Hi, Fiji was severely hit by category 5 cyclone Winston, the second most powerful recorded in the Southern hemisphere.
If you look at OSM data for Fiji, you may notice that names are lacking for many villages, whose extent has been or can be mapped from Bing imagery. A source to locate village names can be public domain US Army Map Service 1:250,000 1944 topo maps. A layer with the whole series covering Fiji is available at: http://mapwarper.net/layers/483 Tiles can be accessed at: http://mapwarper.net/layers/tile/483/{z}/{x}/{y}.png A WMS link suitable for JOSM is: http://mapwarper.net/layers/wms/483?request=GetMap&version=1.1.1&styles=&format=image/png&srs={proj}&exceptions=application/vnd.ogc.session.inimage&width={width}&height={height}&BBOX={bbox}&; Note that names currently in use are often a simplified form of these "old" names, and that it is straightforward to recognize current names in old names. For example, on Koro Island, here is a list of correspondences old name - current name: Kande - Kade Nambuna - Nabuna Nangaindamu - Naqaidamu Sinuvatha - Sinuvaca Namathu - Namacu Mundu - Mudu There are also many names that haven't changed. This map from UN OCHA shows cyclone track, strongest wind strips, and current names of islands: http://reliefweb.int/map/fiji/fiji-tc-winston-final-track-21-feb-2016 This map of news and social media reports can provide other examples of currently used place names: http://u.osmfr.org/m/72342/ Best wishes, Jean-Guilhem -- "On ne m’ôtera pas de l’idée que, pendant la dernière guerre mondiale, de nombreux juifs ont eu une attitude carrément hostile à l’égard du régime nazi." Pierre Desproges "I won't be deprived of the idea that, during the last world war, many Jews had a downright hostile attitude toward the Nazi regime." _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
