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/

Transcript

1. Taking on responsibility for OSM data (From a Japanese Perspective) Daniel Kastl - State of the Map Japan 2017
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 2
3. Germans ~ Japanese 3
6. 127 Million Japanese 6
11. Mappers’ Responsibility 11
18. 18 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.
20. OSM is great Sample Data 20
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/... 21
25. Hobby -> Work 25
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), … 26
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! 27
28. [______] Maps often doesn’t work for us. 28
31. There is just this problem with OSM ... 31
32. When proposing OSM to a customer or use it in a service, we take on responsibility for the data. 32
33. Major OSM issues (in Japan) 33 • 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.
34. Most of our clients choosing OSM do this to save costs or due to lack of alternatives. 34
35. It’s often easier, not to use OSM in commercial projects. 35
36. What can we do? 36
37. Who really knows OpenStreetMap? 37
38. Lobbying for the idea of Open Data. 38
39. Look after the next generation of mappers 39
40. Happy Mapping! OSM-ID: karida Website: https://georepublic.info Email: daniel@georepublic.de Twitter: @dkastl 40