OpenStreetMap Palestine
Previously. Now: there’s a new mailing list [http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ps: register at talk-ps@openstreetmap.org] for people who want to get involved in mapping in Gaza and the West Bank. They’re still looking for people with direct knowledge of Gaza to join in the editing process. A particular note for me:
In the process, agencies like UNOSAT and EC JRC have started selective release of their data sets .. a great start to open geodata exchange. The OpenStreetMap Wiki has an extensive (perhaps the greatest) collection of Palestinian geodata on the internet, all collected rapidly through crowdsourcing. [My emphasis.]
See? Crowdsourcing can work.1 More can be found on Mikel’s blog at http://brainoff.com/weblog/index.php?s=gaza+openstreetmap.
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