Part of Ignite session prior to #Hack4DK 2013

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Get In withGet In with
the Crowdthe Crowd- OpenStreetMap and- OpenStreetMap and
the Art of Crowdsourcingthe Art of Crowdsourcing

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OpenStreetMap
The Free Wiki World Map
Started 2004 by programmer Steve Coast
Against government monopoly on geodata
UK registred NGO
Annual budget < £100.000

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OpenStreetMap
Global data (as of September 2013)
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~34,5 million km roads and paths
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~91,7 million buildings
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Annual growth: 40%
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1.378.960 participants

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OpenStreetMap
Data for Denmark (as of September 2013)
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~160.000 km roads (99,8% done) ~556.000
buildings
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Local knowledge over imports (from FOT)
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~100 active participant, loosely coordinated via
mail-group OSM-Talk-DK
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No organisation(!)

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Why use
OpenStreetMap
Free / OdBL = “©OpenStreetMap contributors”
Accessible and downloadable
Adding data to OpenStreetMap adds value to
everybody's maps
Merging data from FOT/GST (DK open geodata)

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Commercial maps vs.
OpenStreetMap
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Commercial maps update monthly, yearly
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Commercial have Quality Assurance
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OSM has crowd-ownership
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Free downloadable data
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OSM-Data is available immediately after save

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What you can do with
OpenStreetMap

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What you can map in
OpenStreetMap
Everything!
“Map what's on the ground”

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What you can map inWhat you can map in
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap
Street lights in CopenhagenStreet lights in Copenhagen

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The critical power of
OpenStreetMap
“Maps as resistance, counter-mappings and
participatory GIS take up maps and politics in an
explicit manner to provide alternative mappings of
space not represented by official state agencies”
Matthew Sparke

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Counter-mapping in
OpenStreetMap
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Counter-mapping – Critical Cartography
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Who is to decide what “important geodata” is?
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No secrets - “if it's there, it's there”
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Wheelchair accessibility as Counter-mapping act

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?
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The Long Tail of
OpenStreetMap

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From cyclists to
source
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Transforming cycling interest into mapping for
cycling
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Free courses in Cartography for ~100 cyclist's
federation members
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Community-site and Community Manager

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The Long Tail of
Talent
10 of OSM-DK's 100 most active are cyclists10 of OSM-DK's 100 most active are cyclists
The overall #3 in DK is a women, cyclist & retiredThe overall #3 in DK is a women, cyclist & retired
teacherteacher
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(1 & 2 are bulk importers/robots)(1 & 2 are bulk importers/robots)
>6% of total data in OSM-DK 2012>6% of total data in OSM-DK 2012

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The Long Tail of
“Frustrated” Talent
Don't think of crowdsourcing participants as
cheap “Mechanical Turks“
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They might be experts in the field
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You can “transform” their interest, not dictate
their work

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From crowdsourcingFrom crowdsourcing
to Citizen Scienceto Citizen Science