Paul Storry wrote: > 1. Is there any coordination or organisation in the way the data is being > collected in South Africa? By this I mean, is the local chapter (if there is > such a thing) actively involved planning data collection or monitoring it's > progress? > We occasionally have social mapping parties where we meet, discuss and map a particular place. Recent parties have been in Hout Bay and Sandton City.
We also discuss tagging and other organisation matters on this mailing list, the wiki or on IRC. Adrian Frith has discusses forming a Local Chapter: http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-za/2009-January/000316.html > 2. Has the OpenStreetMap effort attracted any local sponsorship? > Not yet. Although the time to organise a mapping party would be great. :-) / Grant _______________________________________________ Talk-ZA mailing list Talk-ZA@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-za