Basically a US Naval base in the Middle of the Indian Ocean. Very remote place indeed. Added some roads from Bing imagery.

Currently I'm talking to some guys from the wikimedia foundation which try to widen the use of wikipedia in Bamako/Mali.

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/WMF_grants/wm_ch/wikipedia_bamako

They might be able to send someone to Bamako in January. I suggested to do a walkingpapers ( http://www.walkingpapers.org ) mapping party there, so that a lot of POIs and streetnames etc. can be added without an actual need for a GPS. I think then the OSM community can add this information to the database.

Some other suggestions?

This is great news,
Christian

Friday I called for help to map Bamako- the capital of Mali- and you (you know who you are..) did an awesome job so far. It doesn't happen often that a 1.8 Million city emerges from allmost a white space on the map to something we have now.

Currently I'd guess that around 15% of all the ways of the bing imagery are traced, so there is still plenty of work to do. If you have some time to spare, feel free to join the fun.

Happy mapping,
Christian

Not even 24 hrs ago I called for arms and you guys responded beautifully.

osm.org/user/zenfunk/diary/12604

What an amazing community this is. Roads, building outlines, paths and footways are popping up everywhere in Bamako- the capital of Mali.
For those of you who haven't jumped in yet, there is still plenty of armchair mapping to do. Bamako has about 1.8 Million inhabitants... We won't be finished soon.

Thanks a lot guys,
Christian