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> In Waterkloof Heights, Pretoria, South Africa OSM was roughly 7 years out of date and had barely any information even then. I did some mapping on the Garden
by Mediterraneo10 6y ago
> In Waterkloof Heights, Pretoria, South Africa OSM was roughly 7 years out of date and had barely any information even then.
I did some mapping on the Garden Route years ago. When I later went and looked back at those communities, I was disappointed to see that little work had been done since my own edits long ago. And in general, much seemed to have been added by other foreign overlanders like myself, and not any kind of local OSM community. I wondered if this is because those demographics in South Africa that are affluent enough to be interested in nerdy tech things like OSM, have also grown up in a culture that always warned them of idly walking around towns with phone in hand?
- Semaphor 6y agoVery possible. Waterkloof Heights is a very rich area, the only white people I’ve seen walking besides me were joggers. The black people were all there to work at the mansions.
- jmkb 6y agoMeanwhile, tiny Lesotho (a landlocked enclave entirely within, and distinctly less affluent than, South Africa) has a passionately active OSM community uniting locals on the ground and international mappers who use satellite imagery. Last year it was officially declared[1] the first country to be "completely mapped" in OSM -- a moving target obviously, but impressive nonetheless. [1] https://maplesotho.wordpress.com/ https://maplesotho.wordpress.com/