Where is ____? How many ____? Density of ____? What’s inside ____? What’s near ____? How has ____ changed? How do ____ relate? What if ____?
What 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
The Four Freedoms; Granted!
+ ODbL
We make beautiful maps. And we give them away.
London
New Delhi
Bengaluru
. . . and the whole planet!
But does'nt ___ .com do that already?! Google maps Yahoo maps Mapquest Mapblast
Well, Yes!
but...
The Google Maps “ Terms of Service” says: "Geocoding data for map content in Google Local is provided under license by Navteq... and/or Tele Atlas... and subject to copyright protection and other intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to NAVTEQ, TANA and/or such other third parties." "Also, you may not use Google Local in a manner which gives you or any other person access to mass downloads or bulk feeds of numerical latitude and longitude coordinates."
Why OpenStreetMap? Because that data is copyrighted and owned by people like the Ordnance Survey. Google / whoever just license it. If we used it, we'd have to pay for it.
But who owns OpenStreetMap?
You do! The data and software is owned by you, the contributors.
There is an organisation called the OpenStreetMap Foundation which exists to protect, promote, and support the project, but does not own the data.
....Ah! Still more?! Create your own maps! Render them! Setup your own server!
Get Involved!
Register for the API and wiki
http://OpenStreetMap.org
You! know your nieghbourhood more than anyone!
I bet!
So why do you want someone else to map it?!
Mapping Parties! Mapping parties are events where anyone can come and participate in the OpenStreetMap project.
Potlatch: Online editor
Potlatch is a Flash-based OpenStreetMap editor, found on the 'Edit' tab of the main site.
JOSM: Offline editor Java OpenStreetMap Editor
Dont want to use both of them? Well, you should try Merkaartor!
Setup your own server,and deploy your projects!
..and possibilties endless!
Get Connected!
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Join maling lists and IRC's Talk Geocoding Accessibilty And much more..
#osm irc://irc.oftc.net/osm
Thanks!
let's map our planet! Presentation cc-by Sajjad Anwar Fonts by Hfactor; http://hiran.in Few slides by Richard (Thanks!) OSM Map Data ccbysa http://OpenStreetMap.org/ http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/ irc://irc.oftc.net #osm Mailing lists
