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Using OSM in Commercial Apps
- 1. osm in our commercial products adding value with open data
- 2. my name is Coleman geographer & software developer
- 3. the basic point OSM is not just for “free” or “casual” products anymore it’s suitable for commercial applications
- 4. spatial networks a brief history • founded in 2000 • commercial & business intelligence data collection • building GIS data & map products • developing mapping software
- 5. we make software Android web applications iOS
- 6. open source, open data
- 7. products maptual fulcrum maptual:kabul
- 8. a data source for apps commercial v. open
- 9. what we need low cost flexible current localized
- 10. problems with commercial data quality & depth low detail in non-urban areas developing countries restrictive licensing expensive
- 11. OSM
- 12. Google Maps
- 13. so how does OSM help us? why use it?
- 15. it’s customizable i can make pretty maps!
- 18. flexibility commercial sources have rigid usage restrictions OSM lets us do what we need primarily: take map data offline
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- 20. dataset is humongous nodes = 1.2 bil ways = 107 mil relations = 1 mil !!
- 23. validation commercial usage of osm proves it’s valuable
- 24. challenges? surely it’s not that simple...
- 25. relations ways tags changesets nodes
- 26. it’s a learning experience working with OSM data is not trivial learning the data model getting familiar with databases integrating with your own apps
- 27. thanks for listening! @colemanm @spatialnetworks