OpenStreetMap, a Model for Data Communities? | Open Data and Information for a Changing Planet --- Program of the 23rd International CODATA Conference

Author: Mikel Maron

Abstract:

OpenStreetMap is creating the world's best map. I'll look at the technical and social concepts that make OSM work, and ponder the applicability of this approach for creating and sharing other kinds of data. The Link of Slides.

Keywords: Data Communities, map, Public Interest, Mass Collaboration, Open Street Map, data sharing, Tracking, crowdsourcing, API (Application Programming Interface), Tagging, open data, open access, open information system

Topics: Information Science and Computational informatics, Open Access; Public Sector Information; Legal and Policy Issues, Social Science Data and the Digital Humanities

Category: Oral Presentation

Section: F1 - Mass Collaboration Data Projects and Policies

Time: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - 16:00 to 17:30

Room: Room 802 (8F)