Happy Birthday OpenStreetMap(blog.openstreetmap.org) |
Happy Birthday OpenStreetMap(blog.openstreetmap.org) |
On the private, I've lately been biking/hiking lots of trails with a 360 camera, and uploaded to Mapillary as CC-BY-SA (and google street view). To make a kind of street view, but also to use the data to improve trail/mtb/biking routes in OSM. I hate planning a route and ending up having to carry my gravel bike. Or someone taking their stroller for a leisure hike on a gravel road in the woods suddenly finds out some part of it is unwalkable. Or the opposite, taking the mtb for a ride and not getting any fun. It's quite fun, a good excuse to try new roads every time I'm out just to map it.
Also what do you think of KartaView? I'm not sure whether to trust the Meta owned Mapillary, even though the current data has an open license.
My problem with KartaView is that there is no new images in my city since ~2019, and very little is covered. So no one here uses it. While someone needs to start, I guess, it wont be me. The municipality where I live has however mapped >800 km of city streets themselves in Mapillary, so it's a good source to expand on and where I can fill in the gaps with cycling related stuff.
https://www.mapillary.com/app/user/BYM_OlaJuulHolm?lat=59.92...
KartaView itself was never free of Meta. One reason it was never accepted on F-Droid is that it required Facebook libraries to build.
Long live and prosper and may thousand more siblings follow in the paths OSM has opened up.
You need an OpenStreetMap-account, then long tap on the place, "actions", "Create POI" - enter the name and the type (restaurant, wastebin, whatever...) and save it.
If you're used to it and know the categories it takes maybe 30 seconds to do it everytime you visit a new restaurant or to add a new shop when you're waiting for the bus.
What sets OpenStreetMap apart from other map or data providers is its diverse and rich community. You're right that relying solely on a few large corporate donors could lead to challenges in maintaining OSM's strength, resiliency, and independence. That's why we're trying to attract a diverse income stream, including a broad base of support from individual donors. Every small donation reaffirms that OSM will remain a collective effort, which all contributors play a part in shaping and preserving.
https://supporting.openstreetmap.org is our fundraising site.
> The main provider of map data is TomTom, but data is also supplied by Automotive Navigation Data, Getchee, Hexagon AB, IGN, Increment P, Intermap Technologies, LeadDog, MDA Information Systems, OpenStreetMap, and Waze.
https://web.archive.org/web/20160118101039/http://gspe21.ls.... (Original: http://gspe21.ls.apple.com/html/attribution-8.html)
OpenStreetMap asked Apple what it would take for them to use OpenStreetMap elsewhere. "Make it the best data there."
I like to fiddle with stuff just like the next HN commenter, but last time I tried this with OsmAnd I quickly gave up, it's not in the same league as Google Maps, it's not even the same sport. What I want: "Open the app, search for a destination, hit a button and get shown a route from my current location". Did I just hold it wrong?
https://osmstats.neis-one.org/?item=countries&country=Afghan...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.organicmap...
Unlike most OSM apps it requires an internet connection but has the advantage of an address search with auto complete and alternative routes. And on bigger or wide screens you get lots of details about the path in an elevation widget in the bottom right.
It also comes with a custom model editor (gear button in the top left) where you can tweak the routing preferences to your liking like preferring more official bike networks or elevation or a slower speed etc ...
Or you can use the website https://graphhopper.com/maps/
(disclaimer: I'm one of the founders of GraphHopper)
Searching isn't as accurate as Google and I would guess the routing doesn't consider the same real-time data as Google does, but in terms of UI at least it's easy to get there.
For me two main drawbacks are no traffic and slow route [re]calculation, because it happens on device.
Last I looked at it, the search didn't really support the obvious 'keyword near me' sort of query that most people are going to want to do.
Later: just took a look and it does a lot better. OSM POI data can be pretty hit and miss though.
As I'm just a beginner I don't think a 360 camera is worth it just yet, they are quite expensive compared to regular ones. And I can imagine putting it on my helmet would get some attention from bypassers, unlike a normal camera mounted on the handlebar.
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Every_Door
For more complete editing, I like to use "Go Map!!"
For paid staff see https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Contractors_and_employee... (note that for example accountant is not contracted full-time)
(and yes, donations are welcome! See https://donate.openstreetmap.org/ if you want to help)
disclaimer: I am an unpaid volunteer on OSMF board
[1]: https://www.datanyze.com/companies/openstreetmap/353811364
I doubt the 12.4 million revenue. The 2021 financial report listed turnover of £350,000 with surplus of £160,000 and £740,000 in reserves.
Also, how is it not public good, and how does it enriches someone else’s product? I’m fairly sure the world’d biggest encyclopedia that is freely available to anyone on the Earth can be considered a public good, can’t it?
The power is in the brand/execution, not the code/idea
Either way, I'm glad that it's both open data and open code (Wikipedia: creative commons; OpenStreetMap: open database license; both: some open code license) so that we at least have options, should it be necessary, even if it's an uphill battle to divert attention from a spoiled brand
"Just mirror PBF files." is easy, mirroring community is harder.
But, yes it reduces some risks. And enables for example https://www.opengeofiction.net/ and https://www.openhistoricalmap.org/ which use OSM stack for fantasy and historical mapping.
And OSM open data is used very widely.