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SoTM Asia 2017 - Myanmar Presentation

Li Jia Li
September 24, 2017

SoTM Asia 2017 - Myanmar Presentation

State of the Map of Myanmar presentation @ SoTM Asia 2017 in Kathmandu, Nepal

Li Jia Li

September 24, 2017
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  1. Government participation - Urban Planning Department, Yangon City Development Committee

    - putting Public Transport lines (Bus, Train, Boat) on OSM - Awareness on OSM (open data) - still low - Concern - what data to share/not to share
  2. Major use cases - In 2014 , Major landslide was

    occurred in Chin State. Most of Geographer , Geologists and Geospatial from Geoinformatics Society in Myanmar were strongly involved in HOT’s remote mapping of Chin state. - Urban Planning Department, Yangon City Development Committee - putting Public Transport lines (Bus, Train, Boat) on OSM
  3. Challenges - Font Issue/challenge - Different names for the same

    site/object Myanmar : English : Pyi Htaung Su Street / PyiHtaungSu Street / Pyi Taung Su Street / Union Street
  4. Events organized by Myanmar OpenStreetMap Initiative - 4 Mapping Meetups

    - 2 Mapping Parties - 1 OpenStreetMap Fundamental Training
  5. Upcoming Plans & Goals 1. Thriving OpenStreetMap community 2. Improved

    quality of data in OSM that complies to OSM tagging standards and best practices. 3. Detailed map of Yangon and Mandalay key townships 4. Improved geographical coverage of Tanintharyi 5. Create improved/localized training and guiding materials 6. Seek collaboration with other organizations active in OSM to produce better coverage/data in OSM 7. Support the production of products/maps/apps based on OSM data