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Talk Beginner ODbL (data), Apache 2.0 (CoMaps), GPLv3+ (MapComplete), GPLv3 (StreetComplete, OsmAPP)

A whirlwind tour of OpenStreetMap

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Session Description

In this interactive and participatory talk, we'll attempt to answer the following questions -

  1. What is OpenStreetMap?

  2. In what ways can it be used?

  3. How can you start using the OSM data?

  4. How can you start improving the OSM data?

  5. Why should you prefer OSM over proprietary maps?

References

https://welcome.openstreetmap.org/
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/
https://osmapp.org/
https://demo.f4map.com/
https://www.comaps.app/
https://osmand.net/
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/They_are_using_OpenStreetMap
https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit
https://streetcomplete.app/
https://mapcomplete.org/
https://switch2osm.org/
https://www.openstreetmap.org/export
https://overpass-turbo.eu/
https://download.geofabrik.de/
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Planet.osm
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Planet.osm/full
https://community.openstreetmap.org/

Session Categories

Introducing a FOSS project or a new version of a popular project
Tutorial about using a FOSS project
Contributing to FOSS
Knowledge Commons (Open Hardware, Open Science, Open Data etc.)
Talk License: ODbL (data), Apache 2.0 (CoMaps), GPLv3+ (MapComplete), GPLv3 (StreetComplete, OsmAPP)

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