Our Street, Our Map;
Introduction to OpenStreetMap

Sajjad Anwar
Technology Consultant

@geohacker

/whois

Why do we care about maps?

Don't you? We can prove!

Where?

How many?

What's near?

Maps can tell stories!

Most maps you think free have restrictions on their usage.

Four freedoms; Granted

1. Use

2. Learn

3. Hack

4. Share

Open Database License

Why not Google, Yahoo!, MapQuest, Bing?

Your stories will suffer :(

We know you love Google maps. Don't you?

Old data - Missing bridge

Kibera, Kenya

Google Map Maker is a hole.

But I respect Google maps.

Well, so who owns the data at OpenStreetMap?

You!

Crowdsource!

Spatial data beurocracy.

Humanitarian Mapping

H.O.T

Haiti

Kibera

Libya

Mali

Thank you!

Map data from OpenStreetMap.org and Contributors

Watercolor, Toner tiles from Stamen.com

Mid-night Commander tiles from Cloudmade.com

All those pictures from Flickr.com