openaerialmap: a distributed commons for searching and hosting free imagery

OpenAerialMapA Distributed Commons for Searching and

Hosting Free Imagery

Kate Chapman - @wonderchook

History and Background

Imagery Continues to Become Available Under More Permissive Licenses

Rebooted by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team with

Funding from the Humanitarian Innovation Fund

With Help from OAM Community•Development Seed•Azavea•Planet Labs•OpenDroneMap•Cadasta•Stamen

Powered by:Open Imagery Network

OpenAerialMap.org

Main Use Cases•Users that need to find and use imagery•Users with imagery that need to upload and share

Components•Browser: web interface•Catalog: accessible index (API) •Server: processor (e.g. tiler)

QGIS Plugin•Developed Through Outreachy Program•Allows upload, search and change of user settings•First desktop tool for OAM•github.com/hotosm/oam-qgis-plugin/

How to help?•Coding•Testing•Community Outreach•Documentation•Legal•And…..

DO YOU HAVED IMAGERY?

Go to:github.com/openimagerynetwork

github.com/hotosm/OpenAerialMap

Connecting to the Community•Weekly meetings on Thursdays at 18:00 GMT (on Gitter)•Join the Mailing List

Future•Deployable on other cloud systems•Offline appliances

Thank You!Kate Chapman - @wonderchook