I’ve been doing this for over a year!

what can I do to help you? Thanks! Justin

Thanks! Do you know the person in charge of that project? Is there an updated list of sources/ sites as per the data? Cheers

@SimonPoole, is there open address point data for the entire nation? Thanks!

I am just sharing with the osm community - license/ metadata is in a txt file included with the data

I work with admin boundaries globally every day. I have no plans for these - OSM people get all wild about imports, data, etc. So if it come to that, the larger community can discuss - I am just a data guy -

If you need boundaries for any specific country let me know - I have tons of them ;)

I just trace imagery… http://yosmhm.neis-one.org/?MapMakinMeyers

Cheers, J

do you have the raw data used for the names? and the wiki ids?

Yes, I just wanted to share ;)

do you have the raw shapefile data from the government?

Jothirnadh, I will send you some updated nga locations and will shift them based on macthing village and urban area within settlement to help your team. I can send in a csv or shapefile format. I will do Karnataka as a poc for your team message me your email

Today is thanksgiving in the US so I will be with friends and family, but will be working on this for you guys here and there.

cheers

amazing work!! check out their open data here: http://web1.capetown.gov.za/web1/opendataportal/Default

cheers!! Justin

I agree with Maning. GADM is junk in my opinion. I have reached out to Dr. Hijmans (http://desp.ucdavis.edu/people/robert-j-hijmans) numerous times and have spoken on the phone with him with regard to the data and sources. He does not feel the need to cite his sources. He does not know where all the data is from!? And he is impossible to work with. You could send him 50 e-mails and he will not reply (yes, I did this and he does not reply…).

At one point there was a license for the data mentioned - it was a non-commercial.

I think talking with the proper government agency in the country the boundaries are for in any country is best. If a nation does not have quality data with a proper license, then users should take action and go out and map.

they released data about three years ago: http://www.rgc.cd/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=41&Itemid=183

this is shapefile data. not sure the copyright/ scale/ etc. I reached out to them in the past, but had no luck receiving any follow-up.

cheers

just sent the e-mail. let me know if the desa names are correct. Thanks!

can i send you a shapefile of the desas in the area so you could confirm them?

DaCor, this is my first time using it. From my understanding the NZ government is pretty good about opening up data to the public. I believe they are just getting back from a holiday, so hopefully I hear from them soon. Please vote and encourage your friends and colleagues to vote.

I also filed a request here: https://fyi.org.nz/

These seem to be granted quite often.

Thank you!!

Strava doesn’t share data back with the larger community; reaching out to them is a joke…

If I were trying to get a accurate GPS trail through heavy foliage I would hike/ bike/ walk/ drive the route several times and average out the data; take a few geotagged pics. Line up with some imagery from EarthExplorer (if in US) - and make it yourself. Sometimes emailing county gis departments or park departments for baseline data doesnt hurt.

Cheers!

Festive. Does anyone here have any contacts there that may be able to change that!? It seems like the osm community has a strong voice in getting data from governments. In all honesty, I am willing to bet the agency uses osm data… so you would think they would have a working relationship with osm and the mapping community.

Cheers, Justin

Who funds them? Isn’t Deutschland all about open data!?!?? Is there anyway to formally request access to this information? You would think they would want to share it…???

Wasn’t OSM founded on the concept of free and open data. ‘Open’ data with silly licenses is not open, it is licensed. just my .02$

Cheers ;)