Introduction to OpenStreetMap

Kate ChapmanHumanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

k8chapman@gmail.com

Agenda

9:00-9:30 Introduction to OpenStreetMap9:30-10:00 Introduction to Editing Tools10:00-10:30 Introduction to Data Collection Tools (GPS/Walking Papers)10:30-10:45 Break10:45-12:00 Data Collection12:00-1:00 Lunch1:00-2:30 Editing Data Collected2:30-3:00 Questions/Wrap-up

Downloading the Presentation

http://bit.ly/OSMUI

What is OpenStreetMap?

A web project to create a free and open map of the entire world

History

* Founded in the United Kingdom in 2004 by Steve Coast* Ordnance Survey Data was Expensive to Use* July 2005 the First Mapping Party Takes Place

OpenStreetMap Statistics

* Over 300,000 Registered Users from All Over the World* 1,000s Edit Regularly

What is the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team?

An organization working to promote the use of open data and volunteered geographic information within thehumanitarian and development contexts

http://vimeo.com/9182869

Port-au-Prince

28 Days Later

Before

OSM and Crisis Response in Haiti

HOT Training

OpenStreetMap in Indonesia

Can groups begin contributing to the same map?

• Exposure Datasets• Emergency Response Planning• Better National Statistics

OpenStreetMap Schema

Folksonomy: collaboratively created created system of tagging things.

(The community creates the OpenStreetMap tagging scheming over time)

Nodes, Ways and Areas

Some Applications to Input Data

Java OpenStreetMap EditorPotlatch2OSMAnd (for Android Phones)Mapzen (for iPhone

Using the OpenStreetMap Data

• Printing Maps• Download to GPS• Mobile Phone• GIS Software

Downloading Shapefiles

http://download.geofabrik.de/osm/asia/(updated daily)

OpenStreetMap “Planet”

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Planet.osm

Released WeeklyDifferentials (Daily, Hourly, Minutely)

Printed Maps

http://maposmatic.org

Starting Editing

1. Go to http://openstreetmap.org2. Sign-up for an account3. Confirm Email4. Sign-in to http://openstreetmap.org5. Zoom to an Area of Interest6. Click Edit

Potlatch2

Garmin GPS

Garmin eTrex Vista HCx

What to Map?

Anything you think is interesting or useful

Links

• http://openstreetmap.org• http://walking-papers.org• http://maposmatic.org• http://gpsbabel.org• http://hot.openstreetmap.org

Questions?

k8chapman@gmail.com