I spent a few days in Penang for a separate work trip. Took my time to survey and map the area too. I found that Pengkalan Weld is already well mapped. Specifically the area around Lebuh Pantai and Gat Lebuh Chulia. So I only needed to add some extra details and POIs in the area.

Thought I’d write a quick diary entry to start things out. I’ve been mapping in OSM since 2020, almost 3 years now at this point and covered many places in Malaysia. I’ll talk about those in the future.

My I have 2 major focuses now.

1. Mapping every street in Kuala Lumpur CBD
2. Adding satellite visible data in all of Kuala Selangor District

Kuala Lumpur

I define Kuala Lumpur CBD as all the area surrounded by the MRR1 road network. My mapping plans here are comprehensive. I would visit every single street and add as much detail as possible. However I will prioritize buildings, pavements, housenumbers, POIs, locality names and landuses. The following link visualizes how much area I’ve covered so far.

https://felt.com/map/Everystreet-KL-B4AH7To6RaiuAaKUqJBY3D?loc=3.158563,101.694303,15.72z&share=1

Kuala Selangor

The mapping here is a bit simpler. I plan to add all buildings in Kuala Selangor. Wherever I can, I will also add landuses, highways and water features.

That’s all for now. I will update every major milestones when I can.