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The last country (Turkey) has been edited. Entering of information collected during our overland trip from the Netherlands to South Africa is now complete.
In two weeks we are leaving again to collect new data!
Journal de Jan van Bekkum
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Swaziland, Zimbabwe and South Africa entered
Publiée par Jan van Bekkum le 15 avril 2015 en English.Also the results of our overland trip in Swaziland, Zimbabwe and South Africa have been added.
That is good, because we will hit the road again in some three week from now.
Added road, campsite etc. information in Zambia and Botswana that we collected during our drive to South Africa from the Netherlands.
Added road, campsite etc. information in Malawi that we collected during our drive to South Africa from the Netherlands.
Added road, campsite etc. information in Tanzania that we collected during our drive to South Africa from the Netherlands.
Added road, campsite etc. information in Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi that we collected during our drive to South Africa from the Netherlands.
Added road, campsite etc. information in Kenya that we collected during our drive to South Africa from the Netherlands.
Editing of the roads we travelled during our trip from the Netherlands to South Africa and their environment has been completed.
Editing of our travels in Sudan completed
Publiée par Jan van Bekkum le 27 février 2015 en English. Dernière mise à jour le 8 mars 2015.Editing of the roads we travelled during our trip from the Netherlands to South Africa and their environment has been completed.
Editing of travels in KSA (kingdom of Saudi Arabia) completed
Publiée par Jan van Bekkum le 20 février 2015 en English. Dernière mise à jour le 8 mars 2015.Correcting and adding roads where I traveld on the way from the Netherlands to South Africa have been completed.
Participated in first Missing Maps event in the Netherlands
Publiée par Jan van Bekkum le 17 février 2015 en English.I participated in the first Missing Maps event in the Netherlands on 2015-02-14 and worked on an area in the C.A.R. [Here[(osm.org/user/Polyglot/diary/34394) are more details.
Editing of U.A.E. completed
Publiée par Jan van Bekkum le 12 février 2015 en English. Dernière mise à jour le 8 mars 2015.Checking and editing of the roads we passed during our trip to South Africa has been completed.
Proposal for mapping campings added in wiki talk campsite section
Publiée par Jan van Bekkum le 12 février 2015 en English.I made a proposal/summary for mapping of campings at the OSM wiki page for campings.
Editing of Oman completed
Publiée par Jan van Bekkum le 11 février 2015 en English. Dernière mise à jour le 8 mars 2015.Review of roads travelled in Oman during our trip from the Netherlands to South Africa has been completed.
Editing of our travels in Iran completed
Publiée par Jan van Bekkum le 25 janvier 2015 en English. Dernière mise à jour le 8 mars 2015.Editing of our travels from Turkey to Bandar Lengeh, the port to the U.A.E., was completed.
Description of navigation tools for overlanders on our website
Publiée par Jan van Bekkum le 21 janvier 2015 en English. Dernière mise à jour le 25 janvier 2015.A description of useful tools for overlanders was put on our website:
Action started to promote OSM uploading with overlanders
Publiée par Jan van Bekkum le 21 janvier 2015 en English.An action was started to promote uploading of tracks and POIs by overlanders as well as to extend the definition of campings as needed by overlanders. See for the discussion
Description added to bush camps we visited in Middle East and Africa.
Entry of campings Africa 2013-2014 completed
Publiée par Jan van Bekkum le 30 décembre 2014 en English. Dernière mise à jour le 8 mars 2015.The official and reasonable “impromptu” campings that we visited during our overland trip from the Netherlands to South Africa were added as well as a number of roads.