Ed Freyfogle's slides from State of the Map 2013 in Birmingham, UK. The talk was delivered on 6th of September 2013.

1. Reducing the technical barrier
Ed Freyfogle
6 Sept. 2013

3. The most expensive thing I ever bought

9. © OpenStreetMap contributors
OSM to the rescue, right?

10. RTFM

11. Hard to get the overview

12. Full-time job to keep it

15. Using OSM data
Pro
● good data
● getting better all the time
● no cost
Con
● very high learning curve
● variable quality

16. using maps
Easy Difficult

17. using maps
Easy Difficult

18. using maps
Easy Difficult

19. using data
Easy Difficult
Custom
Do it yourself
Hire a freelancer
Predefined downloads
(Geofabrik, ThinkGeo, etc)

20. number of Nestoria partners using OSM data
0 of 80

21. OpenStreetMap data when you want it, in the format you want it

22. Goal:
Make using OSM data a
simple, transparent, and
affordable process for
organizations.

23. The data you want
In the format you want
Refreshed when you want
Simple and affordable pricing
From a reliable long-term partner
Our offer

27. number of Nestoria partners using OSM data
1 of 80

28. Thanks, feedback welcome
http://www.opencagedata.com
@opencagedata
Ed Freyfogle @freyfogle

29. More geofun
Quarterly meeting of London location based service devs
next event: 18:30 29th of October at UCL
http://geomobldn.org
@geomob

30. We are hiring
http://www.lokku.com
Feel free to visit if ever near 51.52262, -0.10252

31. Many thanks to the organizers of SotM 2013 and the OpenStreetMap
contributors and community
Photos with thanks from
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nichovonakron/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/openstreetmapus/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46999807@N03/
credits