2. Colombo, August 16, 2013
1. What is OpenStreetMap?
2. How and Why OSM Began
3. A Year of Edits
4. How it Works
5. Mapping in OSM
6. The Data
7. The OpenStreetMap Community
8. Using OSM Data
9. Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
10.Successful Communities
11.Government and OpenStreetMap
12.Potential in Sri Lanka
3. 1. What is OpenStreetMap?
• Geodata
• Roads
• Waterways
• POIs
• Buildings
• … and more
• Thousands of Users Editing
• Open, Free Data
4. 1. What is OpenStreetMap?
• Geodata
• Roads
• Waterways
• POIs
• Buildings
• … and more
• Thousands of Users Editing
• Open, Free Data
5. 1. What is OpenStreetMap?
• Geodata
• Roads
• Waterways
• POIs
• Buildings
• … and more
• Thousands of Users Editing
• Open, Free Data
6. 1. What is OpenStreetMap?
• Geodata
• Roads
• Waterways
• POIs
• Buildings
• … and more
• Thousands of Users Editing
• Open, Free Data
7. 1. What is OpenStreetMap?
• Geodata
• Roads
• Waterways
• POIs
• Buildings
• … and more
• Thousands of Users Editing
• Open, Free Data
8. 1. What is OpenStreetMap?
• Geodata
• Roads
• Waterways
• POIs
• Buildings
• … and more
• Thousands of Users Editing
• Open, Free Data (ODbL)
9. 2. History of OpenStreetMap
• Founded in 2004 in the UK
• 2006 Yahoo! provides satellite imagery
• 2007 First OSM Conference in Europe
• 2009 100,000 Users Registered
• 2010 Bing provides satellite imagery
• 2013 1,000,000 Users Registered
10. OSM and Ordnance Survey
£many
£0
Low quality High quality
OS
OSM
11. OSM and Ordnance Survey
£many
£0
Low quality High quality
OS MasterMap
OSM
OS StreetView
OS Landranger
12. 2. History of OpenStreetMap
• Founded in 2004 in the UK
• 2006 Yahoo! provides satellite imagery
• 2007 First OSM Conference in Europe
• 2009 100,000 Users Registered
• 2010 Bing provides satellite imagery
• 2013 1,000,000 Users Registered
14. 2. History of OpenStreetMap
• Founded in 2004 in the UK
• 2006 Yahoo! provides satellite imagery
• 2007 First OSM Conference in Europe
• 2009 100,000 Users Registered
• 2010 Bing provides satellite imagery
• 2013 1,000,000 Users Registered
16. 4. How it Works
• Central Database
• Editing API (Data transmitted over
XML)
• Multiple Editing Applications
17. 4. How it Works
• Central Database
• Multiple Editing Applications
• Editing API (Data transmitted over
XML)
18. 4. How it Works
• Central Database
• Multiple Editing Applications
• Editing API (Data transmitted over
XML)
19. 5. How do People Map?
• Trace Imagery
• Go Outside
• Report Bugs
• Divide Tasks
20. 5. How do People Map?
• Trace Imagery
• Go Outside
• Report Bugs
• Divide Tasks
21. 5. How do People Map?
• Trace Imagery
• Go Outside
• Report Bugs
• Divide Tasks
22. 5. How do People Map?
• Trace Imagery
• Go Outside
• Report Bugs
• Divide Tasks
23. 6. The Data
• All Vector Data
• Free-tagging system
• (meaning every object in the database can
carry an unlimited number of attributes)
amenity=pub
name=Hare & Hounds
highway=residential
name=Court Street
24. 7. The OSM Community
• Wiki
• Mapping Parties
• Mailing Lists
• IRC
37. 9. HOT in Haiti
Ushahidi
Using OSM in a
mashup
38.
39. 9. HOT in Haiti
Garmin downloads
(converted raw
data)
Search & Rescue
teams
“Please be assured
that we are using
your data - I just
wish we knew
about this earlier.”
40. 9. HOT in Haiti
“Without a doubt,
OpenStreetMap has
helped to save lives.”
“We used OpenStreetMap on a
daily basis... Usually it is
impossible
to get this information.”
41. 9. HOT in Kibera
Largest slum in Africa
Mikel Maron
Photo CCBY2: St. Aloysius Gonzaga High School Journalism Club
http://www.flickr.com/photos/newbeatphoto/3726803818/
Photo CCNCBY2: Erica 'junipermarie' on flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/junipermarie/4098163220/
42. 9. HOT in Kibera
Training local people to contribute
Take ownership of their map
45. 10. Successful Communities
Users from diverse areas and interests
Communication & Collaboration
Organizers
Individuals
Institutions (schools, universities)
Government
Diverse Applications
47. 11. Government in
OpenStreetMap
United States
State Department releases Aerial imagery to HOT
during emergencies
Fire departments
National Park service
U.S. Census Bureau
Municipalities
49. 12. OSM in Sri Lanka
Opportunities
Collaborate on base data
Reduce duplication of work
A single canonical source
Challenges
Organizing
Integrating new processes
Accepting Open Data