[OSM-talk] Mapping in Ghana

[Gregory]

Hi Steve,

Try looking at the data. There are POIs such as toilets and car parking at
the entrance to the National Park, hard to map from an armchair (unless
it's a luxurious toilet seat!). Though they might be short-term visitors,
they could be better to contact.
These are the ones that seemed to have actually visited the area:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/inamura3520014
http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/GO_OSM
http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/ghanafriend
http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Choquette33
http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/MiSu
http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Jean-Marc%20Liotier

ITO World's tool might also be helpful for you (requires login) as it shows
a map of ways colour-coded per user. This will still show armchair mappers,
but there can be more signs as to whether they are/aren't.
http://www.itoworld.com/product/osm/map

Greg.



On 8 January 2014 10:57, Steve Chilton <s.l.chilton at mdx.ac.uk> wrote:

> Anyone mapping (on the ground) in Ghana and/or involved in community
> mapping there?
> A member of my family is going there shortly and emailed me:
> "I'm looking at the Kakum national park and surrounding area (5-10km). I'm
> most interesting in doing some mapping with the communities - participatory
> mapping. I doubt much has been done, but if you know of anything or anyone
> working in that area it'd be useful to be put in touch."
> I have looked at the Ghana page on wiki but it looks inconclusive and
> out-of-date.
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Ghana
> Can also show him http://resultmaps.neis-one.org/oooc but suspect many of
> the Ghana entries are armchair mappers.
>
> Cheers
> Steve
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Gregory
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