OpenStreetMap intro 2010 07
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Transcript of OpenStreetMap intro 2010 07
OpenStreetMap
The free wiki world mapPeter Batty
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December 3, 2007
July 7, 2009
Google OpenStreetMap
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Cape RoyalGrand Canyon, AZ
USACropston
England
Denver, COUSA
Denver, COUSA
“Mousetrap” junction of I-25 and I-70
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January 31, 2009
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Haiti - January 12, 2010
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Haiti - January 14, 2010
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Haiti - January 26, 2010
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Damage Assessment
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I am currently in Port Au Prince with the Fairfax County Urban Search & Rescue Team (USA-1) out of Fairfax, VA, USA. I wish there was a way that I can express to you properly how important your OSM files were to us.
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Currently ~260,000 registered users
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What about quality?
“OSM quality is beyond good enough, it is a product that can be used for a wide range of activities”
Dr Muki Haklay of UCL
Based on a detailed analysishttp://tinyurl.com/mukiosm
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2007 dataDatabase
69 countries11m miles (18m km) of roads18m points of interest
PeopleField force 700Central production 270Technology 500Total 3349
Financial Revenue $853m (~€604m) Data creation & distribution costs $396m (~€280m)
“Creating, maintaining and delivering a comprehensive, high quality map database is a
multi-step, labor-intensive process. We currently employ over 270 employees in our centralized production facility and a global
workforce of over 700 geographic analysts in 32 countries”
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Crowdsourcing is a paradigm shift for data creationflickr.com/photos/jamescridland/613445810/
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Why bother?
It’s fun!!Map what you want
It’s usefulFaster corrections
It’s free!!Access to vector dataDownload to mobile devices
As a developerAs a mapper / user
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Backup
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