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Making Kirtipur Visible
SOTM Asia
23 September 2017
Shashish Maharjan
Geospatial Analyst (CIMMYT International)
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Photo: Sunil Maharjan

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WHY?
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Source: Kathmandu valley
E. Schneider, F.

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How?
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Our focus
• Roads and place with local
names
• Public open spaces
• Heritage sites (Street Shrines,
temples, endagnered
traditional windows)
• Water sources
• Medical stores
• Etc..
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Contributors
• Total 331
• 37 local mappers
• Active more than 1
day: 19
• Active mapper in
2017: 8
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Motivation
“No detail information about our place in a map, not even in google map.
Since OSM is free and easy to use we started OSM mapping”
“We could get information of different place and at the same time, we could
update the places and routes we know; the important thing is we could feet
ownership of the data we feed and have a feeling like its ours.”
“The reason I participated to contribute in OSM is that when other people visit my
place, they feel comfortable in using maps and need not ask people for directions.”
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Challenges
• Internet Bandwidth
• Poor satellite imagery
quality
• Retaining and
motivating mappers
• Tagging guidelines
• For local amenities like
Cooperatives,
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Way Forward
• Communicate with local mappers
before and after remote mapping
• Collaborate to validate mapping
projects
• Constructive feedback to new mappers
• Encourage local mapping parties
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Thank You
Twitter: @shashish
Email: maharjan.shashish@gmail.com
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