[🚧 Work in progress] OpenStreetMap ♥️ Open Data
  • Introduction
  • Executive Summary
  • Table of contents
  • Relevant concepts explained
  • A Look at OpenStreetMap
    • OpenStreetMap structure
    • Interacting with the community
  • Technical specifications
    • The GIS and OSM data models
    • Difference between OSM and GIS
    • Trace or import data?
    • Tools for more value from OSM data
  • Legal smallprint
    • Best practices
    • Open data policies
  • OpenStreetMap for organizations
    • Value of OpenStreetMap to cities and organizations
    • Contributing to OSM
      • as an individual
      • as an organization
  • Case studies
    • West Midlands - Combining data for innovation
    • Seattle - Automatization of updating curb situation in Seattle
    • Milan - Collaboration between local transit agency and OSM community
    • Chennai - Immediate value of crowdsourced data collection
  • See also
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  • Contribute geospatial data or imagery for tracing
  • Why?
  • How?
  • Organize a mapathon
  • ⏰ Before
  • 🎉 On the day
  • 💌 After

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  1. OpenStreetMap for organizations
  2. Contributing to OSM

as an organization

Contribute geospatial data or imagery for tracing

Why?

Open your data to a global audience. Benefit from more eyes on your data to keep it up to date.

How?

  • Contact the local OSM chapter

  • Learn about licensing for OSM

  • Find out how to add different datasets

  • Process and preparation - get inspired by how others interact with the community (West Midlands, Milan, Seattle)

Organize a mapathon

It feels good to do good. Show your employees, members and customers how easy it is go get involved in open mapping.

⏰ Before

  • Find a cause that matters to your organization or the occasion. It could be a new cause or an existing project (Nepal earthquake 2015, Mapping to end Malaria 2016, Mapping for Ebola 2014).

  • Organize a venue, date and time - the rule is: there must be 🍕🍕🍕 for the mappers. Make sure venue has enough power outlets and stable Wifi.

  • Invite mappers. People should bring a laptop with mouse and a modern browser.

  • Invite the local OSM community to help with training.

  • Set up the HOT Tasking Manager to spread the load efficiently.

🎉 On the day

  • Share information on the cause and how open mapping contributes.

  • Get people to sign up.

  • Give a short intro to using OpenStreetMap and the Tasking Manager.

  • Get mapping! There should be some experienced mappers to walk around and answer questions.

💌 After

Keep the communication going on what the added map data helped to achieve.

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