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. Open Mapping
Infrastructure for
Sustainable Development
Kshitiz Khanal, Nama Budhathoki
Kathmandu Living Labs

2. humanity’s greatest challenges
HUNGER
CONFLICT AND TERROR
ECONOMIC DISPARITY AND MORE ...

3. IRREVERSIBLE
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UNSUSTAINABLE
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UNSUSTAINABLE

5. the mother of all sciences
Online maps are the “next utility”.
(National Research Council, 2010)
GEOGRAPHY
INFRASTRUCTURE
DEVELOPMENT

6. Open Mapping Infrastructure
PORTALS
DATA
COMMUNITY: USERS & CONTRIBUTORS
OPENNESS
MAPPING
SOFTWARE

7. Contributing to SDGs
ACHIEVING THE SDGs
MEASURING PROGRESS
IN THE SDGs

8. Achieving the SDGs

9. measuring the progress of SDGs

10. call to action
Formulate a new strategy to use open map
infrastructure for sustainable development
- Increase use of OSM in civic life, development sector,
humanitarian sector, government sector and wherever
possible.
- Identify the data needed to achieve and track SDGs that
can be collected and uploaded into OSM
- Create separate tags in OSM if necessary in order to
measure progress in SDGs

11. Thank you for your attention.