OpenStreetMap
For the last few weeks I’ve been improving the data for the Kashmir Valley.
Have improved the accuracy of the forested areas, which previously were drawn in very low resolution, and often incorrectly included large parts of non-forested land. I may have included some areas of scrubland within the forested areas, it’s sometimes difficult to differentiate from the imagery.
Now working on highways. have been genuinely surprised at just how many highways and tracks there are in the area.
Discussion
Comment from keithonearth on 5 July 2019 at 17:23
The Kashmir Valley has come a long way since you posted this, I’m really happy how it’s looking these days. As a big chunk of editing was done by you and me I thought you’d be interested to see how it scored on this map that compares population density and OSM nodes. The valley looks really good, especially based on how little was mapped when you made this diary post.
Some interesting red blocks close to the Line of Control (de facto border with Pakistan), which I suspect is due to poor imagery being available, probably down to the Indian government not wanting the imagery to be available to militants crossing between the two countries.
Thanks for all your hard work in the area, it’s been great to see it shape up.
Comment from dmgroom_ct on 14 July 2019 at 02:38
Yes, nearly two years of us jointly mapping the area, a lot of work. But hopefully we have added some value for users of OSM.
Comment from keithonearth on 15 July 2019 at 19:06
For users of OSM? Sure, that’d be nice, but mostly, I’m just hoping to get there on holiday. :-)