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Crowdsource the Map! And Intro to OpenStreetMap - Sargent McDonald
OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a free and open map of the world created through crowdsourcing. It uses an open data license and wiki format to allow volunteers to collect and edit map data for areas around the world. While Europe has many contributors, OSM is particularly useful for mapping undermapped regions. Major tech companies like Microsoft, Google, and Mapquest have begun incorporating OSM data and layers into their own map products due to OSM providing free and open map data to the public and companies. Local governments and authorities that provide data to OSM may benefit from partnering with the OSM community as they can receive map data in return to use or improve.
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- 2. Crowdsource the Map!!An Intro to OpenStreetMap Sargent McDonald @sargentmcdonald
- 3. why ignite onOpenStreetMap oh god, Sargent is going to talk about maps again excuse to do research and learn more on OSM my public speaking sucks
- 4. OSM basics Freewiki world map Open License to Data Crowdsourced map content Map broken into regions and countries Popular in under mapped regions Europe is full of map geeks
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- 6. Slide used from:shift2010 - 17apr2010 - OpenStreetMap: a free map for our world
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- 8. U.S. not readyfor primetime address ranges scarce – in US routing issues– but tons of opensource tools out there using the service however, errors in all online maps and routing
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- 10. Misled by TheGoogle
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- 12. if I hada nickel I would have made a quarter Can you fix google maps for me?? aaaah…no not really.
- 13. data into Google…notreally
- 14. the big kidson the block Bidding war for data in 2007 – Nokia, Garmin, Navteq, Tom Tom Oct 2009 Google dropped TeleAtlas
- 15. latest news Bingsilverlight control adds OSM layer Mapquest adds OSM tiles in select areas OSM founder Steve Coast joins Microsoft Bing Nov 24 th , 2010. Microsoft donates aerial imagery to OSM to use for on screen editing. GIS bloggers and OSM’ers go nuts
- 16. what this means…my2 cents Bing and others pay a boat load to Navteq -TomTom for data Google already went rogue...owns their data OSM gives access to free data to Bing-others. Bing providing data to OSM to improve product and routing
- 17. why should wecare? we are open data providers and local authority partner with community to provide data for OSM you may get value/data back
- 18. why should wecare? we are open data providers and local authority partner with community to provide data for OSM you may get value/data back
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Editor's Notes
- #5 Google, bing, others have Lic agreements that are limited depending on use Creative commons moving to Open Database License
- #9 Address ranges are tedious and time consuming
- #17 Why pay for what you can get for free
- #18 Maybe we can get our data into the big players maps
- #19 keep your eyes and ears open to OSM development look for partners to do the leg work
- #20 Maybe we can get our data into some of the big online map providers tiles