the growth of open mapping in nepal
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The Growth of
Open Mapping
in NepalNirab Pudasaini, Prabhas Pokharel
Feb 21, 2015
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OpenStreetMap
Map of the World
That YOU can Edit
Lets step back to 2011
July 2011
2.9 Lakh features
224 contributors
Nepal-wide, June 2011
Humble Beginnings…
~25 Nepali Mappers, 31st July 2011
July 2012
Aug 2013
2013 onwards
• Not for profit tech company
• Formed in order to organize OSM efforts in Nepal
• Established in 2013 October
• Everything KLL does has OSM at its core
Kathmandu Living Labs
Community Building
Conducted 45 Mapping Parties
Engaging
• Students
• Faculty
• NGOs
• Developers
Community Building
Conducted 45 Mapping Parties
Engaging
• Students
• Faculty
• NGOs
• Developers
Community Building
Conducted 45 Mapping Parties
Engaging
• Students
• Faculty
• NGOs
• Developers
Community Building
Conducted 45 Mapping Parties
Engaging
lStudents
lFaculty
lNGOs
lDevelopers
Mapping School and Hospitals
All Schools and Hospitals in the valley mapped.
Mapping School and Hospitals
http://www.kathmandulivinglabs.org/schools-and-hospitals/
Bajrabarahi
Helped local farmers map their VDC in OpenStreetMap
Bajrabarahi
Helped local farmers map their VDC in OpenStreetMap
Mapping in Ward 7
http://www.model4g.net/
Mapping in Ward 7
http://www.model4g.net/
Bharatpur Mapping
Working with local government to map Bharatpur
Community Efforts
• Monday Mapping at
Kathmandu University
• GIS course in Apex
College
• Yatayat
• Mero Bhada Meter
The Map Today
1800 contributing users
26 Lakh geographic elements
2.9 Lakh Buildings
1.2 Lakh km of Road*
30111
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Number of Contributing Users
Repeat Mappers (> 10 changes)
July 2011 to now
1800 contributing
users
26 Lakh geographic
elements
2.9 Lakh Buildings
224 contributing
users
2.9 Lakh
features
to
THEN NOW
THEN NOW
THEN NOW
THEN NOW
But we can’t stop now
Feb 21, 2015
But we can’t stop now
Feb 21, 2015
We need YOU!
Use the Map
Make it Better
Make apps with us!
Offline Mapping!
Android
For iOS: Gallileo Offline Maps
Use it!
OSMAnd
Offline Navigation
Use it!
And if you can’t find it, map it!
How do we make it easier?
Increase Map Usage +
Literacy
Games?
Easier to Use App?
Come make fun things!
Tole guessing game
(I give you a tole name, can you put it on the map?)
Geo-caching
(Go find interesting caches in interesting locations).
Your Ideas?
Thank you!
Especially all 1800+ mappers!
http://bit.ly/osm-nepal-survey