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Introduction to OSM | Presentation cc-by Richard Weait http://weait.com Richard Weait |   OSM Map Data cc-by-sa  http://OpenStreetMap.org/
Jump to the end. What you can do with OSM.
Jump to the end. ...and how you can do it.
Introduction to OSM | Presentation cc-by Richard Weait http://weait.com Richard Weait |   OSM Map Data cc-by-sa  http://OpenStreetMap.org/
Agenda Maps
What is OpenStreetMap?
But doesn't ____.com do that already?
OSM advantages
How to have fun with OSM.
So what? Why do we care about maps?
Map of the genome? CC-by-sa Wikimedia, PaleWhaleGail http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:D1S80Demo.gif VNTR allelic variation
Circuit diagram? cc-by-sa wikipedia Sni9er http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:4-bit-jk-flip-flop_V1.1.svg
Recognize this map? Copyright Transport for London http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:TubeMapZ1_TFL.png
Cartogram Copyright ed g2s GnuFDL / cc-by-sa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:London_Underground_Zone_1.svg
Cholera Dr. John Snow, London, 1843
International trade Public Domain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:National-atlas-1970-1810-loupurchase-1.png
Ownership Copyright  http://www.omninerd.com/images/content/1/4_article_33_full_figure1.jpg
Agenda Maps
What is OpenStreetMap?
But doesn't ____.com do that already?
OSM advantages
How to have fun with OSM.
Introduction to OSM | Presentation cc-by Richard Weait http://weait.com Richard Weait |   OSM Map Data cc-by-sa  http://OpenStreetMap.org/
OpenStreetMap is ... "OpenStreetMap is a project aimed squarely at creating and providing free geographic data such as street maps to anyone who wants them."  -- www.openstreetmap.org
"The project was started because most maps you think of as free actually have legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back people from using them in creative, productive or unexpected ways." -- www.openstreetmap.org OpenStreetMap is ...
OpenStreetMap is  ...
Four freedoms of Free Software
Data license ODbL
Global Positioning System
A track file
 
Many track files
Survey an area
Record observations
A brief diversion Why work so hard?
Survey diligently (c) A-Z maps.  Bristol, UK
Survey an area
Add metadata
Render
Won't that take “Forever”? http://www.geofabrik.de/gallery/history/index.html#toronto
OSM history and growth
OSM data summary (simplified)
http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.511&lon=13.399&zoom=11&layers=B000FTF Berlin
http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.5078&lon=13.33787&zoom=17&layers=B000FTF
http://tools.geofabrik.de/map/?type=Mapnik&lon=8.43681&lat=51.31206&zoom=16 Fort Fun
http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.50826&lon=13.33935&zoom=17&layers=B000FTF Rotterdam
http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.50826&lon=13.33935&zoom=17&layers=B000FTF
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Image:Osm_putney_cycle.jpg
http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=55.6803&lon=12.5936&zoom=14&layers=B000FTF Copenhagen
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Image:USE-IT_Copenhagen_paper_map.jpg
University of Maryland http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=38.988223&lon=-76.940895&zoom=18&layers=B000FTF
UMD - TerpNav http://seamster.cs.umd.edu:8090/map/index.html#
http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=40.7264&lon=-73.9849&zoom=13&layers=B000FTF New York City
http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=37.7703&lon=-122.4241&zoom=12&layers=B000FTF San Francisco
http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=35.152&lon=33.411&zoom=10&layers=B000FTF Cyprus
http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=33.2674&lon=44.4109&zoom=13&layers=B000FTF Baghdad, Iraq
http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=-4.3346&lon=15.3105&zoom=13&layers=B000FTF Kinshasa, DRC
http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=31.5161&lon=34.4737&zoom=13&layers=B000FTF Gaza City
Agenda Maps
What is OpenStreetMap?
But doesn't ____.com do that already?
OSM advantages
How to have fun with OSM.
Commercial online maps Google maps Yahoo maps Mapquest Mapblast They are all good, but they have limitations. Photo Copyright R.Weait
Greatest limitation of “Them” Data vs. A Picture of the Data
Pubs with free WiFi http://www.flickr.com/photos/gravitystorm/2772146828/in/photostream/
OpenRouteService.org University of Bonn, Germany
OSM map tiles and data
Select start and finish
ORS finds a route
Emphasized route
Construction and traffic data
Route looks sub-optimal
Re-routing around construction
Cycle map Commendation Award 2008  http://opencyclemap.org/
 
 
 
 
 
 
Agenda Maps
What is OpenStreetMap?
But doesn't ____.com do that already?
OSM advantages
How to have fun with OSM.
Earl St - Toronto Screen shot: 25 Sept 2008 Still wrong on 10 Feb 2009
Earl St - Toronto
Skipton Crescent - Cambridge Yahoo screen capture: 25 Sept 2008 Still wrong 10 Feb 2009
Commercial viability vs. population Google and Yahoo screenshots taken on 8 February 2009. Yahoo and Google trademarks  belong to Yahoo and Google.
http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=64.1311&lon=-21.9077&zoom=12&layers=B000FTF Reykjavik, Iceland
Commercial viability vs. population(!) Yahoo and OpenStreetMap Screenshots taken in 2008
Mumbai, India Google, Yahoo and OpenStreetMap Screenshots taken 8 February 2009 http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=18.9697&lon=72.8416&zoom=12&layers=B000FTF
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Introduction To OpenStreetMap Fosscon2010