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Mapathon polimi 2015-11-19
The document outlines the program for a mapathon event hosted by the Geolab at Politecnico di Milano during OpenStreetMap Geography Awareness Week in November 2015. It includes introductions, mapping tasks, and training on OpenStreetMap (OSM), focusing on humanitarian mapping efforts and engaging volunteers in mapping activities. The event emphasizes the importance of free geospatial data and provides guidelines for participants to contribute effectively to mapping tasks, especially in response to crises.
Mapathon polimi 2015-11-19
- 1. Mapathon@PoliMi Maria Antonia Brovelli,Marco Minghini, Monia Molinari GEOlab #osmgeoweek #mapathonpolimi Politecnico di Milano, Room S02 – November 19, 2015 OSM Geography Awareness Week, Nov 15-21 2015
- 2. 2 Mapathon@PoliMi – Program GEOlab,Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus ✔ 14:15-14:30 – Greetings and introduction to the mapathon ➔ Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli – GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano ➔ Prof. Barbara Betti – Dean, School of Civil, Environmental and Land Management Engineering, Politecnico di Milano ➔ Prof. Giovanni Lozza – Dean, School of Industrial and Information Engineering, Politecnico di Milano ✔ 14:30-14:45 – Introduction to OSM Geo Week and HOT activities ➔ Tyler Radford – HOT's Executive Director ✔ 14:45-15:00 – Today's mapping task ➔ Cristiano Giovando – HOT's Technical Project Manager ✔ 15:00-18:00 – Introduction to OSM and humanitarian mapping ➔ Dr. Marco Minghini – GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano ➔ Dr. Monia Molinari – GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano ➔ Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli – GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano
- 3. 3 OpenStreetMap Geography AwarenessWeek GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus A global coalition of partners are hosting mapping events at colleges, community centers and other institutions to map places around the globe, following the Geography Awareness Week 2015 theme, “Explore! The Power of Maps” http://osmgeoweek.org
- 4. 4 OpenStreetMap (OSM) GEOlab, Politecnicodi Milano – Como Campus The OSM project (http://www.openstreetmap.org) was born in 2004 to encourage the creation of geo data that could be free to use and shareable with anyone. http://www.openstreetmap.org/10 years of OSM (2004-2014): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sC83j6vzjo
- 5. 5 Why OpenStreetMap? GEOlab, Politecnicodi Milano – Como Campus Geospatial data is not free in many parts of the world. OpenStreetMap® is open data, licensed under the Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL) by the OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF). http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/summary
- 6. 6 OpenStreetMap Volunteers GEOlab, Politecnicodi Milano – Como Campus http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Stats Anyone can contribute – from people without any geo-training/skills to highly skilled people and geo people
- 7. 7 NODE How to mapwith OSM? GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus 1. Create the geometry of the feature
- 8. 8 NODE How to mapwith OSM? GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus WAY (POLYLINE) 1. Create the geometry of the feature
- 9. 9 NODE WAY (POLYLINE) How to mapwith OSM? GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus WAY (POLYGON) 1. Create the geometry of the feature
- 10. 10 How to mapwith OSM? GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus 1. Create the geometry of the feature
- 11. 11 How to mapwith OSM? GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features 2. Add tags to the feature A tag is composed of a key and a value EXAMPLE: building = hotel→ VALUEKEY
- 12. 12 How to mapwith OSM? GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus 2. Add tags to the feature highway = service surface = asphalt amenity = bicycle_parking building = university name = Gino Cassinis
- 13. 13 Let's start tomap! GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus http://api06.dev.openstreetmap.org A test iD demo is available to play around with OSM edits without making real changes to the OSM map. Open the following link, sign up and map: Many different editors are available to edit the OSM map: - iD (Web-based Javascript editor) - Potlatch 2 (Web-based Flash editor) - JOSM (desktop-based Java editor) - Vespucci (Android editor) - many others, see http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Editors Wonderful guide for OSM beginners: http://learnosm.org
- 14. 14 Humanitarian OSM Team GEOlab,Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) has the objective of creating and providing free and up-to-date maps in case of natural disasters or political crises. OSM edits after Haiti earthquake (2010): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNZ_ZBCTRqc
- 15. 15 Humanitarian OSM Team GEOlab,Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus https://hotosm.org, Twitter: @hotosm
- 16. 16 Missing Maps project GEOlab,Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus Whereas HOT maps in response to disasters and conflicts, the Missing Maps project maps in anticipation of crises by identifying the places where the most vulnerable people live. http://www.missingmaps.org, Twitter: @TheMissingMaps
- 17. 17 OSM Tasking Manager GEOlab,Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus The mapping job is divided into smaller tasks that can be completed rapidly. This approach facilitates the distribution of tasks to the various mappers in a context of emergency and allows to control the progress of the work done. https://tasks.hotosm.org
- 18. 18 OSM Tasking Manager GEOlab,Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus ✔ Today's mapping tasks: ➔ OSM beginners ➔ OSM experienced mappers ✗ South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo TASKS #1301, #1302,#1309 (description & video: http://osmgeoweek.org/project/south-kivu) ✗ Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo – TASKS #1254, #1332 ✗ Unity State, South Sudan – TASK #1053 ✗ Kampala, Uganda – TASK #1334 map focus is on single buildings map focus is on roads and residential areas ✔ Before starting... ➔ create an account on http://www.openstreetmap.org
- 19. 19 OSM Tasking Manager– instructions GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus ✔ Type the task number on the search bar and click the task title
- 20. 20 OSM Tasking Manager– instructions GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus ✔ Under the Description tab you can read the general task description
- 21. 21 OSM Tasking Manager– instructions GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus ✔ Under the Instructions tab you find the detailed instructions for mapping
- 22. 22 OSM Tasking Manager– instructions GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus ✔ Under the Contribute tab you can start mapping (either be receiving a random subtask or by selecting a subtask on the map)
- 23. 23 OSM Tasking Manager– instructions GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus ✔ Under the Contribute tab you can start mapping (either be receiving a random subtask or by selecting a subtask on the map) ➔ empty polygons represent areas where mapping has to be completed (if the border is orange the area is locked, i.e. a user is working on it) ➔ yellow polygons represent areas where mapping has been completed and is waiting for validation ➔ green polygons represent areas where mapping has been completed and validated
- 24. 24 OSM Tasking Manager– instructions GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus ✔ After login, select an empty polygon on the map and click Start mapping
- 25. 25 OSM Tasking Manager– instructions GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus ✔ Choose iD editor as the OSM editor to be used for mapping
- 26. 26 OSM Tasking Manager– instructions GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus ✔ Draw the elements asked in the instructions (roads, buildings, etc.)
- 27. 27 OSM Tasking Manager– instructions GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus ✔ Add the hashtag #mapathonpolimi in the changeset comment and save!
- 28. 28 OSM Tasking Manager– instructions GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus ✔ If there is still work to do in this area, press Unlock; if you think the work in this area is completed, press Mark task as done
- 29. 29 OSM Tasking Manager– instructions GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano – Como Campus ✔ Experienced mappers can also check if yellow areas have been completed and validate them. If validation is positive, the areas become green.
- 30. 30 What else? GEOlab, Politecnicodi Milano – Como Campus ✔ Useful resources and mapping guides: ➔ video showing how to add buildings to OSM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPJz-AucqF4 ➔ Missing Maps tutorial 4 beginners on how to get started with the Tasking Manager: http://www.missingmaps.org/contribute ➔ LearnOSM guide on humanitarian mapping with the Tasking Manager: http://learnosm.org/en/coordination/humanitarian ✔ Using Twitter? ➔ please use #osmgeoweek and #mapathonpolimi in your tweets!
- 31. 31 Thank you! GEOlab, Politecnicodi Milano – Como Campus Maps can make the difference Mapping is easy … … and mapping is fun :) If you enjoyed the mapathon, please spread the word about OpenStreetMap and its humanitarian applications … … and don't forget to fill out the questionnaire! THANK YOU!