Interesting and very good data source. Looping in @Nathalie Sidibe <sidibenathali...@gmail.com> @Araba Coulibaly <b.rab...@gmail.com> @Emmanuel Bama <bamaemman...@gmail.com> in Mali. The scanned map is copyrighted to IGN, I believe they are the best institution to talk to.
Best, Enock Le mer. 1 avr. 2020 à 23:52, Vincent Dawans <dawa...@gmail.com> a écrit : > Hi, > > I have been working with a local NGO in Mali for about 10 years, in the > Kayes region (west side of the country). Over the years we have added to > openstreetmap the names of the villages we work in based on local knowledge. > > About a year ago I became aware of a mapping effort by the French > Geographic Institute that remapped the country from 2012 to 2016. This was > funded by the European Development Fund (EDF). The end result > produced printed maps at 1/200000 with quite a bit of details, with a scan > available online at http://www.igm-mali.ml/Visionneuse/ > > There is a LOT of detailed information here, including the localization > and names of villages across the country, many of which are not currently > on openstreetmap. Also there is a lot of details on rivers, etc. It is > actually quite impressive. Unfortunately the web interface only allows to > explore the map and see the underlying data one object at a time (by > selecting specific layers for villages for instance). The main website has > a link to a “geocatalogue” from which data could arguably be downloaded but > unfortunately the side doesn’t load. http://www.igm-mali.ml/geocatalogue/ > > There is a presentation (in French) of the project on the website of the > French Geographic Institute: > https://www.ignfi.fr/fr/portfolio-item/cartographie-mali/ > > I have contacted the people from the French Geographic Institute but they > told me the project is closed and all the data is with their Malian > counterpart. Since the “geocatalogue” is no longer online (probably for > technical reasons), I suspect it will be a challenge to get accessed to > that data. Considering the work was funded with public money (EDF), I am > thinking maybe it was published somewhere else? I looked on > https://data.humdata.org/ and it is not there. I will keep looking... > > I can tell you that locally people do not even really know that these maps > exist. Some paper maps might have been printed and distributed in Bamako, > but it is not the best way to disseminate that information in the rest of > the country. Openstreetmap is definitely better for that. It is a shame > that all that work was done and barely used. Still I will try to have my > Malian colleagues contact their local Geographic Institute but I know it is > going to be a slow process. > > Is anybody in the HOT community aware of that mapping effort that took > place in Mali? Is it typical for that kind of publicly funded project to > NOT share their data with the HOT community? > > Still the data is available “manually” from > http://www.igm-mali.ml/Visionneuse/ (as long as the site is up). What it > not clear to me is whether I can legally use that data to update > openstreetmap manually. Considering this was funded with public money, > would the information be considered public domain? > > Any help/pointers is appreciated since mapping is not my main area of > expertise. > > Sincerely, > > Vincent Dawans > Senior Technical Advisor > Virtue Ventures > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > -- -Enock
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