Hi,
in a post [1] by Mikel end of September he proposed to use the data from
US Department of State to update the border of South Sudan.
As the dataset look pretty accurate compared to natural features I have
already started using it.
After noticing that the border of South Sudan is not updated yet I would
volunteer to do so. Unfortunately this raises the question of the
disputed area of Kafia Kingi in the west: The current border in OSM
attributes this area to Sudan, the DoS dataset to South Sudan, not even
indicating a dispute. There seems to be some uncertainty on where the
border should be (cf. [2]). Google Maps/Earth show both borders as
disputed.
So I would like to bring up the question here, which border to use. From
what I found in the list and wiki the current border in OSM has not
necessarily based on detailed consideration but basicallay what had been
available at the time.
Personally I would tend to use the DoS border, but I'm definetly not an
expert on neither South Sudan nor international borders.
Michael
[1] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2011-September/060226.html
[2]
http://ogleearth.com/2011/07/mapping-south-sudans-northern-border-not-so-fast/
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