The OpenStreetMap Project = Data + Community

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OpenStreetMap is a free, editable global map that claims fast, community-driven updating and real-world use: corporations (Amazon, Strava, Niantic) and humanitarian efforts (HOT after Haiti) actually build tooling and pay mappers, COVID tags and mapathons change hours and services, and a Rapid editor with ML and the browser iD editor are used in production. The talk names 3–4 million registered users and notes that edits go live in seconds, and gives concrete projects and measured completeness versus city open data.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 0:11The Openstreetmap Project
3. 0:44The Executive Director for Openstreetmap
4. 1:34History about the Project
5. 5:53What Is So Open about Openstreetmap
6. 8:04The Streets of Women
7. 8:31Resiliency Maps
8. 12:55Other Places Using Openstreetmap Data
9. 16:11Can Openstreetmap Access the Census Api for Thematic Mapping
10. 20:22How Do You Get the Data into Openstreetmap
11. 23:08Are There any Plans To Add Variables Such as Speed Limits or Stop or Yield
12. 24:16Local Chapters
13. 25:49Teach Osm
14. 26:41How Can You Contribute
15. 27:06Additional Resources
16. 27:30Is There a Governing Body for Policy
17. 29:41Ai Machine Learning Assisted Mapping
18. 30:39What Is the Underlying Infrastructure of Openstreetmap How's Everything Stored
19. 32:05Funding
20. 33:08How Do You Handle Politically Sensitive Areas like Military Site
21. 34:25Tagging Guidelines
22. 36:51How I Got Started with Openstreetmap Projects
23. 38:13Mapwith Ai
24. 42:55Do You Provide the Ability To Drop Pins or Alter the Maps with Javascript
25. 44:16Parting Thoughts

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