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CATEGORIES:Department of Geography - main Departmental semina
 r series
SUMMARY:OpenStreetMap and CycleStreets: collaborative map-
 making and cartography  in the age of the internet
  - Martin Lucas-Smith\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20110224T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20110224T140000
UID:TALK28508AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/28508
DESCRIPTION:The arrival of web-based mapping from Google and o
 thers has revolutionised\, in the space of only fi
 ve years\, the way many people interact with maps 
 and map data. And the success of projects such as 
 Wikipedia highlight how collation of small amounts
  of information from large numbers of people - an 
 approach called 'crowdsourcing' - can challenge tr
 aditional models of data collection and ownership.
  Bringing these concepts together is OpenStreetMap
 \, a collaborative project to create a free editab
 le map of the world. Well-established enterprises 
 such as the Ordnance Survey are coming under incre
 ased pressure from this new model\, and large comp
 anies such as MapQuest and Microsoft are starting 
 to use and invest in it. Martin Lucas-Smith\, Webm
 aster in the Department\, and one of two main deve
 lopers of the leading UK-wide cycle journey planne
 r website\, CycleStreets\, will discuss OpenStreet
 Map\, its use within a wide range of systems (from
  cartography\, routing\, and even its central role
  helping deal with the Haiti disaster) and discuss
  the challenges it poses to traditional forms of c
 artography and data collection.\n\nSlides and reso
 urces from this talk are now available at\nhttp://
 www.geog.cam.ac.uk/research/seminars/110224openstr
 eetmap/
LOCATION:Hardy Building 101\, Downing Site (please note cha
 nge of venue)
CONTACT:Professor Michael Bravo
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