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Openstreetmap #619

Closed dkniffin closed 7 years ago

dkniffin commented 7 years ago

I think OpenStreetMap (OSM for short) would be a great topic for a podcast episode. It's an open-data mapping platform. Think "wikipedia, but for maps". It currently has over 3 million users (although many of those are not active contributors).

The data and tilesets are used in many different projects, such as Craigslist, OsmAnd, Geocaching, MapQuest Open, JMP statistical software, and Foursquare. Here's a bunch more.

There's also a lot of open-source projects in the ecosystem, built around it, such as JOSM, iD, Leaflet (which could probably be an episode on it's own), and many more.

There's also a lot of benefits for humanitarian efforts, via HOT.

Some more info can be found on their wiki

Some potential host ideas:

jerodsanto commented 7 years ago

@dkniffin 👍 I think this is a good topic. We'll get to work on it!

gunderson commented 7 years ago

FYI, I'm not Eric Gunderson :)

dkniffin commented 7 years ago

Oops, my bad. Sorry about that. I meant @gundersen

jerodsanto commented 7 years ago

@dkniffin we have this in the works and will post back here if it materializes. Thanks again!