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OpenStreetMap past(s), OpenStreetMap future(s) ...

OpenStreetMap past(s), OpenStreetMap future(s) (AAG2016)

Presentation at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco

Blog post summarizing the talk: https://hi.stamen.com/openstreetmap-past-s-openstreetmap-future-s-cafddc2a4736

Alan McConchie

March 31, 2016
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  1. [email protected] // @mappingmashups // #AAG2016 // sta.mn/dnp Alan McConchie Lead

    Cartographer, Stamen Design PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia [email protected] // @mappingmashups AAG San Francisco March 31, 2016 OpenStreetMap past(s), OpenStreetMap future(s) 1
  2. [email protected] // @mappingmashups // #AAG2016 // sta.mn/dnp 8 OSM has

    no notability rule: an arbitrary amount of detail is possible
  3. [email protected] // @mappingmashups // #AAG2016 // sta.mn/dnp 9 OSM has

    no notability rule: an arbitrary amount of detail is possible but somebody has to maintain it!
  4. [email protected] // @mappingmashups // #AAG2016 // sta.mn/dnp 1. Ghost town

    12 2. Garden 3. Borgesian map 4. Singularity Cosmological futures for OpenStreetMap:
  5. [email protected] // @mappingmashups // #AAG2016 // sta.mn/dnp 33 Necessary number

    of gardening edits = + New nodes × error rate Existing nodes × rate of real-world change ?