Re: [HOT] Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana Address/Street Data

2016-05-25 Thread Kate Chapman
Thanks Enock for the link and offer of help. Jo, to answer your question I don't think they are going to be willing to update the data themselves. Originally when I met the group they were really just trying to figure out how to donate their data to Google. I suggested why not also make it

Re: [HOT] Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana Address/Street Data

2016-05-24 Thread Enock Seth Nyamador
Oops, Link: www.floodriskaccra.com - Enock On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 3:44 PM, Enock Seth Nyamador wrote: > Hi Kate, > > Am here. Right in Tarkwa, 1.5 hours from Takoradi. Good to hear. Just > closed from a workshop in Accra and was talking about how difficult > institutions

Re: [HOT] Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana Address/Street Data

2016-05-24 Thread Enock Seth Nyamador
Hi Kate, Am here. Right in Tarkwa, 1.5 hours from Takoradi. Good to hear. Just closed from a workshop in Accra and was talking about how difficult institutions in Ghana find it giving out data. as part of Project Flood Risk [1] which used OSM as their base map. Ready to help with this as usual.

Re: [HOT] Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana Address/Street Data

2016-05-24 Thread Jo
Another important aspect is keeping that data current and up-to-date. Are they prepared to (learn how to) do that part themselves? Would they consider to start using OpenStreetMap as the repository of their data? Polyglot 2016-05-24 15:22 GMT+02:00 Jo : > > If I can have a

Re: [HOT] Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana Address/Street Data

2016-05-24 Thread Jo
If I can have a look at the data, I can look into the technical side. Are they prepared to release the data without restrictions? Polyglot Op 24-mei-2016 3:03 PM schreef "Kate Chapman" : Hi All, I'm talking to an organization that has collected address and street data for

[HOT] Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana Address/Street Data

2016-05-24 Thread Kate Chapman
Hi All, I'm talking to an organization that has collected address and street data for Sekondi-Takoradi in Ghana. They are potentially interested in giving the data to OSM. I'm wondering if there is a volunteer here who would be able to guide them through the import process both from a community