OpenStreetMap introduced open crowdsourcing as successful model for collecting geographic data and community mapping. The presentation highlights some points why it can be interesting for Towns to take a closer look at OpenStreetMap. Boston Ignite: Spatial, Dec 2nd, 2009 Some notes: http://spanring.eu/blog/2009/12/07/what-can-towns-learn-from-openstreetmap/

1. What can Towns learn
from OpenStreetMap?

2. OpenStreetMap?

5. maps
free data
neighborhood

6. paradigm shift

7. intelligent design
surveyors
gis professionals
town administration
residents

8. evolution
surveyors
gis professionals
town administration residents

9. outsourcing

10. collect local
knowledge

13. engage residents

14. distribute
public data

15. map
raw styles
data
tourism map
printed city map
GeoRSS
mobile map
API

16. crossing town borders

19. Christian
cspanring@mapc.org
@spanaut

20. credits
OpenStreetMap http://www.openstreetmap.org
Isaac Mao http://www.slideshare.net/isaac/from-meme-to-social-fabric
Helge Fahrnberger http://www.slideshare.net/muesli/about-lions-and-ants-presentation
Frederik Ramm http://www.soc.org.uk/assets/newsletter/Nov%202009.pdf
Constantin Litvak http://blog.consta.de/2007/09/01/wir-basteln-uns-die-weltkarte/
Walking Papers http://walking-papers.org/
GeoRSS http://georss.org
CloudMade http://maps.cloudmade.com/
GeoTrac http://geotrac.demo.topplabs.org/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tostie14/117610584/
Connected Bits http://www.connectedbits.com/
Open311 http://open311.org/
CitySourced http://www.citysourced.com/
SeeClickFix http://seeclickfix.com