How to improve OpenStreetMap with official open-data

Tirana use-case

OpenStreetMap ?

OpenStreetMap is a free, editable map of the whole world that is being built by volunteers largely from scratch and released with an open-content license.

A Map ?

A Database ?

A Website ?

Tools ?

...

A website

A database

Many maps !

Many MANY maps !

Many MANY maps !

Many tools !

OpenStreetMap

Status of Albania

OpenStreetMap

Status of Tirana

Agreement

Why ?

To use data or imagery to improve OpenStreetMap,

we need :

open-data

or a specific permission to use it

Want to know more ?
Guillaume Rischard : " How to make Albanian open imagery and maps available to OpenStreetMap editors"

Agreement

How ?

Open Labs hackerspace has always promoted open-source and open-data

Agreement

How ?

First contact during Municipal Elections

Tirana Ime reporting application :

not open-source,

but uses OpenStreetMap

2015

Agreement

How ?

Regular meetings with the Municipality

2016

Joni Baboci, General Director of Urban Planning and Urban Development at the Municipality of Tirana

Agreement

How ?

Signature of the final agreement

19 April 2017

Agreement

Agreement

GeoPortal

Why ?

Make all those raw data available for everyone ...

Even if you do not have any GIS knowledge !

Easily integrate those data in OpenStreetMap editors

GeoPortal

What ?

  • Buildings
  • Streets
  • Roads
  • Administrative buildings
  • Public tranport
    • Stops
    • Lines

GeoPortal

What ?

GeoPortal

What ?

GeoPortal

What ?

GeoPortal

What ?

GeoPortal

What ?

GeoPortal

How ?

Open-source solutions

GeoPortal

How ?

GeoPortal

Result ?

  • A website
  • A GitHub repository
  • WMS - Web Map Service
  • TMS - Tile Map Service
  • Layers in OpenStreetMap editors

GeoPortal

A website

GeoPortal

A GitHub repository

GeoPortal

iD editor

GeoPortal

JOSM

Conclusion

Local and International effort

What's next ?

More data !

  • Addresses,
  • Parkings,
  • Parks,
  • Water,
  • ...

Let's extend to all of Albania !

What's next ?

ASIG

All of Albania !

  • Cadastral parcels,
  • Administrative units,
  • Land cover,
  • Roads,
  • Addresses,
  • Orthophotos (8 cm),
  • ...

What's next ?

ASIG

What's next ?

ASIG

Need an agreement !

Want to know more ?
Guillaume Rischard : " How to make Albanian open imagery and maps available to OpenStreetMap editors"

What's next ?

Use the GeoPortal
and
Contribute

... but with caution !

Questions ?

Thank you !