Day2-0930-Taking on responsibility for OSM data

Saturday 9:30pm, Main hall
Daniel Kastl

http://2017.stateofthemap.org/2017/taking-on-responsibility-for-osm-data/

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1. Taking on responsibility
   for OSM data
   (From a Japanese Perspective)
   Daniel Kastl - State of the Map Japan 2017
   

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2. About me
   Geographer, Mapper, Software Developer
   Maintainer of the pgRouting Project
   Founder of Georepublic
   Living in Germany (Munich) and Japan (Kobe)
   Enjoy OpenStreetMap in Japan since 2007
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3. Germans ~ Japanese
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6. 127 Million Japanese
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11. Mappers’ Responsibility
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    OSM is relatively “easy” to join
    ● … compared to contributing to Open Source projects or
    Wikipedia.
    ● All you need to get started is local knowledge
    ● There is a community!
    ● The community expects, that you collect data with care.
    

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20. OSM is great Sample Data
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21. OSM is great Sample Data
    ● Free access to accurate and up-to-date data
    ● Available in the area of your choice
    ● No licensing fees
    ● Full control over the data
    ● Can be shared with demos/workshops/tutorials/...
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25. Hobby -> Work
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26. Why Georepublic likes OSM:
    Location Technology Company
    Open Source (FOSS4G), Open (Geo)Data, Open Government
    Japan - Germany - Mexico
    PostgreSQL (pgRouting), Thematic Mapping (Geofuse),
    Leaflet, Openlayers, Geoserver, CKAN, QGIS,
    Mobile Apps, Pointclouds (Potree), …
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27. OSM fits well with FOSS4G
    Free access to accurate and up-to-date data
    Global coverage
    No licensing fees and no vendor lock
    Full control over the data
    Not limited to streets
    Feels good!
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28. [______] Maps often doesn’t work for us.
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31. There is just this problem with OSM ...
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32. When proposing OSM
    to a customer or use it
    in a service,
    we take on responsibility
    for the data.
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33. Major OSM issues (in Japan)
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    ● Large spread of data coverage and quality.
    ● Insufficient address/POI data
    ● Vertical and dense urban areas
    ● Use of data beyond rendering map images
    Responsibility for map data bears an additional risk.
    

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34. Most of our clients
    choosing OSM do this
    to save costs or due to
    lack of alternatives.
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35. It’s often easier,
    not to use OSM in
    commercial projects.
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36. What can we do?
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37. Who really knows
    OpenStreetMap?
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38. Lobbying for the idea
    of Open Data.
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39. Look after the
    next generation
    of mappers
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40. Happy Mapping!
    OSM-ID: karida
    Website: https://georepublic.info
    Email: daniel@georepublic.de
    Twitter: @dkastl
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