OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap

Andy RobinsonAndy Robinson

Community Meets Cartography

Why?Why?

!! Existing Data not Free & OpenExisting Data not Free & Open!! Artificially Stifles InnovationArtificially Stifles Innovation

!! Data as a Static SnapshotData as a Static Snapshot!! Near RealNear Real--Time data use not possibleTime data use not possible

!! RealReal--Time dataTime data!! Interactive data editing by users the next step Interactive data editing by users the next step

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“If you don’t make [lower-resolution mapping data] publicly available, there will be people with their cars and GPS devices, driving around with their laptops .. They will be cataloguing every lane, and enjoying it, driving 4×4s behind your farm at the dead of night. There will, if necessary, be a grass-roots remapping.”

Tim Berners-Lee

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“You could have a community capability where you took the GPS data of people driving around and started to see, oh, there’s a new road that we don’t have, a new route .. And so that data eventually should just come from the community with the right software infrastructure.”

Bill Gates

How?How?

!! Provide an Open PlatformProvide an Open Platform!! OSM Users may freely input and extract dataOSM Users may freely input and extract data

!! Raw sources for OSM Raw sources for OSM BasemapBasemap!! GPS track logs. Movement BreadcrumbsGPS track logs. Movement Breadcrumbs!! Existing Free Data Sources (Existing Free Data Sources (egeg TIGER/LINE)TIGER/LINE)!! Historical Maps Historical Maps –– Out of Copyright mappingOut of Copyright mapping

!! Users Create Users Create BasemapBasemap from Raw Sourcesfrom Raw Sources!! Via Online and Offline Editing SoftwareVia Online and Offline Editing Software

Building BlocksBuilding Blocks

!! Minimal Data Set for Maximum FlexibilityMinimal Data Set for Maximum Flexibility!! NodesNodes!! SegmentsSegments!! Ways/AreasWays/Areas!! Tags Tags –– Metadata as key/value pairsMetadata as key/value pairs

!! Full User History and Rollback abilityFull User History and Rollback ability

Fancy a Go?Fancy a Go?

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West Midlands

600,000 track points

Birmingham

Wolverhampton

Walsall

Coventry

Manchester

Editing Map DataEditing Map Data

Local - GPS Trackpoints

Local - GPS Trackpoints & Map Data

Local – Map Data Alone

Local – Editing & Annotation

Current StatisticsCurrent Statistics

!!3100+ registered users3100+ registered users!!200 active contributors per month200 active contributors per month!!30 Million+ 30 Million+ gpsgps trackpointstrackpoints!!250,000+ km of Linear features 250,000+ km of Linear features

createdcreated

Rendering DataRendering Data

Rendering – stage 1

Rendering – stage 2

Rendering – Manchester

Imported DataImported Data

!! TIGER/LINETIGER/LINE§ 105. Subject matter of copyright: UnitedStates Government worksCopyright protection under this title is not availablefor any work of the United States Government, but theUnited States Government is not precluded fromreceiving and holding copyrights transferred to it byassignment, bequest, or otherwise.

Prototype Global Shoreline Data Prototype Global Shoreline Data (PGS)(PGS)

!! Before adjustmentBefore adjustment !! Final importFinal import

(NGA - Satellite Derived High Water Line Data)

Mapping PartiesMapping Parties

OSM Workshops cum Community Mapping cum Social Event

Isle of WightIsle of Wight

BathBath

VVääxjxjöö, Sweden, Sweden

RutlandRutland

Beyond CartographyBeyond Cartography

! REAL TIME DATA! RESTful API, ! XML

! STATIC DUMP! planet.osm! XML! Binary

NavigationNavigation

SimulationSimulation

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Thanks for ListeningThanks for Listening

Andy RobinsonAndy Robinsonandy@ukstreetwise.comandy@ukstreetwise.com