openstreetmap: the wikipedia of maps
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Harry Wood
OpenStreetMap : The Wikipedia of Maps
http://openstreetmap.org
Flash editor (the 'edit tab') is called Potlatch
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Potlatch
Editors. Read/write to XML API
JOSM. The Java OpenStreetMap editor
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JOSM
Nodes Ways
Tags
amenity=pubname=Hare & Hounds
highway=residentialname=Court Street
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Elements
Versioned elementsFine granularity
Changes grouped. bbox history tab
Gathering Map Data
Minor additions/corrections. Local knowledge
Create maps from scratch without copying
On the ground surveys
GPS
Photo by Gordon Jolyhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/loopzilla/2465042085/
Names of streetsTypes of streets (trunk, residential, motorway)One-way restrictionsFootpaths, tracks, pedestrian, rivers, railwaysParks, woodland, industrial areas, cemeteriesPOI (pubs, cash machines, post offices, post boxes, bus stops, toilets, supermarkets, restaurants, kebab shops, monuments, hotels, picnic sites, barriers, light houses, piers, sports centres, petrol stations, playgrounds, cinemas, car parks, universities, bicycle parking, tourist information, etc etc etc
lot of detail.... lot of effort...
Community
Lot of people 170,000 registered users
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Stats
Community
Increasing editing activity
Open Licensed Data
Existing maps rarely free
Google/Yahoo/Bing maps mashups are great...
Underlying access to data
Right use and re-distribute (inc. commercial use)
License details:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap_License
Large online community. Many hands
Openly editable (and easy)
Poor quality contributions?
Gradual refinement
Assume good faith
Monitoring and history features
....Remarkably it works!Sounds familiar?
Also Open Licensedand not-for-profit
Melbourne
Moscow
Santiago
Cape Town
Chennai
Milan
Paris
Karlsruhe
Berlin (zoo)
Edinburgh
Cambridge
OpenCycleMap.org
http://opencyclemap.org/
Relief maps
http://opencyclemap.org/
OpenPisteMap.org
http://openpistemap.org/
Hiking Map
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/DE:OSMC_Reitkarte
Whitewater Map
http://www.forthcc.com/open-whitewater-maps
Bus map
http://www.pnvkarte.de/
CloudMade.com Style Editor
http://maps.cloudmade.com/editor
Get Involved!
openstreetmap.org
Harry Wood worked as an enterprise integration consultant for 8 years, but led a secret double-life as addicted contributer to wikipedia and other collaborative open content projects. He got involved in OpenStreetMap three years ago, as a mapper, wiki gardener, and developer. Since January this year (2009) he has worked for CloudMade, as a full time OpenStreetMap developer
CloudMade is a company providing products and services around OpenStreetMap.More information at http://cloudmade.com
These slides are (of course) freely re-usable under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 LicenseMap images taken from OpenStreetMap, CloudMade, OpenCycleMap, OpenPisteMap,OpenWhitewaterMap, HikingMap, More details of these projects and many more at wiki.openstreetmap.orgPhoto of photo mapping by Gordon Joly