OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap is a project aimed squarely at creating and providing free geographic data such as street maps to anyone who wants them. The project was started because most maps you think of as free actually have legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back people from using them in creative, productive or unexpected ways. Contributors to OpenStreetMap take handheld GPS devices with them on journeys, or go out specifically to record GPS tracks. They record street names, village names and other features using notebooks, digital cameras, and voice-recorders. Back at the computer, contributors upload those GPS logs showing where they traveled, and trace-out the roads on OpenStreetMap's collaborative database. Using their notes, contributors add the street names, information such as the type of road or path, and the connections between roads. That data is then processed to produce detailed street-level maps, which can be published freely on sites such as Wikipedia, used to create handheld or in-car navigation devices, or printed and copied without restriction.
Code Samples:
These projects have been accepted into OpenStreetMap. You can learn more about each project by visiting the links below.
| Student | Title | Mentor | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Profile Based Traffic Routing |
andrew ayre |
accepted |
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Preprocessor to add altitude information to OSM data |
Graham Jones |
accepted |
|
Android navigation application using OSM data |
Ciprian Talaba |
accepted |
|
Static Maps API |
tim waters |
accepted |
|
OSM Direction tool for Visually Impaired |
Artem Dudarev |
accepted |
|
Automatic Street-Sign Detection and Reading |
Stefan de Konink |
accepted |
