[OSM-talk] "Mapping a map - the uneven geographies of OpenStreetMap..."

[Stefan Keller]

Just found an online publication by Prof. Mark Graham and Stefano De
Sabbata from the Oxford Internet Institute, UK, about the quantity and
quality of OSM.

The article shows three commented maps, one showing the content density,
one counting the no. of edits, and one visualizing the content age.

>From the conclusions:

"OSM will turn 10 years old in a few months, and combining the findings
obtained from these three maps, it is evident how it is a very good
geographical representation of the most developed countries, and their
urban environment. OSM also provide large amount of information about
non-rural areas, although these are not as up-to-date and detailed as urban
areas.

The quantity and the quality of the data make OSM one of the most powerful
and exciting open-source projects that the Internet has facilitated in
recent years, along with Linux and Wikipedia. Nonetheless, there is still a
lot of work to do, and the development of the project in its second decade
will probably depend on it attracting new volunteers among the new Internet
users in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Finally, OSM
will be influenced by the relationships with those many companies which are
currently based their mapping services on it, as well as the future spread
of open data policies."

Data originated from Geofabrik december 2014.

Website http://geography.oii.ox.ac.uk/?page=openstreetmap

--Stefan
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