On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 7:20 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves lawgon@au-kbc.orgwrote:
On 19-Aug-08, at 2:33 PM, Akshay Mishra wrote:
ps, I calculate that about 100 man hours of work is enough to rectify the OSM map of Mumbai - and am willing to contribute some of that if others are coming forward.
I am unable to gauge the effort required and hence might not be able to comment here. If you have a plan on this activity why not start it and people would slowly join once it starts taking shape.
I think a sprint could do it. We need a place with machines with at least 1 gb RAM at least and good internet connectivity. If we get 5-6 people, we can divide the city up and start moving the streets. We will have a couple of people who are experts in josm and potlatch to guide people who are having problems. NRC-FOSS would kick in with some funds for this if the place can be arranged. I am willing to come to Mumbai and coordinate things. If 6 people work for 20 hours in a sprint, we can do it.
This would be very useful. Before this, can you put a small REAME on what all will be required ? If OSM is improved, it would be mightily useful. While I am skeptical about the time: 20 hour and it's feasibility but willing to give it a shot. Tell me what to do. We have mechanism to upload GPS co-ordinates in real time to a server so this should not be a worry. What else is needed. Maybe you need not come down here if you can remotely assist in the exercise.