A free map of the world

Christian O. PetersenMember and contributor, OpenStreetMapVice President Community, CloudMade

OpenStreetMap

• OpenStreetMap’s Story

• Crowdsourced Mapping

• Worldwide Mapping Traction

• Who Contributes to OpenStreetMap

• What Can You Contribute?

• How You Can Benefit

• New Mapping Tools in November

OpenStreepMap’s Story

First there was Steve Coast110s

100s1,000s

10,000s100,000s1,000,00

0s…every 3

days

…1000 new

people

…sign up to map with GPS devices, phones & computers

…creating the richest global map

Then there were some of Steve’s friends

Then Steve’s friends recruited more friends

Then Steve spoke at conferences

Then people started signing up on their own

OpenStreetMap now has critical mass

Expanding community through new tools and

apps

Number of

mappers:Late 04

Early 05

Late 05

Early 07

Early 08

Mid 09

Crowdsourced Mapping

Activity

Editing tools

MobileMapping

Mobile device data capture

WebMapping

Armchairmap editing

Result

Complete and rich maps of the world

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10,000

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Wikipedia-like Growth

Navteq MappersTele Atlas MappersOSM MappersOur Active Mappers

Mapping Resources

Worldwide Mapping TractionRapid Completion

Aug ‘06

Aug ‘07

Aug ‘08

Germany

Germany

Germany

March: 12,000 active mappers

Aug ’10: 100x the

mappers of Navteq or TeleAtlas

Increasing Richness

Tele Atlas

OSM

StanfordUniversity

StanfordUniversity

OpenStreetMap Usage Increases

OpenStreetMap Usage Increases

OpenStreetMap Usage Increases

Crowdsourching + Public Data

Open source communities

GIS professionals

Geography students

Hiking & Running enthusiasts

Cycling enthusiasts

Local communities

Who Contributes to OpenStreetMap

Arial Imagery

Road Data - routing

Road DataCenterlines or Polygons

Rural Data

Building information

POIs

What Can You Contribute?

Commonly found, not-so-useful data

Resolution: 1:1,000 (~1m) Less than 3 years old

Tourist or sports areas such as State/National Parks, ski resorts etc.

Turn restrictions, speed limits, one-way-streetsLess than 15 years old

Resolution: 1:1,000 (~1m) Less than 3 years old

Accuracy: 1:1,000 (~1m) Less than 3 years old

Resolution: 1:12,000 (~10m) Less than 3 years old

Digital Elevation or Terrain Models, Data derived from extracts of GNIS, TIGER, NED, USGS sets

How You Can Benefit

OpenStreetMap• A free map for your area

• Available to the public

• Crowdsourcing + government data

• Community verifies data

• More up to date maps

• Data points w/metadata

• Vertical maps for society as a whole

www.openstreetmap.org

CloudMade Platform• Low cost

• Commercial grade

• Style Editor

• Tile serving

• Vector maps

• Geocoding

• Routing

• Navigation

www.cloudmade.com

New Mapping Tools in November

Mapzen benefits

• More intuitive – reduces editing time

• Exporting maps from Mapzen is a one step process

• Use maps made with Mapzen in existing GIS app

• Create your first crowd source projects with ease

• Connects mapping community with Facebook and Twitter

Mapzen POI Collector (iPhone app)

• Add POIs in 3 simple steps

• Type in POI meta data on location

• 150+ pre-defined categories

www.openstreetmap.org

Speak to usabout contributing

– everyone will benefit!Christian O. Petersencop@cloudmade.com

Thea Claythea@cloudmade.com