A Brief Intro to OSM from trainings in Colombo in August, 2013.

1. OPENSTREET
MAP
Jeff Haack – Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

2. Wikipedia of Maps

3. Freely Editable

4. Building a map from scratch
 On the ground surveys
 Lot of work (needs lots of people)
GPS

5. Community
 > 1,000,000 registered
users

6. Data
 Data Objects Added to
OSM

7. RAW DATA
Open License
XML API. Download a bbox
Download the whole planet!

9. Use the maps
Take the free data
Take regular updates
Feed your data in?
Work with the community
...
...

10. What is OpenStreetMap?
• A platform for collaborative map data collection
• A global database of geodata freely available to
all
• A community of users from different backgrounds
and with different interests

11. What is OpenStreetMap NOT?
• A system for analyzing data
• A place for everything

12. Collecting Exposure Data

14. So we have exposure data…
Now what?

15. InaSAFE

18. THANK YOU
Jeff Haack – Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team