Hi everybody, Indeed great to see these actions in Bangladesh! The country has big potentials in the mapping!
About the import, I checked the wiki and everything seems really okay! I only have one big question about the data. I absolutely don't know the CEGIS, so I have no idea about the quality of their data. Only one thing I know is the area you propose to import is a really densely built area. If you would propose to import Gulshan of Dhanmundi, I would have said go on, but an import of this area it is quite difficult I think. So I think it is really important to link the import with surveys on the field! I also know the mappers of BUET (with sir Ferdous, Rifat and Shubrami) already did some surveys in Old Dhaka. I don't know which area exactly, but I would say take it in account when you are doing the import. About the permission, I can sent you a letter just to sign, we developed to got data in Cameroon and the Central African Republic last year. I don't know anything about how you are trying to get the permission, but in Cameroon and the Central African Republic we learned that the best strategy is often: just give them a prepared document so they just have to sign. It will go a lot faster. Good luck with the import, and I will check it too! :-) Best wishes, Jorieke 2013/8/12 Jeff Haack <jeff.ha...@gmail.com> > There are so many data sets kicking around and yes if the roads and > highway department haven't been brought in already I'm sure they will be. > This is still in a very nascent phase acquiring data permissions from > anybody can take a lot of legwork, so I'll keep this in mind as I get to > know the situation a bit better. > > I'm glad to see this road classification schema. I wonder if there has > ever been a discussion of an admin level schema? (see > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dadministrative) > > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Larry O'Neill <larryone...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi Jeff, >> >> Aah, I'd almost forgotten that WB were involved. Exciting stuff. >> >> We had been talking about the data that the Roads and Highways Department >> have available on their site. >> The idea was to ask for permission to use the road reference information >> that's there. >> Most of the national roads have been traced from Bing imagery, but >> classification still needs to be figured out. >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Bangladesh#Roads >> If The World Bank were able to talk to the Ministry of Water Resources to >> get building info, they might be able and/or willing to help with this? >> Thoughts? >> >> Thanks >> Larry >> >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Jeff Haack <jeff.ha...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Hi Larry, >>> >>> To be honest I'm not sure how CEGIS got involved - I'm not directly in >>> touch. The World Bank has been piecing together this project to begin >>> mapping in these wards at the end of the month, and there are a few >>> footprint data sets floating around. We're still awaiting final written >>> permission to import the data, but hope to have it soon. I'll be coming to >>> Dhaka the last couple weeks of August to help do OSM training and get this >>> initiative off the ground, so I expect you'll be able to see the data >>> filling into OSM over the next couple months and hopefully beyond. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Jeff >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Larry O'Neill <larryone...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Guys, >>>> >>>> Really great to hear about this, how did you make contact with the >>>> CEGIS Jeff? >>>> Will be following this closely on Friday, assuming we get the final >>>> word to go ahead. >>>> Eunus, OSM data can be used for whatever research you need it for, so >>>> this will be available once its imported. >>>> >>>> Larry >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 6:42 AM, Mohammed Eunus Ali < >>>> mohammed.eunus....@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Jeff, >>>>> I am really happy and delighted to see this great initiative. I am >>>>> currently doing some research on query processing 3D maps. I think this >>>>> data will be really helpful for my research (I assume data are open for >>>>> all >>>>> /researchers!). >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> Eunus >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 6:00 PM, <talk-bd-requ...@openstreetmap.org>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Send Talk-bd mailing list submissions to >>>>>> talk-bd@openstreetmap.org >>>>>> >>>>>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>>>>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-bd >>>>>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >>>>>> talk-bd-requ...@openstreetmap.org >>>>>> >>>>>> You can reach the person managing the list at >>>>>> talk-bd-ow...@openstreetmap.org >>>>>> >>>>>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >>>>>> than "Re: Contents of Talk-bd digest..." >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Today's Topics: >>>>>> >>>>>> 1. Old Dhaka Building Import (Jeff Haack) >>>>>> 2. Re: Old Dhaka Building Import (Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> >>>>>> Message: 1 >>>>>> Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 20:30:40 +0530 >>>>>> From: Jeff Haack <jeff.ha...@gmail.com> >>>>>> To: talk-bd@openstreetmap.org >>>>>> Subject: [Talk-bd] Old Dhaka Building Import >>>>>> Message-ID: >>>>>> <CAMJp= >>>>>> fai9bjzu1c+l0ot_g4yhnbfdzdi0krhgrgz4bymvo-...@mail.gmail.com> >>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello OpenStreetMap Bangladesh, >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm preparing a data import for the old city in Dhaka of buildings, in >>>>>> support of the Open Cities Project< >>>>>> http://opencitiesproject.com/cities/dhaka/>, >>>>>> which will involve data collection of buildings using OpenStreetMap. >>>>>> The >>>>>> import will be of both building structures and ward boundaries, >>>>>> specifically within wards 67, 68, and 69 and possibly extending to >>>>>> wards >>>>>> 63, 64, and 66. You can see an outline of the import plan at >>>>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Dhaka_Building_Import. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'd like to open a discussion up about this both to inform you and >>>>>> also in >>>>>> case their are any questions or concerns we can discuss them in >>>>>> advance. >>>>>> I'm hoping to import the data by the end of the week, before August >>>>>> 16th. >>>>>> If you are interested please take a look at the plan I've written on >>>>>> the >>>>>> wiki page and post any items for discussion here on the list. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> Jeff >>>>>> -------------- next part -------------- >>>>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>>>>> URL: < >>>>>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-bd/attachments/20130810/d3fe2a99/attachment-0001.html >>>>>> > >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>>> >>>>>> Message: 2 >>>>>> Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 00:38:25 +0600 >>>>>> From: Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed <ishtia...@csebuet.org> >>>>>> To: Jeff Haack <jeff.ha...@gmail.com>, "Md. Rashidujjaman Rifat" >>>>>> <ne.ri...@gmail.com> >>>>>> Cc: talk-bd <talk-bd@openstreetmap.org> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [Talk-bd] Old Dhaka Building Import >>>>>> Message-ID: >>>>>> < >>>>>> ca+ksgotugndpzcs4nasyo_2qvdrgubzdevhvkdraj125rd4...@mail.gmail.com> >>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >>>>>> >>>>>> Great initiative, Jeff! >>>>>> >>>>>> Mapping old Dhaka is very important for many reasons. We are really >>>>>> excited >>>>>> to hear more about it as the project progresses. >>>>>> >>>>>> Ishtiaque >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Jeff Haack <jeff.ha...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> > Hello OpenStreetMap Bangladesh, >>>>>> > >>>>>> > I'm preparing a data import for the old city in Dhaka of buildings, >>>>>> in >>>>>> > support of the Open Cities Project< >>>>>> http://opencitiesproject.com/cities/dhaka/>, >>>>>> > which will involve data collection of buildings using >>>>>> OpenStreetMap. The >>>>>> > import will be of both building structures and ward boundaries, >>>>>> > specifically within wards 67, 68, and 69 and possibly extending to >>>>>> wards >>>>>> > 63, 64, and 66. You can see an outline of the import plan at >>>>>> > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Dhaka_Building_Import. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > I'd like to open a discussion up about this both to inform you and >>>>>> also in >>>>>> > case their are any questions or concerns we can discuss them in >>>>>> advance. >>>>>> > I'm hoping to import the data by the end of the week, before >>>>>> August 16th. >>>>>> > If you are interested please take a look at the plan I've written >>>>>> on the >>>>>> > wiki page and post any items for discussion here on the list. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Best, >>>>>> > Jeff >>>>>> > >>>>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>>>> > Talk-bd mailing list >>>>>> > Talk-bd@openstreetmap.org >>>>>> > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-bd >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed >>>>>> PhD Student (Fulbright S&T Fellow) >>>>>> Department of Information Science >>>>>> Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, US. >>>>>> web: https://sites.google.com/site/siakallol/ >>>>>> -------------- next part -------------- >>>>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>>>>> URL: < >>>>>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-bd/attachments/20130811/bdc2ba2a/attachment-0001.html >>>>>> > >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Talk-bd mailing list >>>>>> Talk-bd@openstreetmap.org >>>>>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-bd >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> End of Talk-bd Digest, Vol 22, Issue 1 >>>>>> ************************************** >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Mohammed Eunus Ali, Ph.D. >>>>> Associate Professor >>>>> Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) >>>>> Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) >>>>> Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh >>>>> Email: eu...@cse.buet.ac.bd >>>>> Web:http://sites.google.com/site/mohammedeunusali/ >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Talk-bd mailing list >>>>> Talk-bd@openstreetmap.org >>>>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-bd >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Talk-bd mailing list >>>> Talk-bd@openstreetmap.org >>>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-bd >>>> >>>> >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-bd mailing list > Talk-bd@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-bd > >
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