Workshop 3: OpenStreetMap Mapathon

The members of this WG will work on the intelligent capture and integration of geospatial information and knowledge in an online collaborative environment. This involves techniques for mapping the world with newly generated content that can be contributed voluntarily or as byproducts of people’s actions and moving (GNSS tracks, social media, telecommunication, etc). It also involves collaborative architectures, data models, platforms, services and apps for data sharing, linking, visualizing, geoprocessing and decision-making. Moreover the reasons, motivations and modes of user collaboration as well as topics related to openness, ownership, privacy and trust will be investigated within the WG or by means of relationships with other Associations and Organizations.Collectively, an enormous amount of data is captured every day and at least 80% of them are or can be georeferenced. The aim of the WG is to study how all these data can be acquired, linked, assessed and improved in their quality and used for building a Free and Open Digital Earth. The increase of humanitarian crisis in the world has resulted in more collaboration to use new technology and digital skills to coordinate response. As well, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) highlight opportunities to incorporate satellite and geospatial programs into long term projects.

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Born in 2004, OpenStreetMap (OSM) is nowadays the largest, most complete, most detailed and most up-to-date geospatial database of the world, which is entirely created by volunteers. Currently there are more than 4 million contributors registered to the project. The open license of OSM data allows for a variety of applications, such as update of official cartography, disaster management, routing and navigation, games and leisure, etc. The mapathon will first introduce the OSM project and then show participants the simplest among the available OSM editors, i.e. the iD editor. A step-by-step mapping exercise for beginners will follow, focusing on a humanitarian mapping task proposed by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT), which coordinates humanitarian mapping in the aftermath of disasters and in prevention of humanitarian crises all over the world. A web-based tool created by HOT, the Tasking Manager, will be used during the mapathon. Participants are required to bring their own laptop with wi-fi connection enabled. No specific software will be used during the mapathon; only a browser is required (suggested browsers: Firefox and Chrome). After the mapathon, participants will have acquired the basic notions on the OSM projects (philosophy, license, data model, available tools and ways to contribute data, etc.) and will be able to execute basic mapping tasks in OSM using the iD editor. The mapathon is open to any participants; no specific or technical background is required.
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The workshop is free for participants of GeoDelft, otherwise a day pass has to be purchased. The deadline for an early bird registration is July 15.
References
- OpenStreetMap website: https://www.openstreetmap.org
- OpenStreetMap statistics wiki page: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Stats
- OSM OdbL license: https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright
- Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team: https://www.hotosm.org
- HOT Tasking Manager: https://tasks.hotosm.org
- Mooney P. and Minghini M. (2017) A review of OpenStreetMap data. In: Mapping and the Citizen Sensor, 37-59. London: Ubiquity Press.

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