crowdsource the map! and intro to openstreetmap - sargent mcdonald
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Sargent McDonald's Ignite presentation about OpenStreetMaps at CityCamp Colorado.TRANSCRIPT
Crowdsource the Map!! An Intro to
OpenStreetMap
Sargent McDonald
@sargentmcdonald
why ignite on OpenStreetMap
• oh god, Sargent is going to talk about maps again
• excuse to do research and learn more on OSM
• my public speaking sucks
OSM basics
• Free wiki world map• Open License to Data• Crowdsourced map
content• Map broken into regions
and countries• Popular in under
mapped regions• Europe is full of map
geeks
german example
Slide used from :shift2010 - 17apr2010 - OpenStreetMap: a free map for our world
OSM growth
U.S. not ready for primetime
• address ranges scarce – in US
• routing issues– but tons of opensource tools out there using the service
• however, errors in all online maps and routing
Misled by The Google
if I had a nickel
• I would have made a quarter
• Can you fix google maps for me??
• aaaah…no not really.
data into Google…not really
the big kids on the block
• Bidding war for data in 2007 – Nokia, Garmin, Navteq, Tom Tom
• Oct 2009 Google dropped TeleAtlas
latest news
• Bing silverlight control adds OSM layer
• Mapquest adds OSM tiles in select areas
• OSM founder Steve Coast joins Microsoft Bing Nov 24th, 2010.
• Microsoft donates aerial imagery to OSM to use for on screen editing.
• GIS bloggers and OSM’ers go nuts
what this means…my 2 cents
• Bing and others pay a boat load to Navteq -TomTom for data
• Google already went rogue...owns their data
• OSM gives access to free data to Bing-others.
• Bing providing data to OSM to improve product and routing
why should we care?
• we are open data providers and local authority
• partner with community to provide data for OSM
• you may get value/data back
why should we care?
• we are open data providers and local authority
• partner with community to provide data for OSM
• you may get value/data back
• thanks