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

[Nick Black]

Great work Robert - look forward to seeing the finished upload.

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Matt Amos <zerebubuth at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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