Introduction to OpenStreetMap presentation given during Understanding Risk in July 2012 in Cape Town, South Africa

1. Introduction to OpenStreetMap

2. What is OpenStreetMap?

3. History
• Founded in the United Kingdom in 2004 by
Steve Coast
• Ordnance Survey Data was Expensive to
Use
• July 2005 the First Mapping Party Takes
Place
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4. Open License
CC-BY-SA/ODbL
1. Credit OpenStreetMap
2. Share improved data to community
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5. How to Contribute?
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6. Satellite Imagery
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7. Most any GPS
will work
HOT buys
Garmin Etrex

8. walking-papers.org

12. http://gpsbabel.org
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13. Potlatch2 (Editor on OSM Website)
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14. Java OpenStreetMap Editor (JOSM)
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15. Signing Up
1. Go to OpenStreetMap.org
2. Click “Signup”
3. Enter Username/Email/Password
4. Accept Contributor Terms
5. Verify Email Address
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16. More Materials
LearnOSM.org
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17. Further Help Questions
info@hotosm.org
http://lists.openstreetmap.org/
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18. Thanks!
Kate Chapman
kate.chapman@hotosm.org
@wonderchook
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