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South Africa is a Country in Africa at latitude 28°30′00.00″ South, longitude 25°30′00.00″ East.
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South Africa Mapping Project, the home of South Africa on the OpenStreetMap wiki. |
| Hello! Welcome to the project for mapping efforts in South Africa! You can find here national events, ongoing projects, map status and mapping guidelines, as well as links to other pages directly related to the mapping of South Africa. You may also find a list of contacts and mappers involved with the OpenStreetMap community in South Africa. |
Getting involved
- Subscribe to the OpenStreetMap Talk South Africa mailing list and introduce yourself.
- Follow us on Twitter @OpenStreetMapZA
- Tagging roads? Read the South African Tagging Guidelines.
- Looking for something to fix? Check out this Keepright map, then zoom into your area of interest.
- See the Beginners' guide if you're new to OpenStreetMap.
- There is also an OSM Forum for South Africa but it is relatively quiet
Goals
- Improving existing areas by adding road names, divided roads, speed limits, etc
- Getting secondary regional (Rxxx) routes mapped
- Improving and completing key cities/towns
- Mapping National Parks, Nature Reserves and Game Reserves of South Africa
- Creating specialist maps:
- 4x4 trails eg. Dewild Eco Trail
- Tourist maps
- Diving maps
- City navigator maps
- Mountain Bike routes, like Dark & Dirty Rock & Roll, Dam2Dam, Northern Farms and Logwood.
- Adding speed limits and fixed traffic cameras.
- Adding danger spots:
- Highjack hotspots
- High accident zones
- Steep climbs/descents
- Sharp turns
- Adding more information about residential areas
- Adding and naming housing complexes, flats, and office parks
- Adding house and ERF numbers
- Uploading GPS traces (useful for properly aligning satellite imagery)
- Mapping major stadiums
- Mapping power lines
- Mapping Public Transport WikiProject South Africa/Public transport routes
Completed Goals
- Getting all the national highways mapped.
- Getting all primary regional routes mapped.
Progress tracking
- National roads
- Regional roads
- Metropolitan roads
- Ring Roads
- Administrative boundaries
- Public transport routes
- National Parks, Nature Reserves and Game Reserves of South Africa
Mapping Parties
Join an event listed below. If there aren't any, find out how to run your own.
Upcoming
- Invite to the 5th Cape Town Wiki-meetup - 4th May 2014: this event is open to both Wikipedia editors as well as members of the open mapping community. Please join us.
Past Mapping Parties
- State of the Map Online (was intended to be in Cape Town) - 4, 5 July 2020
- Pretoria March 2011 Meetup - 26 March 2011
- Worldcup 2010 Mapping Party Johannesburg - 20th March 2010.
- Cape Town Mapping Party - September 2009
- Gauteng Mapping Party - September 2009
- Cape Town Mapping Party Sunday 28 September 2008
- 29 September 2008 - 3 October 2008 FOSS4G 2008 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Register now and meet Andrew, Mikel, Schuyler and more characters from the OSM and other Free and Open Source GIS communities. If you're interested in Open data, Open standards, Open Source, or GIS in general, this is the conference to attend.
- After FOSS4G how about running mapping parties in other cities in South Africa? Organise here.
- Cape Town meet - 5th April 2008 - Meet
- Johannesburg Pub Meet - 7th April 2008 - Meet some of the guys mapping Gauteng
- Noordhoek, Cape Town - 10th November 2007 - 1st South African Mapping Party
Press
- February 19, 2007 - Tectonic - Mapping the world, one street at a time
- February 27, 2007 - CapeInfo - Take ownership of your streets!
- August 2, 2007 - Spatial Data Infrastructure - Africa Newsletter
- August 1, 2009 - Brainstorm Magazine - While governments debate, people create (print/online)
- September 1, 2009 - Getaway Magazine - Help map the world (print/online)
- September 1, 2009 - Brainstorm Magazine - Mapping the world class African city (OSM related)
- February 25, 2010 - The lie of the land - The ambitious volunteer-based OpenStreetMap has now mapped more than 120,000 km of South African roads.
- September 21, 2010 - Lets Talk Geek - LTG Episode 23: Open Street Maps [sic] - Chat with Nic Roets (South Africa)
- January 15, 2013 - Tame Times: Open map opens possibilities
See also: OpenStreetMap South Africa Press Pack - PDF, 14 July 2009
Interacting with others
- Mailing list: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-za.
- IRC discussion: irc.oftc.net #osm-za and https://irc.openstreetmap.org/ (worldwide)
- OpenStreetMap Forum
People interested in South Africa
- Grant Slater
- Gerhardus Geldenhuis
- Ray Booysen
- Roland Elferink
- Brett Hairbottle
- Adrian Frith
- Nic Roets
- Angus Anderson
- Heinz Meulke
- Adrian Moisey
- Russell Cloran
- Deon Erasmus
- Carl Sutton
- Anton Damhuis
- Johan W Joubert
- Peter le Roux
- Hendrik Stheeman
- Glen Wilson
- Brendan Barrett
- David Way
- Ryan Peel
- Rickus Viljoen
- Pieter Smit
- Marlon Van Der Linde
- Eon van Zyl
- Andrew Gillespie
- Bernelle Verster
Import Coordination
- City of Cape Town - Mostly Complete, time to map.
- eThekwini (Durban)
Provinces
South Africa has 9 provinces:
- Gauteng
- Includes city of Johannesburg 1.65 M
- Includes city of Pretoria 1.23 M
- Includes city of Soweto 1.22 M
- North West
- Mpumalanga
- Limpopo
- Western Cape
- Includes city of Cape Town 2.69 M
- Eastern Cape
- Includes city of Port Elizabeth 834 K
- Northern Cape
- Free State
- Includes city of Welkom
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Includes city of Durban 2.35 M
Useful Resources
Don't copy from other maps! Please respect the copyright of these sites.
Related Resources
South African Government Resources
- National Geo-spatial Information (previously Chief Directorate: Surveys and Mapping) (see data access here)
- Municipal Demarcation Board - Provincial, Municipal and Ward Boundaries.
- Census 2011 - Boundaries of six types of places as single kml file
- South African Geographical Names System - Official Names
- Municipal and provincial GIS servers
Other Mapping Resources
- Madmappers
- gData, beta version Free GIS data for any country in the world (including roads).
Quality control
Achievements
- User:Nic and User:Firefishy has each uploaded more than 1 million points 1.
- Cape Town has featured twice on the Main Page, while a device displaying a map of Pretoria has featured once.
Kaart Groundwork & Mapping
Kaart conducts ground surveys for improvements to OSM data. A list of editors can be found on the Kaart wiki page.
- Mapillary imagery from the South Africa drives can be viewed here.
Gauteng Province (June & July 2018)
Car GPS tracks driven during Kaart's ground survey in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. Missing names layer courtesy of qa.poole.ch.
Ground Focus
- Visual Collection of Street Names
- Verification of Oneway Streets in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Soweto, Randburg, Vereeniging, Sandton, & Centurion
Post Processing
- Street Name Consistency
- Turn Restrictions
- Lanes and turning Lanes
- Surface Types
- Ref Network
Suggested Community Edits
- Determining road names within gated communities and townships
- Refining destination tagging
- Geometry improvements
Ground survey of Gauteng Province was conducted by vespax, the_node_less_traveled, JAAS, LSkalayo, CoolGuyJake, Te-Ika, El Pescador, and pizzagal.
Free State Province (July 2018)
Car GPS tracks driven during Kaart's ground survey in the Free State Province of South Africa. Missing names layer courtesy of qa.poole.ch.
Ground Focus
- Visual Collection of Street Names
- Verification of Oneway Streets in Kroonstad, Welkom, Bloemfontein, Kimberley, Klerksdorp, & Potchefstroom
Post Processing
- Street Name Consistency
- Turn Restrictions
- Lanes and turning Lanes
- Surface Types
- Ref Network
Suggested Community Edits
- Determining road names within gated communities and townships
- Refining destination tagging
- Geometry improvements
Ground survey of Free State Province was conducted by CoolGuyJake & El Pescador.
Limpopo Province (July 2018)
Car GPS tracks driven during Kaart's ground survey in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Missing names layer courtesy of qa.poole.ch.
Ground Focus
- Visual Collection of Street Names
- Verification of Oneway Streets in Bela-Bela, Modimolle, Mookgophong, Mokopane, Polokwane, & Tzaneen
Post Processing
- Street Name Consistency
- Turn Restrictions
- Lanes and turning Lanes
- Surface Types
- Ref Network
Suggested Community Edits
- Determining road names within gated communities and townships
- Refining destination tagging
- Geometry improvements
Ground survey of Limpopo Province was conducted by the_node_less_traveled & JAAS.
Eastern Cape Province (August 2018)
Car GPS tracks driven during Kaart's ground survey in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Missing names layer courtesy of qa.poole.ch.
Ground Focus
- Visual Collection of Street Names
- Verification of Oneway Streets in Swellendam, Mossel Bay, George, Knysna, Plettenberg Bay, & Port Elizabeth
Post Processing
- Street Name Consistency
- Turn Restrictions
- Lanes and turning Lanes
- Surface Types
- Ref Network
Suggested Community Edits
- Determining road names within gated communities and townships
- Refining destination tagging
- Geometry improvements
Ground survey of Port Province was conducted by vespax.
Western Cape Province (July 2019)
Car GPS tracks driven during Kaart's ground survey in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Missing names layer courtesy of qa.poole.ch.
Ground Focus
- Visual Collection of Street Names
- Verification of Oneway Streets in Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Paarl, Wellington, Somerset West, Hermanus, Betty's Bay, and Simon's Town.
Post Processing
- Street Name Consistency
- Turn Restrictions
- Lanes and turning Lanes
- Surface Types
- Ref Network
Suggested Community Edits
- Determining road names within gated communities and townships
- Refining destination tagging
- Geometry improvements
Ground survey of Western Cape Province was conducted by vespax, Corban8, CoolGuyJake & Whimsical Otter.
KwaZulu-Natal Province (July 2019)
Car GPS tracks driven during Kaart's ground survey in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. Missing names layer courtesy of qa.poole.ch.
Ground Focus
- Visual Collection of Street Names
- Verification of Oneway Streets in Central Durban, Durban North, Westville, Pine Town, Bluff, Hillcrest, & Pietermaritzburg
Post Processing
- Street Name Consistency
- Turn Restrictions
- Lanes and turning Lanes
- Surface Types
- Ref Network
Suggested Community Edits
- Determining road names within gated communities and townships
- Refining destination tagging
- Geometry improvements
Ground survey of KwaZulu-Natal Province was conducted by CoolGuyJake & Whimsical Otter.