSM-talk] Roads/Rails Shapefile Import for Tanzania, Uganda, DRC, Rwanda

[Matt Amos]

hi robert,

this is really cool! great to see that africover is willing to donate this data.

one thing thats worth pointing out, just in case you hadn't seen it
already; the OSM server will be down from the 17th possibly until the
20th for an upgrade to the API. hopefully this will not inconvenience
you, as most of the OSM tools and clients are ready for the upgrade.

this page contains more information -
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Protocol_Version_0.6/Information
and we're all happy to help if there are any problems.

cheers,

matt

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Robert Soden <robert.soden at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> Over the last few months, I've been in contact with FAO's Africover
> program: http://www.africover.org/ .  Africover maintains shapefiles
> containing rivers, roads, towns, and admin boundaries for a number of
> countries that we would like add to the OSM dataset.  While they
> normally do not release data under an OSM-acceptable license, they have
> granted us permission to add their data to Open Street Map.
> Over the next few weeks, we will be working on importing data for
> Tanzania, DR Congo, Uganda, and Rwanda.  We'll be working slowly in
> order to ensure accuracy and integrity of the OSM dataset.   Please feel
> free to get in touch if you are interested in learning more about our
> progress, but we will also be posting status reports on the project wiki
> pages.
> Africover also maintains datasets for
> Burundi, Egypt, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, and Sudan.  We may work on
> these over the longer-term, and would be happy to collaborate with other
> folks on this.
> Cheers,
> Robert Soden
> robert at developmentseed.org
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