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Wednesday, 1 October 2008

Let's Map Africa!

Posted on 18:02 by Unknown
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We are excited to announce that users may now build and edit maps in Map Maker for 45 new African countries, bringing the total number of countries covered in Map Maker to 122 countries, covering a population of 3 billion people. The Map Maker team is very excited about this announcement as Africa symbolizes our dream - to bring rich, deep map and local data to places that had none. Having good maps and local data spurs investment, local commerce and planning. Many NGOs also depend on a good base map to plan and execute their work. So much so that many NGOs have told us that they either cannot do their work without good maps or have to spend a lot of effort building these.

However, we need your help. With Map Maker, any user can create or edit map data including schools, buildings, local businesses, national parks, trails and safaris. If you have strong local knowledge, this is your chance to make a little difference.

We leave you with an image of Nairobi, Kenya, where Google MapMaker has been working on a project in partnership with a team of seven students from three Kenyan universities to create better online maps for this region.



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The countries enabled for editing today:
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Morocco (including Western Sahara), Zambia, Zimbabwe. And don't forget that you can also edit the several other countries in Africa that were made available in August: Cape Verde, Comoros, Madagascar, Reunion, São Tomé and Príncipe and Seychelles.

Posted by Lalitesh Katragadda, Software Engineer and Sanjay Jain, Product Manager
Cross posted with the Google Lat Long Blog

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Cartographions l'Afrique!

Nous sommes ravis d'annoncer que les utilisateurs peuvent désormais construire et modifier les cartes dans Map Maker pour 45 nouveaux pays africains, ce qui amène le nombre total de pays couvert par Map Maker à 122, couvrant une population de 3 milliards de personnes. L'équipe Map Maker est excité par cette annonce car l'Afrique est un symbole de notre rêve : proposer un contenu cartographique et local riche et précis à des endroits qui n'en avaient pas. Avoir de bonnes cartes et un contenu local encouragent les investissements, le commerce local et la planification. De nombreuses ONG dépendent également d'un bonne carte pour planifier et exécuter leurs missions. A tel point que de nombreuses ONG nous ont indiqué qu'elles ne pouvaient pas effectuer leurs missions sans de bonnes cartes ou devaient dépenser beaucoup d'énergie à les construire.

Cependant, nous avons besoin de votre aide. Avec Map Maker, tout utilisateur peut créer ou modifier une carte pour y inclure écoles, bâtiments, commerces, pacs nationaux, chemins de randonnée et safaris. Si vous avez de solides connaissances locales, ceci est votre chance pour contribuer et faire une petite différence.

Voici une image de Nairobi, au Kenya, où Google Map Maker a travaillé sur un projet en partenariat avec une équipe de sept étudiants de trois universités kenyanes pour créer de meilleures cartes interactives pour cette région.

Les pays qu'il est possible de modifier aujourd'hui incluent :
Algérie, Angola, Bénin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroun, République Centrafricaine, Tchad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, République Démocratique du Congo, Djibouti, Guinée-Equatoriale, Erythrée, Ethiopie, Gabon, Gambie, Ghana, Guinée Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Libéria, Libye, Malawi, Mali, Mauritanie, Ile Maurice, Maroc (Ouest du Sahara inclus), Mozambique, Namibie, Niger, Nigéria, Rwanda, Sénégal, Sierra Leone, Somalie, Soudan, Swaziland, Tanzanie, Togo, Tunisie, Ouganda, Zambie, Zimbabwe. N'oubliez pas que vous pouvez aussi modifier de nombreux autres pays en Afrique, déjà possible depuis août: Cap Vert, Comores, Madagascar, Ile de la Réunion, Sao Tomé et Principe et Seychelles.

Posté par Lalitesh Katragadda, Software Engineer et Sanjay Jain, Product Manager
Posté egalement sur le blog Lat Long
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