What can Towns learn from OpenStreetMap?

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OpenStreetMap introduced open crowdsourcing as successful model for collecting geographic data and community mapping. The presentation highlights some points why it can be interesting for Towns to take a closer look at OpenStreetMap. Boston Ignite: Spatial, Dec 2nd, 2009 Some notes: http://spanring.eu/blog/2009/12/07/what-can-towns-learn-from-openstreetmap/

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What can Towns learn

from OpenStreetMap?

OpenStreetMap?

maps

free data

neighborhood

paradigm shift

residents

surveyors

gis professionals

town administration

intelligent design

residents

surveyors

gis professionals

town administration

evolution

outsourcing

collect local

knowledge

engage residents

distribute

public data

tourism map

mobile map

GeoRSS

raw data

printed city map

mapstyles

API

crossing town borders

Christian

cspanring@mapc.org

@spanaut

creditsOpenStreetMap http://www.openstreetmap.org

Isaac Mao http://www.slideshare.net/isaac/from-meme-to-social-fabric

Helge Fahrnberger http://www.slideshare.net/muesli/about-lions-and-ants-presentation

Frederik Ramm http://www.soc.org.uk/assets/newsletter/Nov%202009.pdf

Constantin Litvak http://blog.consta.de/2007/09/01/wir-basteln-uns-die-weltkarte/

Walking Papers http://walking-papers.org/

GeoRSS http://georss.org

CloudMade http://maps.cloudmade.com/

GeoTrac http://geotrac.demo.topplabs.org/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tostie14/117610584/

Connected Bits http://www.connectedbits.com/

Open311 http://open311.org/

CitySourced http://www.citysourced.com/

SeeClickFix http://seeclickfix.com