Kyrgyzstan

V・T・E Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia

latitude: 41.3, longitude: 74.6

Browse map of Kyrgyzstan 41°18′00.00″ N, 74°36′00.00″ E

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External links: Notes Quality checks with Osmose Keep Right! OSM Inspector Streets without names CheckAutopista2 Public transport with öpnvkarte.de Wikipedia: en Wikimedia Commons OpenStreetMap contributors map Mapillary KartaView

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Kyrgyzstan is a Country in Central Asia at latitude 41°18′00.00″ North, longitude 74°36′00.00″ East.

Students and teachers creating detailed maps of their villages as part of a project in 2016 in the Tien Shan mountains. read more on HOT blog

Things you can do

The main cities such as the capital Bishkek are partially mapped, as are main highways and parts of the mountainous rural areas, for example around Karakol.

There are missing roads that are visible in Bing around Osh and around Issyk Kul lake. Missing some roads around Jalal-Abad.

Some care has to be taken with names as some have changed and have different international spellings and transliterations.

It needs the national border imported.

Imagery and data sources

Aerial imagery

Aerial imagery has been requested to UNOSAT in July 2010 and is now available for the cities of Osh and Bazar-Korgon. Due to licence reasons, the WMS URL cannot be shared publicly. Please contact Frédéric Bonifas (fredericbonifas@gmail.com) if you are interested.

All data traced from this imagery should be credited "source=UNOSAT, e-geos".

This imagery is quite old now, so no need to map temporary stuff like "SOS" written on the ground.

Other

• ReliefWeb maps : Maps produced by various NGOs
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection : PD unless otherwise indicated
• 1942 survey Soviet maps

Non mapping data

For better understanding of the satellite pictures we can look at photos taken in the city. There are some on flickr for exampe. - For Osh : http://www.flickr.com/map?&fLat=40.5373&fLon=72.8125&zl=5

Using OpenStreetMap data

Data extracts

• Geofabrik extracts for Kyrgyzstan : updated daily, formats OSM and SHP
• Cloudmade extracts for Kyrgyzstan : updated weekly, formats OSM and SHP

Garmin map

Here is a map of Kyrgyzstan for Garmin GPS devices : http://fredericbonifas.free.fr/kyrgyzstan_20100813.img

Mapping coordination

There is a huge need to map the cities of Osh and Jalal-Abad

It would be good to use QualityStreetMap to monitor the completeness.

Mapping priorities

1. All the streets and roads
2. Landuse and equipments such as bridges, towers, factories etc
3. Buildings : it will allow an easy placement of POIs later, even without a GPS

Mapping of Osh

All tags highway=residential/unclassified/track/path waterway=canal bridge=yes railway=rail/level_crossing are complete in east of river Ak-Buura

Languages

Most roadsigns are in Kyrgyz language on the spot (transliterated into latin script). As Russian still remains widely used, it must still be maintained too. Hence, for toponyms (locality names, street names, province names, national parks, lakes, etc.), the 4 following name tags must always be filled as per rules below:

• name=* tag must be filled with the Kyrgyz name (which means it must be identical to name:ky=*). The exception to this rule is commercial names. Shop, gas stations, etc. In such cases, the name=* tag must be identical as on the spot, whatever its language.
• name:ky=* must be filled with the Kyrgyz name
• name:ru=* must be filled with the Russian name
• int_name=* must be filled with the Kyrgyz latin official transliteration (ex.: Ош becomes Oş and not Osh! You can however use "Osh" in the name:en tag, however)

Wikipedia

The wikipedia=* tag must always be filled with the Kirghiz version of an article regarding the object you are working on. (wikipedia=ky:*).

Solely in case there is no Kyrgyz article, always fill with the Russian version wikipedia=ru:*

Data quality

• Geometry and tagging: OSMInspector
• Geometry and tagging (other): KeepRight
• Completeness: QualityStreetMap
• Quality control with Osmose

Cities

Here is a list of cities from Wikipedia.

Name	Kyrgyz name	Latin Kyrgyz	Oblast	Population*	Type
Balykchy	Балыкчы	Balıkçı	Issyk Kul	41,342	city
Batken	Баткен	Batken	Batken	10,987	city
Bishkek	Бишкек	Bişkek	-	750,327	город	view
Cholpon-Ata	Чолпоната	Çolponata	Issyk Kul	8,851	city
Isfana	Исфана	İsfana	Batken	16,850	city
Jalal-Abad	Жалалабат	Jalalabat	Jalal-Abad	70,401	city	view
Kant	Кант	Kant	Chuy	22,075	city
Kara-Balta	Карабалта	Karabalta	Chuy	47,159	city
Karakol	Каракол	Karakol	Issyk Kul	64,322	city	view
Karaköl	Каракөл	Karaköl	Jalal-Abad	17,977	city
Kara-Suu	Карасуу	Karasuu	Osh	19,143	city
Kerben	Кербен	Kerben	Jalal-Abad	n/a	city	view
Kochkor-Ata	Кочкората	Koçkorata	Jalal-Abad	16,104	city
Kökjanggak	Көкжаңгак	Kökjaŋgak	Jalal-Abad	10,727	city
Kyzyl-Kiya	Кызылкыя	Kızılkıya	Batken	31,844	city
Mailuu-Suu	Майлуусуу	Mayluusuu	Jalal-Abad	20,365	city
Naryn	Нарын	Narın	Naryn	40,050	city	view
Nookat	Ноокат	Nookat	Osh	n/a	city
Osh	Oш	Oş	Osh	208,520	city	view
Shopokov	Шопоков	Şopokov	Chuy	9,133	city	view
Sulyukta	Сүлүктү	Sülüktü	Batken	14,145	city
Talas	Tалас	Talas	Talas	32,638	city	view
Tash-Kumyr	Ташкөмүр	Taşkömür	Jalal-Abad	23,331	city
Tokmok	Tокмок	Tokmok	Chuy	59,409	city
Uzgen	Өзгөн	Özgön	Osh	41,497	city	view

1999 census results, as taken from the German wikipedia article Liste der Städte in Kirgisistan. Numbers in italics are 2008 estimates, taken from www.world-gazetteer.com.

Wikipedia also has a more complete list of towns and villages

Community Channels

• Mailing list: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-kg

Areas

Fergana Valley has its own wiki page. This is partly within Kyrgyzstan.