OSM Map-A-Thon Party

Hi All, As Discussed in Today’s KanchiLUG Weekly discussion regarding Map-A-Thon.

I had a call with KAMAL from FSHM pondicherry to get some experience from them, since they often perform Map-A-Thon.

Points,

  1. Initially Co-ordinators should try mapping for some areas together. To get insights on using the app.
  2. Mobile app’s suggested - EveryDoor , StreetComplete
  3. Set a theme. Are we going to mark streets only or street lights or Buildings.
  4. Minimum time for map-a-thon is 2hr’s. In that first 15 to 30 min, give details about OSM and mappings. People can go in groups or individual and perform mapping. After a given time, group together and have a small review session. Then Tea Bajji :slight_smile:
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Hi, Please share your views on this. We can try to do it frequently,

After TOSSConf25, we are planned to have a mini OSM map-a-thon in chennai to experiment contribution to Open Street Maps.

We are initially planned to do a Map-A-Thon on August 8th. If you are interested in contributing to OSM’s lets explore together.

Materials for Reference

FSHM OSM Videos by Prasanna Venkatesh

  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm-it-6-h68&t=13s&pp=ygUIb3NtIGZzaG0%3D
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lypo9rdLWHM&pp=ygUIb3NtIGZzaG0%3D

These 2 videos answers about,

  1. Why do we need to contribute to OSM ?
  2. Why not Google Maps ?
  3. Google Maps doesn’t have the updated values.
  4. How OSM helps in humanitarian efforts ?
  5. How to contribute in house ?

Some inputs from Aadhavan

Telegram Group for OSM Chennai: Telegram: View @OSM_Chennai

Aadhavan OSM ID: rungdung | OpenStreetMap
Aadhavan: https://adhavansivaraj.xyz/

Next Steps:

  1. Initially Planning to explore how to perform an inhouse osm mapping.
  2. Selecting a theme for map-a-thon with a cause / without a cause. (eg: marking streets, buildings, water ways, street lights)
  3. Experiment StreetComplete, OSMAnd
    .
    Interested people please share your views.

Credits: @tshrinivasan

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Minutes of Meeting

  1. How to decide a theme ? - Need of people and locality. Eg Ennore, Near Thermal power plants to mark marsh lands.
  2. Two categories of OSM Mapping - 1. Civic 2. Commercial Interests
  3. Sagarmala Project - Usecase to mark sea side houses, and people lives and how this project affects the accumalation of people lands.
  4. Can mark bank, ATM’s Public Toilet, Bus Routes, Public Communities.
  5. While planning a mapathon, plan for a common place to gather. Check if they are in need of power bank , water bottle.
  6. As a beginner, we can start to add metadata to the existing places/locations to know more on the usage of apps.

Recommended Apps

  1. OSMAnd
  2. Every Door
  3. Street Complete
  4. CityZen

Some tools

OpenData = Digital Commons (Think Like A Commoner)

Mapping

  • Field Mapping
  • Armchair Mapping

Apps:

  • StreetComplete
  • OsmAnd
  • EveryDoor
  • OrganicMaps / CoMaps
  • Vespucci
  • CityZen

Websites:

I recommend this book to start thinking as a Commoner.

https://thinklikeacommoner.com/