Brussels

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Brussels, Belgium

Latitude : 50.85, Longitude : 4.35

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Brussels is a city in Belgium at latitude 50.85, longitude 4.35.

OSM Coverage

There is a fair amount of OSM coverage for the city, but not that much has been tagged yet. There are also quite a lot of "interesting" segments and ways, which appear to have been auto-generated from noisy gpx trackpoints.

Yahoo! Aerial Imagery coverage

Yahoo! Aerial Imagery is available for the whole of Brussels and surrounding region. We can work with the imagery by using Potlatch or using the WMS plugin for JOSM. We can use it to map more accurately, or to map in two phases, sketching in road layouts before we even go there.

People mapping in Brussels

List yourself here if you've been doing any mapping Brussels

Jloriaux - worked on the Brussels map
Grungie - lives in Brussels
PhilippeP - works in Brussels
Moyogo - from aerial imagery and walking around too much
pluimpje - lives in Brussels (from aerial imagery and my own gps tracks)
Koying - lives and works in Brussels
Polyglot - Occasional visits, since I live only 30 kms away and some work in Potlatch from Aerial imagery. I fix errors when I find them and I add translations where necessary. Or split name in name:nl and name:fr, until I get 'bored'. I have also been working on River Zenne in Potlatch, just like I did Dijle and Demer and some tributaries. :-)
Velosteph - involved in cycling defense in Brussels, I build routes for cycling thru Brussels. I have also several GPS tracks in stock, and on my own webiste a database with all the street names AND the description of the official regional network of bycicle routes, so one of my project is to find a way to translate these datas into maps...
eMerzh - lives and works in Brussels ;-)
BenoitL — lives and works in Brussels
Paul-Andre Duchesne - lives and works in Brussels - Map either from Bing aerial images, tracks from my smartphone or my data logger, collect infos while walking and cycling in Brussel :)

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Languages

Brussels (Bruxelles in French or Brussel in Dutch) is officially a bilingual city and administrative district. Therefore it is unclear which language should be used to tag streets and place names. The city page was moved to a more general English version for now but a better solution is needed. Please join the discussion on the Belgium project discussion page to help decide how we should handle this.

Brussels

Brussels (French: Bruxelles, pronounced [bʁysɛl], and sometimes [bʁyksɛl] by non-Belgian speakers of French; Dutch: Brussel, pronounced [brʏsəl]; German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium, the French Community of Belgium, the Flemish Community and the main seat of the European Union's institutions (and thus often considered 'The Capital of Europe'). -- Source Wikipedia

Progress

Colour and symbol legend

The status of each map region is indicated by a symbol, which describes the type of feature, and a colour, which indicates the completeness of that feature in a map region.

Meaning of symbols

- Street names are labelled. This means that the map can be used to find an address - Key: l

- Roads for car traffic are present. One way streets and pedestrian streets are present. This means that the map can be used for car navigation - Key: c

- All cycleways, and field and forest roads suitable for bicycles are present - Key: b

- All footways are present - Key: fo

- All wheelchair access is present - Key: d

- All public transports are present (including name of the bus stop/station names) - Key: tr

- All public institutions are present (Churches, sports facilities, venues, schools, hospitals, city hall) - Key: p

- All petrol stations are present - Key: fu

- All restaurants and hotels are present - Key: r

- All tourist attractions are present - Key: t

- All natural resources are mapped (e.g Water, Lakes and Woodland) - Key: n

- All housenumbers are present - Key: h

Meaning of colours

Meaning	Use for navigation	To do	value
The map needs checking, status unknown	Availability unknown	Please check	(None)
The map contains no or little data	Not to be used	Please complete	0
The map contains partial data	Limited usability	Please complete	1
The map is largely complete (please describe missing data)	Use with restrictions	Please complete (missing data, streets etc.)	2
The map is complete (in the opinion of a mapper)	Suitable for use	Please check and correct any errors	3
The map is complete (verified by 2 mappers) ; please indicate Date when checked)	Suitable for use	Please update as needed	4
This attribute does not exist in the mapped area (e.g. no petrol stations)	Suitable for use	Please update as needed	X

This table is a wiki template with a default description in German. Editable here. The english translation is Editable here

Brussels Capital-Region:

municipalities (inhabitants)	area	Remarks
Anderlecht (97,601)	58254
Auderghem/Oudergem (29,681)	58263
Berchem-Sainte-Agathe/Sint-Agatha-Berchem (20,431)	60140
Bruxelles-Ville/Stad Brussel (145,917)	58274
Etterbeek (42,342)	58252	check Etterbeek to see a more complete status
Evere (34,128)	60144
Forest/Vorst (48,284)	58249
Ganshoren (21,395)	58257
Ixelles/Elsene (78,088)	58250
Jette (43,564)	58258
Koekelberg(18,541)	58256
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean/Sint-Jans-Molenbeek (81,632)	58255
Saint-Gilles/Sint-Gillis (44,767)	58248
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode/Sint-Joost-ten-Node (23,785)	58262
Schaerbeek/Schaarbeek (113,493)	58260
Uccle/Ukkel (76,576)	58253
Watermael-Boitsfort/Watermaal-Bosvoorde (24,121)	58264
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert/Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe (48,315)	60167
Woluwe-Saint-Pierre/Sint-Pieters-Woluwe (38,554)	60168