The document discusses the potential benefits of OpenStreetMap for towns, focusing on how local knowledge can be collected and shared through community engagement. It highlights various tools and platforms like mobile map APIs and public data distribution that can enhance urban planning and tourism. Additionally, it emphasizes the role of GIS professionals and town administration in harnessing this data for smarter city design.

1. What can Towns learn
from OpenStreetMap?

2. OpenStreetMap?

5. maps
free data
neighborhood

6. paradigm shift

7. intelligent design
surveyors
gis professionals
town administration
residents

8. evolution
surveyors
gis professionals
town administration residents

9. outsourcing

10. collect local
knowledge

13. engage residents

14. distribute
public data

15. map
raw styles
data
tourism map
printed city map
GeoRSS
mobile map
API

16. crossing town borders

19. Christian
cspanring@mapc.org
@spanaut

20. credits
OpenStreetMap http://www.openstreetmap.org
Isaac Mao http://www.slideshare.net/isaac/from-meme-to-social-fabric
Helge Fahrnberger http://www.slideshare.net/muesli/about-lions-and-ants-presentation
Frederik Ramm http://www.soc.org.uk/assets/newsletter/Nov%202009.pdf
Constantin Litvak http://blog.consta.de/2007/09/01/wir-basteln-uns-die-weltkarte/
Walking Papers http://walking-papers.org/
GeoRSS http://georss.org
CloudMade http://maps.cloudmade.com/
GeoTrac http://geotrac.demo.topplabs.org/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tostie14/117610584/
Connected Bits http://www.connectedbits.com/
Open311 http://open311.org/
CitySourced http://www.citysourced.com/
SeeClickFix http://seeclickfix.com