The document discusses OpenStreetMap (OSM), highlighting its collaborative nature as a free editable map created by users. It covers various aspects of OSM, including data usage, mapping methods, and community engagement, as well as the benefits of open data for development. Key features such as tools, tagging standards, and the challenges faced in terms of data accuracy and legal issues are also addressed.

1. “ OpenStreetMap is a free editable map of the world made by people like you!”

2. About me Tim Waters Long time OpenStreetMap contributor & evangelist Leeds UK blog: http://thinkwhere.wordpress.com [email_address] latest: http:wrp.geothings.net

3. OSM in a nutshell GPS + Wiki = OSM

5. animation

6. Why on earth?

7. Mapping data is not free

8. Full of mistakes, car centred

9. Mistakes cannot be corrected

10. Cannot re use or reprint

11. Coverage economically determined

12. Not free as in freedom

13. Change happens inflexible

14. Katrina

15. From Times Atlas. Lake Chad

19. UK complete 1-2 years.

21. Yahoo allow use of imagery

22. OSM in Flickr.

23. cloudmade ito nestoria CadCorp Corporate users

24. Foundation Conferences

25. Taking a leaf. Tapping the crowd.

26. Map Maker from Google.

27. AND Map2.0

28. Donate data & free data

29. AND - netherlands

30. City of Merano

31. Tiger / Line

32. And more: Sudan from UN, Canada, New Zealand, Falklands

33. Other Sources

34. Yahoo allow use of imagery

35. Landsat

36. Landsat etc http://www.openaerialmap.org/ UAV / cessnas / kites / satellites

39. Data provenance

40. Or, just D.I.Y!

41. Mapping Parties Galore!

42. Case Study: Mikel in Brighton

43. Mapping Party, September 2006

44. OSM Brighton, December 2006

45. Summer 2007

46. Today Winter 2007

47. Today

48. 1.0

49. His Process

50. Download existing data to GPS

51. Print Out Map for Notes, Bicycle

52. Network Diagram

53. Upload Tracks

54. Draw Over Them

55. Tech

56. The OSM-”Tool Chain” Database Renderer Viewer Editors API (Rails) Potlatch (Flash) JOSM (Java) ... Mapnik tiles@ home osmarender, pdfatlas, ... planet dump MySQL Slippy Map (Open Layers) “ Google” tiles “ Google” tiles

57. http://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.4/way/35 <way id='7972254' timestamp='2007-09-24T12:36:29+01:00' user='chippy' visible='true'> <nd ref='59608510' /> <nd ref='59608509' /> <nd ref='59608516' /> <nd ref='59608515' /> <nd ref='59608514' /> <nd ref='59608513' /> <nd ref='59608512' /> <nd ref='59608511' /> <nd ref='59608510' /> <tag k='created_by' v='JOSM' /> <tag k='building' v='retail' /> <tag k='name' v='White Rose Shopping Centre' /> <tag k='amenity' v='shopping_centre' /> <tag k='note' v='huge building' /> </way> RESTful API

58. Trackpoints Nodes

59. Ways highway = residential name = Chestnut Lane oneway = true surface = flags highway = primary name = Otley Road ref = A660 Tags ! http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Map_features amenity = hospital name = Saint James emergency = yes POIs Areas leisure=nature_reserve

60. simple data format tagging for metadata standard map tiles

61. healthy ecosystem tools renderers editors routers applications

62. Potlatch

63. JOSM

64. Merkaartor

65. Mapnik

66. ORS

67. Many mobile apps

68. Maps on Garmin mkgmap

69. Freemap Slovakia & contours

70. Cycle Map

71. OpenPisteMap

72. Open Street Bugs

73. healthy ecosystem tools renderers editors routers applications

74. Ecology System Iteration Gets better & stronger

75. Community Mailing lists 40,000 + parties irc forum

76. Folksonomy But with standardised conventions. Voting mapping reality proposed adoption iteration

77. landuse=vineyard vs landuse=farm crop=grapes

78. Edit War

79. Disputes Route planning map for airline treads carefully

80. OSM way Multiple representations of the world Data is not the map Localizable History, Versioning

81. OSM in development India Africa

84. power bandwidth network software incompatibilities gps devices legal security Great benefits Free and open geodataset for development leap frogging awaiting commercial data Map is territory. Democracy voting districts see: PPGIS

85. UNSDI & OSM http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Map_features http://www.unjlc.org/tools/UNSDI-T/UNSDIT_V2.0_Light_Structure_HTML.html

90. Work to map schema between the two easier shapefile importing local server instance Offline, multimaster-syncs Benefits to OSM if adopted persistence standardisation Benefits to UN community ecology

91. Thanks! Tim Waters http://thinkwhere.wordpress.com [email_address]