<div dir="ltr">Hi Graeme,<div>OSM has indeed received fantastic contributions from NGI which has really helped to improve the OSM dataset. We have been working on importing a lot of the data and doing conflation against existing OSM data. There is so much good data available in SA but unfortunately a lot of it is only commercially available or has restrictive licensing. Eskom for example has a great database that covers all dwellings in SA but it is strictly protected. I would love to see a more open and unrestricted approach from business in South Africa with regards to sharing their data with no strings attached. OSM has had great contributions from vehicle tracking companies that provide anonymised vehicle tracking information which is used by other tools to suggest corrections for roads and can be used by navigation tools to calculate traffic flow and speed.</div><div><br></div><div>The address database in SA is also not what it should be and we have been working hard as OSM volunteers to improve it. It certainly has the potential to be better than anything you can get commercially, certainly more up to date but it is not there yet. </div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 23 September 2014 12:10, Graeme McFerren <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gmcferren@csir.co.za" target="_blank">gmcferren@csir.co.za</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Kudos to NGI for helping to make this kind of data openly available on the Internet. It would be a really nice story to tell about some of the other NGI contributions to OSM (I am assuming there are other contributions) or other databases.<br><br><br>Regards<br>Graeme<br><br><br>>>> Frank Sokolic <<a href="mailto:sokolic@worldonline.co.za" target="_blank">sokolic@worldonline.co.za</a>> 09/23/14 12:17 PM >>><div><div class="h5"><br>Hi Chlodwik,<br><br>Try using the file I've attached. In QGIS go to Add Raster Layer, set <br>files to All Files then open this file. It pulls aerial photos from the <br><a href="http://aerial.openstreetmap.org.za" target="_blank">aerial.openstreetmap.org.za</a> website.<br><br>Regards, Frank.<br><br><br>On 23/09/2014 11:00, Chlodwik Rossouw wrote:<br>> Hi all<br>><br>> Would anyone perhaps know of a free aerial imagery WMS layer (Highest<br>> resolution possible coastal or national South African coverage) that I<br>> will be able to pull into QGIS?<br>><br>> Thanks<br>> Chlodwik<br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Africa mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Africa@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">Africa@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>> You can UNSUBSCRIBE at <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/africa" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/africa</a><br>><br><br><br></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br>This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. <br>The full disclaimer details can be found at <a href="http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html" target="_blank">http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html</a>.<br><br>This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, <br>and is believed to be clean.<br><br>Please consider the environment before printing this email.<br><br><br><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Trebuchet MS" size="1">
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