[OSM-talk] Osm to distribute south africa geodata

[Grant Slater]

On 25 November 2011 07:22, Stephan Knauss <osm at stephans-server.de> wrote:
> On 25.11.2011 01:29, maning sambale wrote:
>>
>> Sharing this news:
>>
>> http://afrispatial.co.za/open-data/osm-to-become-a-distributor-of-ngis-south-african-topo-data/
>
> sounds like another massive data import.
>
> Is the community involved?
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_South_Africa
>

Yes, some of us from the South African community have been involved.
The announcement from afrispatial.co.za is badly timed and wasn't
expected, we have our own announcement lined up.  A formal agreement
is in the final stages.

We haven't yet fully considered exactly what bits of the data we'll
use. We'll consider when ripe. A blanket import is out of the
question.

Regards
 Grant