OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a free, open community mapping effort that has existed since 2004 OSM has become more widely used…

International Geospatial Briefing April 6th: Google Map with AI-powered updates; Suez Canal and maritime chokepoints; Mapping Covid-19 pandemic in Peru;…

Online knowledge projects such as OpenStreetMap (OSM) and Wikipedia have gained high importance, trust and even economic value. These projects…

Last November, we covered the recent increase of healthcare related objects in OpenStreetMap (OSM) in India. In less than a year,…

Determining the location of a building’s entrance is crucial to location-based services, such as wayfinding for pedestrians. Unfortunately, entrance information…

Feb 2nd, 2021 by GIScienceHD The German radio station WDR 5 broadcasted a short report about OpenStreetMap with a focus…

In the past 10 years, the collaborative maps of OpenStreetMap (OSM) have been used to support humanitarian efforts around the…

Feb 1st, 2021 by GIScienceHD Das Heidelberger Life‐Science Lab ist eine Einrichtung des Deutschen Krebsforschungszentrums (DKFZ, Heidelberg) und hat die…

Where is is the closed Covid-19 vaccination center and what is the best way to get there? A new route…

Jan 16th, 2021 by GIScienceHD Prof. Alexander Zipf has been invited to give the keynote at GIS DAY 2021 at…