Online Mapping Project for Cambodia Gets Under Way
Students, NGO workers and map enthusiasts came together Saturday in Phnom Penh to contribute information to an online map of Cambodia as part of a worldwide mapping effort, the event’s organizers said yesterday. The global project, known as the OpenStreetMap Project (OSM), uses a similar concept to Wikipedia, allowing ordinary people to log on to the system and add information about various locations. Wilfred Waters, a consultant at local NGO Sahmakum Teang Tnaut, organized a marathon mapping session in an effort to add crucial information to Cambodia on OSM’s server. …
