State of the Map Asia (SotM-Asia) is the annual regional conference of OpenStreetMap (OSM) organized by OSM communities in Asia. First SotM-Asia was organized in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2015, and the second was organized in Manila, Philippines in 2016. This year’s conference, third in the series, was organized in Kathmandu, Nepal on September 23 – 24, 2017 at Park Village Resort, Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu, Nepal. We brought nearly 200 Open Mapping enthusiasts from Asia and beyond to this year’s SotM-Asia. The event provided an opportunity to share knowledge and experience among mappers; expand their network; and generate ideas to expand map coverage and effective use of OSM data in Asian continent. We chose ‘from creation to use of OSM data’ as the theme of this year’s conference, emphasizing on the effective use of OSM data. We also brought together a government panel from four different countries in this year’s SotM-Asia. We believe this event will deepen the bond and enhance collaboration among OSM communities across Asia. More information about the conference can be found on: http://stateofthemap.asia.

1. स ्ta! ఓફ ேத മਪ
(STATE OF THE MAP )
Jinal Foflia | User: jinalfoflia
@fofliajinal | jinal@mapbox.com

2. India - 2007

3. Average number of nodes created per day
~ 14162
Source: http://osmstats.neis-one.org/?item=countries&country=India

4. Source: Martin Reifer

5. With 2130 unique keys
Source: https://taginfo.openstreetmap.in/

6. Average number of active users per day
~45

7. Number of daily active users

8. This has
resulted in
stark
improvement
of map data

9. Chennai

10. Bengaluru

11. Taj Mahal

12. Who made this happen?
2007 - 2017

13. OSM
Community!

15. Velur Panchayath Mapping Party

16. OpenStreetMap workshop at
VAST, Thrissur

17. Mapping efforts in an unsurveyed
land - Kooranchundu

18. Saikat’s village Mapping

19. OpenStreetMap in Kannada

20. Chennai Flood Map

21. Gubbi Labs - Open Tree
Map

22. Mapbox conducting a children’s
workshop

23. Making the world’s best
map step by step

24. Giving the world in their hands!

25. Getting the community
together

28. Challenges!
source: https://openclipart.org/detail/168636/challenge-accepted

29. The current scenario

30. Languages

31. Smart Phones to use these
amazing applications like
Mapilary, maps.me

32. Internet
© https://openclipart.org/detail/171014/wifi

33. Growing the existing
community

34. The channels that we use
to keep this going

35. OSM Diaries

36. Mailing List: Talk-In

37. IRC?! ;)
Join #osm-asia channel

38. Facebook group

39. Have more community events
across schools and colleges

40. Improve and validate the
existing data

41. Are you facing similar
issues and have ideas to
share?

42. Let’s use this conference
as an opportunity to
discuss on how can this
be changed!

43. #OpenData is the future!

44. #OpenData will win!
Thank you!