Hi Michael
I believe this section of the line is the one is dispute, it's in a separate
file from the State Dept:
http://rockburger.com/openstreetmap/state/New_Abyei_non-56_line_part.zip
Question is, how do we tag this? We need to mark the border as disputed
politically (but not disputed by editors). Similar lines in Kashmir, etc.
I had thought previously that borders could be localized, but that might
overcomplicate things.
-Mikel
== Mikel Maron ==
+14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron
>________________________________
>From: Michael Krämer <ohr...@googlemail.com>
>To: talk@openstreetmap.org
>Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 5:33 AM
>Subject: [OSM-talk] South Sudan: Update border from DoS data
>
>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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