Comments on: Comparing OSM and Google Services in Kenya and the Developing World

By: 5 innovative examples for worldwide Maptivism.

5 innovative examples for worldwide Maptivism. — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:25:34 +0000

[...] about what we map and that we can use the data freely to use it the way it is needed. Or as Mikel Maron nicely puts it:”But the point is that with open source and open data, people everywhere don’t have to wait [...]

By: The Digital Divide of OpenStreetMap « Po Ve Sham – Muki Haklay’s personal blog

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:20:54 +0000

[...] the OpenStreetMap community, there are activities such as those led by Mikel Maron to map informal settlements in Kenya and to ensure coverage of other marginalised parts of the [...]

By: Bo

Bo — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:06:56 +0000

Sorry, not at this point. The obvious ones I saw in 2008 are gone now. Will have a look over Christmas though.

By: mikel

mikel — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:12:14 +0000

majiwater .. yes, that Matatu route visualization is incredible but totally locked down. We’ll do better. And Phares is exactly who first told me about traffic monitoring; there other efforts as well. Soon enough…

Bo .. do you have any examples of that?!

Jorge .. thanks, will recommend that too…

By: majiwater

majiwater — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:01:39 +0000

A Kenya Buzz (www.kenyabuzz.com) had really cool Matatu route visulisation done in summer 2009, unfortunately this has not been opened up and shared with the masses. I heard Phares Kaboro (@kaboro) mentioning something about a proposed traffic monitoring solution sometime ago, I do not know how that has faired.

By: Bo

Bo — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:57:04 +0000

Nice piece Mikel, I myself suspect that some of these Google employees have collected map data “under a tree” as we say in my business: When comparing Google and the meager OSM in 2008 when I landed I was very impressed with Google – so precise, so massive. However, I quickly found that a lot of places had the same mistakes as roadmaps of Nairobi online…

By: Jorge Sanz

Jorge Sanz — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:38:29 +0000

Hey don’t forget gvSIG mini, a J2ME and Android app that displays nicely OSM maps and uses YOURS routing service and NameFinder under the hood

http://gvsigmini.org