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Introduction to OpenStreetMap
What is OpenStreetMap?
History
• Founded in the United Kingdom in 2004 by
  Steve Coast
• Ordnance Survey Data was Expensive to
  Use
• July 2005 the First Mapping Party Takes
  Place


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Open License

          CC-BY-SA/ODbL

1. Credit OpenStreetMap
2. Share improved data to community



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How to Contribute?




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Satellite Imagery




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Most any GPS
will work
HOT buys
Garmin Etrex
walking-papers.org
http://gpsbabel.org




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Potlatch2 (Editor on OSM Website)




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Java OpenStreetMap Editor (JOSM)




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Signing Up

1.   Go to OpenStreetMap.org
2.   Click “Signup”
3.   Enter Username/Email/Password
4.   Accept Contributor Terms
5.   Verify Email Address


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LearnOSM.org



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Further Help Questions

       info@hotosm.org
http://lists.openstreetmap.org/




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Thanks!
       Kate Chapman
kate.chapman@hotosm.org
      @wonderchook



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Introduction to OpenStreetMap (Understanding Risk 2012)

Editor's Notes

  • #8 Founding information