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Open Street Map I. Mills SOC128 Fall 2013 Dan Ryan. Contents. What? Why? How? Us. Open Street Map. What is it?. Open Street Map: What?. OSM DB. Raster Data. TIGER. API. GPS. USers. APPs. Open Street Map: What?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Open Street Map I
Mills SOC128 Fall 2013Dan Ryan
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Contents
• What?• Why?• How?• Us
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WHAT IS IT?Open Street Map
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Open Street Map: What?
OSMDB
TIGER RasterData
APPs
API
USers
GPS
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Open Street Map: What?
• Starts with TIGER* (topologically integrated geographic encoding and referencing)
• Peer production: anyone can add features
• >1,000,000 accounts and >15,000 active
• Data can be used in other applications
– WHY DOES THAT MATTER?
*See Also: US Census Bureau. “TIGER Products”
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WHY?Open Street Map
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Open Street Map: Why?
• Lots of maps on web, but only free to VIEW• Cannot use data to build new applications– Mapnik– OpenCycleMap– OpenQueerMap– WaterColorMap
• Peer Production harnesses enormous amounts of contributions to public goods
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HOW?Open Street Map
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Open Street Map: How?
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Press_Kit