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OpenStreetMap & (Open) PSI Simon Poole, OpenStreetMap Foundation
OpenStreetMap
& (Open) PSI
Simon Poole, OpenStreetMap Foundation
Th
e O
SM
Eco-S
yste
m
The OSM Community More than 1.6 Million Accounts, over 400'000 actual contributors
The OpenStreetMap Foundation UK non-profit that supports the project and formally licences and distributes the OSM data
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OpenStreetMap Accumulated Contributors per Month
OpenStreetMap Data ODbL licensed
© ©
Usin
g P
SI w
ith/in
OS
M
●Mashups ●Reference ●Import (aka add to OSM)
Usin
g P
SI fo
r QA
in O
SM
OUCH!
Wh
y d
oe
s it h
urt?
● Community
● Community
● Community
● Quality
● OSM data model
● Conflation
The Original Sin - TIGER US census generated street data imported 2007
Wh
at d
oe
sn
't wo
rk?
● Filling of empty space
● Data of questionable quality (for OSM
use)
● Too (pseudo-)detailed data
● Things that are at odds with the “on the
ground rule”
● Incompatible and home grown licences
● Not following the import guidelines
Wh
at c
an
wo
rk?
● Point data
● Small scale features (i.e. buildings)
● Administrative boundaries
● Things deemed important that can't be
surveyed
● Compatible, well known, licence (CC0,
PDDL ….)
● Following the guidelines
Exa
mp
le: A
dd
resse
s
● Important for door to door navigation
● Painful and slow to survey
● Useful even if not imported
● Availability in or for use in OSM levels
the competitive playing field
● Problem: has a (at least perceived)
monetary value
Exa
mp
le: A
dd
resse
s
● Global (but very US-centric) collection
project openaddresses.io
● The same for France BANO
● Switzerland SOAP
● Many more activities at national and
local level
● Large imports: Denmark 2009, NYC
2014, Netherlands 2014
BAG Addresses & Building Import
2014
Licence Working Group:
Import guidelines:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines
Using OSM data:
http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/
http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/License
http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/License/Community_G
uidelines
OSM: http://openstreetmap.org/
OSMF: http://osmfoundation.org/
Map Data © OpenStreetMap Contributors OdbL 1.0
Cassini map style F. Rodrigo
no spaces
capitals
no 's'
