Gave this presentation on OpenStreetMap and Transport applications at the World Bank Transport Forum.

1. OpenStreetMap and Transport
Data is a Community
Mikel Maron
World Bank Transport Forum
March 30, 2011

2. Mikel Maron
OpenStreetMap Foundation
Board Member
http://osmfoundation.org/
Humanitarian OSM Team
Board Member
http://hot.openstreetmap.org/
GroundTruth Initiative
Co-Director
http://groundtruthinitiative.org/

3. OpenStreetMap
Global Collaborative Mapping
“like Wikipedia for Maps”

4. Well-known initiatives of OSM
Haiti Earthquake Response, Map Kibera, Japan

5. Why OSM?
Free and Open
Global
Reusable
Changeable
Flexible
Transport Specific
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Public_Transport

6. But Most Importantly
It's a data project with a
community
many people working on
transport issues:
data collection,
representation, applications

7. Working with OSM
Join the community.
We're individual mappers,
consulting companies,
academics, governments,
non-profits
I am happy to act as
ambassador with interested
transport projects

8. OSM Use for Transport
Visualizing/Rendering
Transport Networks

9. OpenCycleMap
Visualizes cycle routes, parking, gradients
http://opencyclemap.org/

10. OSMTransport
Visualizes (& Routes) Transport Networks
http://3liz.fr/public/osmtransport/

11. OSM Use for Transport
Routing
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Routing

12. Ride The City
Bicycle Features and User Contributed Routes
http://www.ridethecity.com/

13. BusRoutes.in
Routing Indian Cities Complicated Bus Systems
http://busroutes.in/

14. University of Maryland
Hyperlocal, university campus, walking and transport routing
http://map.umd.edu/map/

15. City of Lund, Sweden
Municipality provided service
http://kartor.lund.se/resejamforaren/start_st.htm

16. OSM Use for Transport
Schematic Maps

17. India Railways
The complex India railway in a simplified manner
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Railway_network_schematic_map.png

18. Chennai Bus Routes
Signage for stages in Chennai city
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Chennai/Bus_Route_mapping_project

19. OSM Use for Transport
Applications

20. Great Western Railway
Seat back journey tracker
http://www.flickr.com/photos/claypole/4541755224/

21. Time Travel Maps
MySociety car vs transit times
http://www.mysociety.org/2007/more-travel-maps/

22. Isokron
Time travel distance to meet your friend
http://www.isokron.com/

23. OSM Use for Transport
Planning/Simulations

24. London “Boris-bike” flow animation
Uses OSM for routing simulation
http://oliverobrien.co.uk/2011/02/flow-animation-of-barclays-cycle-hire-bikes/

25. Matsim
toolbox for large-scale agent-based transport simulations
http://www.matsim.org/

26. OSM Use for Transport
Other Engagements

27. Portland Trimet
Community engaged improvement of OSM Portland
http://web.archiveorange.com/archive/v/QFY7ID2xSViQnrwuHQCR

28. Abandoned Railways → Rail-trails
Russ Nelson mapping potential new rail trails
http://blog.russnelson.com/bicycling/rail-trails-4.html

29. Surrey Heath
All local council GIS data managed in OSM
http://www.soc.org.uk/southampton09/presentations/SurreyHeathDC.pdf

30. ItoWorld
Transport Service Consultants and OSM Tool Contributors
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/ITO_World

31. Garmeme
Hypothetical Nairobi Transit System
http://garmeme.com/

32. Challenge #2
Providing Information to the Public
The more than 50 numbered routes plied by the microbuses
have never been made publically available on a route
map, and riders depend on word-of-mouth for route
choice. This is in part because microbuses fall slightly
out of the jurisdiction of the relevant city
departments, but largely because the departments
responsible for transport management lack the technical
capacity / funding to utilize GIS to produce and
continuously update such route maps.
Further, the City does not have any means to convey
urgent transport (or other public service) information
to residents in a timely manner (e.g., through SMS text
messages). The City has expressed interest in this type
of service but is concerned about logistics and cost of
establishing such a system.

33. Matatu Online
Matatu mapping in Nairobi.
OSM can be used for data collection, application
http://matatuonline.com/

34. Thanks
Mikel Maron
mikel@osmfoundation.org
@mikel
http://slideshare.net/mikel_maron/
http://openstreetmap.org/