OpenStreetMap is a free editable map of the world made by people like you

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OpenStreetMap is a free editable map of the
world made by people like you!
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About me
Tim Waters Long time OpenStreetMap contributor
evangelist Leeds UK blog http//thinkwhere.wor
dpress.com tim_at_geothings.net latest
httpwrp.geothings.net
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OSM in a nutshell
GPS Wiki OSM
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animation
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Why on earth?
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Mapping data is not free
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Full of mistakes, car centred
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Mistakes cannot be corrected
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Cannot re use or reprint
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Coverage economically determined
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Not free as in freedom
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Change happensinflexible
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Katrina
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From Times Atlas. Lake Chad
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UK complete 1-2 years.
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Yahoo allow use of imagery
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OSM in Flickr.
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Corporate users
cloudmade ito nestoria CadCorp
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FoundationConferences
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Taking a leaf.Tapping the crowd.
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Map Maker from Google.
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AND Map2.0
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Donate data free data
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AND - netherlands
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City of Merano
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Tiger / Line
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And moreSudan from UN,Canada,New Zealand,
Falklands
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Other Sources
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Yahoo allow use of imagery
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Landsat
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Landsat etc http//www.openaerialmap.org/ UAV /
cessnas / kites / satellites
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Data provenance
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Or, just D.I.Y!
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Mapping Parties Galore!
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Case Study Mikel in Brighton
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Mapping Party, September 2006
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OSM Brighton, December 2006
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Summer 2007
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Today
Winter 2007
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Today
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1.0
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His Process
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Download existing data to GPS
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Print Out Map for Notes, Bicycle
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Network Diagram
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Upload Tracks
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Draw Over Them
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Tech
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The OSM-Tool Chain
Database
Renderer
Viewer
Editors
Google tiles
API (Rails)?
Potlatch (Flash)?
tiles_at_ home
Slippy Map (Open Layers)?
JOSM (Java)?
osmarender, pdfatlas, ...
MySQL
Google tiles
...
Mapnik
planet dump
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RESTful API
http//api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.4/way/35
ltway id'7972254' timestamp'2007-09-24T123629
0100' user'chippy' visible'true'gt ltnd
ref'59608510' /gt ltnd ref'59608509' /gt
ltnd ref'59608516' /gt ltnd ref'59608515' /gt
ltnd ref'59608514' /gt ltnd ref'59608513'
/gt ltnd ref'59608512' /gt ltnd
ref'59608511' /gt ltnd ref'59608510' /gt
lttag k'created_by' v'JOSM' /gt lttag
k'building' v'retail' /gt lttag k'name'
v'White Rose Shopping Centre' /gt lttag
k'amenity' v'shopping_centre' /gt lttag
k'note' v'huge building' /gt lt/waygt
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Tags!
amenity hospital name Saint James emergency
yes
POIs
Ways
highway primary name Otley Road ref A660
Areas
highway residential name Chestnut Lane oneway
true surface flags
leisurenature_reserve
http//wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Map_featur
es
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simple data format tagging for
metadata standard map tiles
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healthy ecosystem tools renderers editors router
s applications
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Potlatch
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JOSM
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Merkaartor
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Mapnik
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ORS
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Many mobile apps
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Maps on Garmin mkgmap
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Freemap Slovakia contours
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Cycle Map
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OpenPisteMap
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Open Street Bugs
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healthy ecosystem tools renderers editors router
s applications
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EcologySystemIterationGets better
stronger
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Community
Mailing lists 40,000 parties irc forum
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Folksonomy
But with standardised conventions.
Voting mapping reality proposed adoption iterat
ion
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landusevineyard vs landusefarm cropgrapes
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Edit War
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Disputes
Route planning map for airline treads carefully
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OSM way
Multiple representations of the world Data is
not the map Localizable History, Versioning
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OSM in development India Africa

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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
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UNSDI OSM
http//wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Map_featur
es
http//www.unjlc.org/tools/UNSDI-T/UNSDIT_V2.0_Lig
ht_Structure_HTML.html
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Work to map schema between the two easier
shapefile importing local server
instance Offline, multimaster-syncs Benefits to
OSM if adopted persistence standardisation Bene
fits to UN community ecology
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Thanks!
Tim Waters http//thinkwhere.wordpress.com tim
_at_geothings.net