Hi Vincent, I was in Mali in 2015-2016 and did see this great data collection happening. The IGM (Institut Geographique du Mali) was behind this effort, indeed sponsored by the EU and France I think. The data is indeed owned by the IGM, I thought the plan was also to sell this data. It was certainly not available for usage on OSM. :)
The absurdity of the situation was also that several members of the OSM community in Mali (Makan, Doubassin, Karim, etc.) were working as surveyors for the IGM to collect all this data, but couldn't edit this on OSM for their own usage. Those folks were basically doing in their free time the same again to add data on OSM. Besides this, some of the staff of the IGM were really supportive to the OSM Mali community and gave them access to their spaces to come and map on OSM. So I would say, best to get in touch with the OSM Mali community if you are not already. Enock has just given you some core members' contacts. Best wishes, Jorieke Op do 2 apr. 2020 om 01:05 schreef Enock Seth Nyamador <enocks...@gmail.com >: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >
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