[OSM-talk] Why to set up an own mapserver (was: Re: Map Kibera import needs some mapper love)

[Alexander Menk]

Hi,

nice ..

I heard about that project. I was wondering why that approach was 
choosen (first set up a dedicated OSM server for mapping, then importing 
the whole stuff) ?

Alex

Mikel Maron wrote:
> Map Kibera [http://mapkibera.org/] collected data has been imported into 
> OpenStreetMap. If you're interested to help integrate and clean up the 
> data, please get in touch with me directly.
> 
> More info...
> 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nairobi#Map_Kibera_Import
> http://brainoff.com/weblog/2010/01/12/1513