Table of contents

Executive Summary

Important concepts explained

A Look at OpenStreetMap

Success and risks of crowdsourced data

Structuring a global community of volunteers

Interacting with the community

Technical specifications

The GIS and OSM data models

Difference between GIS and OSM

Tools to get more value out of OSM

Trace or import data?

Licensing information

Explanations

Best practices

Some working open data policies

Case studies

Policy integration of open data

Collaboration between local transit agency and OSM community

Automatization of updating curb situation in Seattle

Immediate value of crowdsourced data collection

See Also