Lightning talks

OSM + time dimension

by Daan van Ramshorst

Daan proposed this lightning talk during the conference, and talks about the desire for a unified map of history.

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500 year-old bugs in the Pelias Geocoder

by Julian Simioni

Julian proposed this lightning talk during the conference, and talks about a bug in the Pelias geocoder.

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The elephant in the room

by Ilya Zverev

Ilya proposed this lightning talk during the conference, and talks about the new editor on the OpenStreetMap scene, it’s impact, and the reactions to so many new users.

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WeeklyOSM, the tool we need

by Manfred

Manfred proposed this lightning talk during the conference, and talks about the tool that WeeklyOSM needed.

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Open Transport Net & Map

by Lieven Raes

Lieven proposed this lightning talk during the conference.

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Wikipedia Maps

by Yuri Astrakhan

Yuri will describe how Wikipedia is building a map service using OSM data and discuss how Wikimedia would like to encourage closer ties between OSM and Wikipedia communities. If time...

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Mapping to end FGM: Crowd2Map Tanzania

by Janet Chapman

Crowd2Map Tanzania is helping to put rural Tanzania on the map, focusing on the region of Mara where female genital mutilation (FGM) is widespread. By mapping they lay the ground...

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Progress Visualisation

by Derick Rethans

In this lightning talk I will explain how I make progress videos for all sorts of mapping parties. From local London ones, to HOT activation events and even country wide...

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State of OpenStreetMap India

by Pratik Yadav

What unique opportunities and challenges do social, economic, and political factors in India present for OpenStreetMap adoption? By focusing on the current applications of OpenStreetMap data, growing awareness, and threats...

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Using the ImproveOSM JOSM plugin

by Beata Jancso

The ImproveOsm plugin is a powerful tool, giving the JOSM mapper access to a huge amount of missing data points in OSM based on Big Data analysis. In this lightning...

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OSM Hall Monitor: Tracking objects, tags, and users

by Ethan Nelson

This session will introduce the OSM Hall Monitor, a Python module that employs a watch list to screen recent changes to OSM for activity by particular users, modifications to certain...

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Mind your language: State of language maps

by Srravya C

Using OpenStreetMap we can create a map in over a thousand languages. This talk discusses the need for contribution to internationalization efforts with focus on both translation of map data...

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