A New Pub in Ashgabat, and Turkmenistan's National Highways
Posted by apm-wa on 3 September 2018 in English.Proper mapping requires ‘‘en situ’’ observation of the POIs to be mapped. Ann and I accordingly took a break from our other duties to investigate the Argentina Pub, conveniently located about 10 minutes’ driving time from our house. Good pizza and salad (I was driving so alas could not partake of any nectar). It also offers steaks, which we will also investigate in due course. https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/621972265
That said we have broken 300,000 Mapillary images and 11,000 kilometers of imagery collection.
Last week I met the head of the Turkmen Motor Roads State Concern, and he confirmed my list of national highways was nearly complete (one highway was missing, which he provided but which still lacks a route number; I have added it to the list in the wiki). My next “armchair” project when duties preclude getting out on the road will be to identify the national highways with appropriate tags. If Turkmenistan is to become a transportation hub for Central Asia, it will need a decent online road atlas. OSM is currently the best map of the country available to the general public.
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