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OpenStreetMap is ...

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ODbL

OpenStreetMap is ...

"OpenStreetMap is a project aimed squarely at creating and providing free geographic data such as street maps to anyone who wants them."

-- www.openstreetmap.org

"The project was started because most maps you think of as free actually have legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back people from using them in creative, productive or unexpected ways."

-- www.openstreetmap.org

OpenStreetMap is ...

Fairfax County Urban Rescue

Situation Room, World Bank, Haiti

CC-By Mathias Gawlista http://www.flickr.com/photos/76075259@N00/2096217675/

How do you play a violin?

How do I get to Carnegie Hall?

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Pre-

You map your neighbourhood ...

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Survey an area

Record observations

Add metadata

Render as a map

Won't that take Forever?

Show the video, Richard.

Survey diligently

(c) A-Z maps. Bristol, UK

http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.511&lon=13.399&zoom=11&layers=B000FTF

Berlin

http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.5078&lon=13.33787&zoom=17&layers=B000FTF

http://tools.geofabrik.de/map/?type=Mapnik&lon=8.43681&lat=51.31206&zoom=16

Fort Fun

http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.50826&lon=13.33935&zoom=17&layers=B000FTF

Rotterdam

http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.50826&lon=13.33935&zoom=17&layers=B000FTF

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Image:Osm_putney_cycle.jpg

OpenCycleMap.org

Commendation Award 2008

University of Maryland

http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=38.988223&lon=-76.940895&zoom=18&layers=B000FTF

UMD - TerpNav

http://seamster.cs.umd.edu:8090/map/index.html#

Resources

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Introduction to OSM|Presentation cc-by Richard Weait http://weait.comRichard Weait| OSM Map Data cc-by-sa http://OpenStreetMap.org/

Let's map.

Zoom in to your neighbourhood

Let's map.

Log in

Let's map.

Hover over edit And choose Potlatch2

Drag and drop Point objects

Some objects will prompt for more information.

Wrong street name?

Click once to select

Type correct name

Rename part of road?

Click once to select way

Click node to select

Click scissors to split

After splitting, rename

Select way to rename

Rename

Polygons

Trace around building outline

One click at a time

Close the polygon

Close the polygon by clicking on the first node again. Look for the dot tell tale.

Add tags to polygon

While the polygon is selected use combo-box to select >>Buildings >> School

Then add the name.

What are things called?

Some terms are very British.

wiki.osm.org/wiki/Map_Features

Click to edit the title text format

Click to edit the outline text formatSecond Outline LevelThird Outline LevelFourth Outline LevelFifth Outline LevelSixth Outline LevelSeventh Outline LevelEighth Outline LevelNinth Outline Level