Sure, while we're at it, let's ask for all their electronic mapping again. Perhaps we'll have better luck this time. I have a copy of their electronic maps (shape file and raster). Naturally, we don't have permission to use, so I have done nothing with it yet. Now is probably as good a time as any to ask permission again.
I'm pretty swamped with work at the moment, but let me see what contact details I can dig up and let's see where this goes. I'll mail you directly later this morning. Regards, Brendan Barrett -------------------------------------------------- From: "Grant Slater" <openstreet...@firefishy.com> Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 2:52 PM To: "Openstreetmap ZA" <talk-za@openstreetmap.org> Subject: [OSM-Talk-ZA] CD:SM Topographic map of ZA > Hi Guys, > > The Chief Directorate Surveys and Mapping (CD:SM) during the 1980s and > 1990s produced some lovely 1:50000 topographic maps of SA. > CD:SM offices "sell" these map sheets at the cost of distribution, > around R22 each last I heard. > > I have a full scanned set of these from a group called MadMappers.com > > As a short term experiment, I've turned [1] a selection of them into a > slippy. (My bit of the Eastern Cape) > http://grant.dev.openstreetmap.org/cdsm-tiles-test-DO-NOT-USE/ > > Map legend is available here: > http://madmappers.com/htm/SA50k_legend.htm > > Please do not yet use these maps for deriving any data yet. I still > need to check with CD:SM on usage terms. Brendan want to help? :-) > > 1: Procedure: > MrSid from MapMappers -> (mrsidgeodecode) GeoTiff -> (gdalwarp) warped > epsg:4326 to epsg:900913 -> created mapnik stylesheet > http://grant.dev.openstreetmap.org/cdsm-tiles-test-DO-NOT-USE/imagery.xml > -> mapnik generate_tiles.py -> done > > Regards > Grant > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ZA mailing list > Talk-ZA@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-za > _______________________________________________ Talk-ZA mailing list Talk-ZA@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-za
