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

[Roman Neumüller]

Who's "we" exactly?
Is there a coordination place on the osm.wiki?
I'd like to participate - for example caring for rivers of Eritrea...
Do I have to join Africover User System first?
I joined there but now I have to answer some questions before I am able
to receive their data:

> Before we can process your request, please provide us with more details 
> regarding your organisation activities, as well as a more in-depth 
> description of your proposed use of the Africover data.
>If you intend using the data for research purposes at University,please  
> provide us with an official letter/email from your researchsupervisor or  
> your Head of Department.
>If you belong to a private organisation, please refer your request 
> directly to the country's National Focal Point Institution 
> (eritrea at africover.org). More detailed contact information is available
> on our website.
>We apologize for this inconvenience but we are not authorised to provide
> private organisations with data, without prior approval from the country.

Roman

> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:36:20 -0400
> From: Robert Soden <robert.soden at gmail.com>
> Subject: [OSM-talk] Roads/Rails Shapefile Import for Tanzania, Uganda,
> 	DRC,	Rwanda
> To: talk at openstreetmap.org
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> 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