[OSM-talk] South Sudan: Update border from DoS data

[Michael Krämer]

Hi,

in a post [1] by Mikel end of September he proposed to use the data from 
US Department of State to update the border of South Sudan.

As the dataset look pretty accurate compared to natural features I have 
already started using it.

After noticing that the border of South Sudan is not updated yet I would 
volunteer to do so. Unfortunately this raises the question of the 
disputed area of Kafia Kingi in the west: The current border in OSM 
attributes this area to Sudan, the DoS dataset to South Sudan, not even 
indicating a dispute. There seems to be some uncertainty on where the 
border should be (cf. [2]). Google Maps/Earth show both borders as 
disputed.

So I would like to bring up the question here, which border to use. From 
what I found in the list and wiki the current border in OSM has not 
necessarily based on detailed consideration but basicallay what had been 
available at the time.

Personally I would tend to use the DoS border, but I'm definetly not an 
expert on neither South Sudan nor international borders.

Michael

[1] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2011-September/060226.html
[2] 
http://ogleearth.com/2011/07/mapping-south-sudans-northern-border-not-so-fast/