My experiments with Openstreetmap in Chennai, India (SOTM09)

by Arun Ganesh on Jul 14, 2009

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Snippets of the work i did with Openstreetmap in Chennai, India in trying to promote open geographic data and making use of OSM maps to solve the gap in public information.

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Snippets of the work i did with Openstreetmap in Chennai, India in trying to promote open geographic data and making use of OSM maps to solve the gap in public information.

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My experiments with Openstreetmap in Chennai, India (SOTM09) — Presentation Transcript

My experiments with OSMin Chennai, India
ArunGanesh / User:PlaneMad

I make maps

there was a problem
I needed maps of India
In India, there are no maps

he showed us the light
James Duncan Davidson http://www.flickr.com/photos/x180/2493042588/

Aim – make Chennai city a showcase

I talked when people were looking

And I mapped when they weren't

the media loved it..

the plan seemed to be working..

And we’ve beaten google.

Getting people to contributeBusRoutes.in

making OSM useful in our lives

obstacles
Fix the main site, visually and functionally
Organise the wiki
Integrate different OSM applications
More focus on making paper maps
Build a lightweight editor focused on non technical users
Publicity material
Think about India, no one does

ArunGanesh | PlaneMadInformation Design student National Institute of Design - Bangalore
arun.planemad@gmail.comtwitter:PlaneMad

My experiments with Openstreetmap in Chennai, India (SOTM09)

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