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Welcome to OpenStreetMap Telangana!
Diposkan oleh dalek2point3 pada 2 Jun 2014 dalam English Last updated on 6 Jun 2014.June 2 is a monumental day for residents of the new state of Telangana in southern India. After decades of struggle, the government of India decided to create an independent state of Telangana, separate from the state of Andhra Pradesh. Historically, backward and poor as compared to the rest of Andhra Pradesh, the hope is that a more empowered state can bring development to the people of Telangana.
Meanwhile, in the digital world – OpenStreetMap also welcomed Telangana with open arms. User PlaneMad created the state boundary relation, and it went live today – exactly the day that Telanga came into existence on the ground! Before it went live, the OpenStreetMap community had a chance to talk and discuss this change and prepare for the impending arrival of the state!
Here are the two state boundaries on OpenStreetMap today – Telangana
and the new, smaller Andhra Pradesh
Meanwhile, in proprietary-maps-world, Andhra Pradesh still remains in its traditional form. Uncorrected and denying the people of Telangana their existence for a few more weeks! Another win for community-crafted local maps!
Image source: Google Maps. (Used under fair-use exceptions to copyright law. Please file a DMCA request in case you disagree)
Update (June 6)
Thanks to help from Wambacher and OSM Boundaries I was able to create this overlay which shows both the states in one image.
Discussion
Ulasan Wynndale terhadap 3 Jun 2014 pada 05:39
This is worth submitting to Featured images.
Ulasan AndiG88 terhadap 3 Jun 2014 pada 13:48
One image alone does not show anything and you can’t really have 3 images as “featured image”. You would need to create some kind of over overlay.
Ulasan stephan75 terhadap 5 Jun 2014 pada 17:44
Have a look at http://osm.wno-edv-service.de:8080/boundaries/ where you can select all kinds of OSM boundary relations for almost all countries in the world, including boundaries with higher admin_levels.
Try to select the boundaries in the hierarchical tree structure og the two mentioned areas. That can be a basis for “picture of the week” or similar.
Success?
Ulasan dalek2point3 terhadap 5 Jun 2014 pada 20:30
@stephan75 – brilliant idea! But I cant seem to find “Telangana” (though Andhra Pradesh shows up fine) on OSM Boundaries. Any ideas on what Im doing wrong?
Ulasan wambacher terhadap 5 Jun 2014 pada 21:44
nothing wrong with you - only the local files have to be updated (by me). it’s a big job (about 1-2 hours for india), that will only run on request. Last run was 2014-05-13
tomorrow morning everythng should be fine.
regards
walter, aka wambacher
Ulasan dalek2point3 terhadap 6 Jun 2014 pada 17:31
super! I just updated the post with the new boundaries and also put up a featured image proposal: osm.wiki/Featured_image_proposals#OSM_Welcomes_the_new_Indian_State_of_Telangana