Articles and other news items about the OpenStreetMap project.
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Article by Serge Wroclawski, explaining that as more private companies offer maps, an open source solution that anyone can edit is still needed.
(January 14, 2014)
Article explaining how OpenStreetMap volunteers have brought free, much-needed collaborative maps to far-flung developing areas.
(July 03, 2013)
Article by Sarah Shearman, explaining how people are creating their own maps and databases in a movement called open-source mapping.
(June 26, 2013)
Article by Nate Anderson explaining how wikipedia's 'crowdsourced knowledge' model have been applied to mapping.
(June 01, 2010)
Slide-show article covering the efforts of OpenStreetMap mappers to improve the coverage of the area hit by the Haiti earthquake using donated aerial photography.
(February 24, 2010)
Article by Victor Keegan, explaining how OpenStreetMap volunteers are mapping the world, with particular reference to Haiti.
(February 04, 2010)
Atlanta aims to become the world's most digitally mapped city with a project that will map every road, trail, bike path and tree.
(October 14, 2009)
Guest post by Ed Freyfogle, co-founder of property search engine Nestoria, explaining how the project has grown.
(November 27, 2008)
Article by Serge Wroclawski, explaining that as more private companies offer maps, an open source solution that anyone can edit is still needed.
(January 14, 2014)
Article explaining how OpenStreetMap volunteers have brought free, much-needed collaborative maps to far-flung developing areas.
(July 03, 2013)
Article by Sarah Shearman, explaining how people are creating their own maps and databases in a movement called open-source mapping.
(June 26, 2013)
Article by Nate Anderson explaining how wikipedia's 'crowdsourced knowledge' model have been applied to mapping.
(June 01, 2010)
Slide-show article covering the efforts of OpenStreetMap mappers to improve the coverage of the area hit by the Haiti earthquake using donated aerial photography.
(February 24, 2010)
Article by Victor Keegan, explaining how OpenStreetMap volunteers are mapping the world, with particular reference to Haiti.
(February 04, 2010)
Atlanta aims to become the world's most digitally mapped city with a project that will map every road, trail, bike path and tree.
(October 14, 2009)
Guest post by Ed Freyfogle, co-founder of property search engine Nestoria, explaining how the project has grown.
(November 27, 2008)
