Eugene Lisovskiy, CEO of Maps.me, discusses the use and growth of OpenStreetMap (OSM) in Russia, highlighting its importance for various sectors including government, emergency services, and transportation. Maps.me has become the leading map application for travelers, boasting over 80 million installations and contributing significantly to OSM by boosting active mappers by 60%. The presentation emphasizes the role of points of interest in mapping and ongoing efforts to enhance community and user engagement in OSM.

1. State of Russia
Eugene Lisovskiy, CEO of MAPS.ME
State of the Map Asia 2017

2. Daily Mappers in Russia

3. Total Mappers

4. The Beginning

5. Obligatory Nodes Chart

6. Russia is Big

7. We Have a Plan

8. ● Towns and villages
● Administrative boundaries (levels 4, 6 and 8)
● Federal and regional roads
● Railway stations
● Major banks, post offices, shop chains
● Road hierarchy
What We Track

9. Road Hierarchy

10. Unique Tag: addr:flats

11. Unique Tag: addr:flats

12. Mapping Parties

13. — Schemotechnika
— Uhmm...
Other Events

14. Who Uses OpenStreetMap in Russia?

15. ● Government and military, for intranet systems
● Municipalities and public transport, for printed maps
● Firefighters, medics and police, for navigation
● Taxi services, obviously (non-yandexed)
● Mapping companies, for prototyping
● Most other companies, for cheap geocoding or a base map
● Regular people, with MAPS.ME
Who Uses OpenStreetMap in Russia?

16. What is MAPS.ME?

17. MAPS.ME #1 Maps for Travellers
❖ #1 map for travellers in more than 50 countries.
❖ Free, offline, open source, OSM based.
❖ Over 80 million installations all over the world.
❖ 20x users growth since 2014.
❖ #1 mobile OSM editor
❖ Used by 40% of active OSM mappers.

18. Fast, Offline, Reliable Maps and Navigation

19. Easy-To-Use Mobile OSM POI Editor

20. MAPS.ME editor release
MAPS.ME boosted OSM active mappers by 60%
+60%

21. Why Points of Interest?

22. ❖ 50% of search
❖ Easy to validate
and revert
❖ Not visible on
satellite imagery
❖ Important
destinations
❖ Easy for
beginners
Why Points of Interest?

23. ❖ 1 million new POIs
❖ 600 thousand updated POIs
❖ 200 thousand notes
❖ 170 thousand users
❖ 235 countries mapped, top 20 includes Japan, Philippines,
Iraq, Iran, Algeria, India, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam,
Thailand.
1,5 years POI mapping in MAPS.ME

24. … and some failures

25. Community = Communication

26. ● More POI types and fields
● Address points
● GPS traces
● Gamification
● More frequent map updates
● Notifications for changeset discussions
● Easier login to OSM.org on mobile devices
Working On That

27. How to Map POI
Faster?

28. Map Faster → ∞ = Import
❖ Imports are bad
❖ But good imports are good

29. POI Data Partners

30. Navads - Shell Gas Stations

31. We are pushing
boundaries for
OSM participation

32. While still making
mapping parties

33. Thank you!
Eugene Lisovsky, CEO of MAPS.ME
State of the Map Asia 2017