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OpenStreetMap and OpenDRI: An Overview
Nama Raj Budhathoki, PhD
Lead, The World Bank’s Open Data for Resilience Initiative (OpenDRI), Nepal
ICIMOD (March 20, 2013)
A society that promotes the culture of data sharing is likely to prosper faster.
-Benkler, 2006
Our Challenges
� Reduce the cost of data collection and update
� Locate, access, understand and effectively use geo-referenced data
� Building and maintenance of technical infrastructure for data sharing
� Gaining citizen trust in what we do
“Knowledge is power.” -Sir Francis Bacon, 1597
An incomplete list of Social Media timeline—www.idfive.com
OpenStreetMap
No one knows everything, everyone knows something.
-Levy, 1997
www.OpenStreetMap.org
Jawalakhel Zoo
Horticulture Center, Kirtipur
Maharajgung Area: Before and After
� Provides an open collaborative mapping platform to build a free and open map.
� A map of the community, by the community, for the community.
� A global community of about one million volunteers.
Underlying Concept
A Growing Community of Mappers
The World Bank’s Open Data for Resilience Initiative
(OpenDRI) Nepal
Citizens as sensors (Goodchild, 2007)
Mapping Party at IOE
At Practical Action
Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk
Kathmandu University Mapathon
Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk
Open Data Day Mapathon
Girls in Mapping
Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk
Tools
Walking paper GPS Smart Phone
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This data is completely open and free.
Value of open data: Snapshot of some works at NEC
Quality of OSM Data
“The analysis shows that OSM information is fairly accurate: on average within about 6 m of the position recorded by the OS, and with approximately 80% overlap of motorway objects between the two datasets. In the space of four years, OSM has captured about 29% of the area of England.”
(Haklay, 2010)
Reduces data collection and update cost (Synergy)
� http://andreaforte.net/abs.html Special Issue on Open Collaboration and Wiki Research
§ Budhathoki, N.R., & Haythornthwaite, C. (In Press). Motivation for Open Collaboration: Crowd and Community Models and the Case of OpenStreetMap. American Behavioral Scientist.
§ Bertram, B., Bishop, A. & Budhathoki, N.R. (Forthcoming). Youth Community Inquiry: New media for Community Building and Personal Growth.
§ Budhathoki, N. R., Nedovic-Budic, Z. & Bruce, B. (Chip) (2010). An Interdisciplinary Frame for Understanding Volunteered Geographic Information. Geomatica, The Journal of Geospatial Information Science, Technology and Practice. 64(1).
§ Budhathoki, N.R. (2010). Participants’ Motivations to Contribute Geographic Information in an Online Community. PhD Dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Further Readings
• Friday OSM Clinic • Visit: www.osmnepal.org • FB Group: OSM Nepal
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