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OSM of Belgium as of 2007-11-20
OSM of Belgium as of 2007-11-20

This page contains information relating to mapping activity that is specific to Belgium. Any guides or conventions on this page can be discussed on the discussion page, feel free to comment or help (mapping your area, tagging streets or correcting this page).

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Mailing list

The openstreetmap Belgium mailing list is the main communications channel for openstreetmap volunteers in Belgium.

You can read about our activities past, current and future in the archives.

If you want to get involved with openstreetmap Belgium more closely, please subscribe to the mailing list, and introduce yourself with a short message to talk-be@openstreetmap.org .

Raskas is the list administrator. Please contact him in case you experience any problems with (subscribing to) the mailing list.

Openstreetmap volunteers in Belgium

Here's an incomplete list of Openstreetmap volunteers in Belgium. If you want to be on this list, please:

  • Create an openstreetmap wiki account if you haven't got one yet, and log in. Note that an openstreetmap wiki account is_not_ the same as an openstreetmap map making account!
  • Go to your personal wiki page. You can find it by scrolling to the top of the page and clicking your name.
  • Edit your personal wiki page, adding the following line at the bottom: [[Category:Users in Belgium|replace_this_with_your_name]] .

11 gps data loggers

Openstreetmap Belgium possesses 11 Locosys GT-31 gps data loggers for community use. Where are they right now?

  • 6 with MarkVandenBorre, mark AT markvdb DOT be, Leuven and Mere. Available now.
  • 1 with Jan Van den Borre, (contact through mark AT markvdb DOT be), Mere. Available again by 2008/10/01.
  • SN 832000448 with François Cauwe, francois AT cauwe DOT org, Leuven and Ronse. Will be used for mapping around Ronse. Available again by 2008/09/01.
  • SN.832000446 with Annelies Bollen, lisje AT kleinewereld DOT be, Wijgmaal and Leuven. Will be used for mapping during summer cycling trips. Available again by 2008/09/01.
  • SN 832000447 with Kurt Roeckx, kurt AT Roeckx DOT be, Leuven. Will be used for mapping in Argentinie. Available again by 2008/09/06.
  • 1 with Nicolas Pettiaux, Brussels. Available again by 2008/09/01.

Mapping resources

The "Atlas der Buurtwegen"/"Atlas des chemins vicinaux" might be acceptable as a source for openstreetmap work. This needs some legal research though!

It mostly dates from the 1840's. http://www.gisoost.be/metadata/atlasbw/AtlasBW_Leesmij.pdf (NL), even if specific to Oost-Vlaanderen in some places, is really worth a read.

Four Flemish provinces have digitised them:

Walloon provinces are digitising them in cooperation with the région Wallonne. I called them (2008/08), and at least Luxembourg is close to completion.

  • Brabant Wallon : Rue Armand Dewolf, 2 à 1357 Hélécine - Tél : 019/65.91.29. Ouvert au public sur rendez-vous.
  • Hainaut : Site du Clair-Logis, Rue St Antoine, 1 à 7021 Havré - Tél : 065/87.97.03. Ouvert au public tous les jours ouvrables de 8h00 à 12h00 et de 13h00 à 16h00.
  • Liège : Rue Darchis, 33 à 4000 Liège - Tél : 04/230.48.00. Ouvert au public tous les jours ouvrables de 8h00 à 12h00 et de 14h00 à 16h00. Site : http://www.prov-liege.be/stp (not available online)
  • Province du Luxembourg : Square Albert 1er, 1 à 6700 Arlon - Tél : 063/21.22.59. Ouvert au public tous les jours ouvrables de 8h00 à 12h30 et de 14h00 à 16h30.
  • Province de Namur : Chaussée de Charleroi, 85 à 5000 Namur - Tél : 081/56.30.46 (47). Ouvert au public tous les jours ouvrables de 8h30 à 11h30.


Conventions

See the Conventions page for discussing the mapping and tagging conventions.

Goals

If you have a goal that you are working towards or one that you would like to see get done (and are maybe willing to get the ball rolling) then add it to the list here, create a section where it can be coordinated and tracked, and a way of measuring progress.

Cities

Antwerpen / Antwerp
Brabant Wallon / Walloon Brabant
Brussels-Capital Region
Hainaut
Liège
Limburg
Luxembourg
Namur
Oost-Vlaanderen / East Flanders
Vlaams-Brabant / Flemish Brabant
West-Vlaanderen / West Flanders

Belgian subprojects

Contacts with local autorities

  • In Brussels Region: successful contacts have been made with the minister of the Brussels Region in charge of the transportation and its administration within the Brussels Ministery (AED) asking this administration who maintains a database of the traffic works to send it weekly to OSM. As of June 2008, this is done in the format that is used internally at AED, a wordprocessor description of the locations, roads and description of the works. As this format unfortunately does not allow for any automated treatment that could lead to an automatice adaptation of a layer on top of OSM, discussions are taking place to define another acceptable format that would allows such an automatic treatment by OSM while also an easy maintenance by AED. --npettiaux 20:53, 30 June 2008 (UTC)


Ideas

  • Contact the local authorities of densely mapped areas to ask if they have any procedure to inform organisations or people of changes in their jurisdiction (new streets are added, street names changed,...). They need to inform the post, emergency and other services so maybe they could inform OSM as well or provide a webpage or RSS feed with these data? Interested OSMers could then investigate these areas and map the new parts. This will be one of the major tasks when an area is mapped. This idea was taken from Mikel's mail at the Talk archives.
  • The public transportation company De Lijn offer access to bus stops online. They have been contacted, but no response has been received yet. --Gyrbo 22:14, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
  • DATS24 offers a complete list of all their gas stations (with GPS coördinates). I've contacted them if we may use this list. --Lithion 15:02, 6 Februari 2008 (UTC)

Mapping Parties/Events

Older discussion about activities was in the talk page.

All (new) activities should go on the Activities page. The talk page there can be used to discuss events.

External maps

External Links

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