Maps

YCTV YCTV- Interactive map and destination information tool for hotels, colleges, convention and tourism bureaus, featuring video content and mobile technology. The AA: Route Planner The AA: Route Planner- Use our route planner to plan your journey in the UK, Ireland and Europe. VisVeg VisVeg- Route Planner for Norway. [may not work in all browsers] The Guardian: Why the world needs OpenStreetMap The Guardian: Why the world needs OpenStreetMap- Article by Serge Wroclawski, explaining that as more private companies offer maps, an open source solution that anyone can edit is… New Scientist: Citizen Cartographers Fill the Gaps in Maps New Scientist: Citizen Cartographers Fill the Gaps in Maps- Article explaining how OpenStreetMap volunteers have brought free, much-needed collaborative maps to far-flung developi… The Atlantic Cities: Mapping the Growth of OpenStreetMap The Atlantic Cities: Mapping the Growth of OpenStreetMap- Looking back over the history of the crowdsourced digital street map, a familiar pattern emerges. The Guardian: Meet the Wikipedia of the mapping world The Guardian: Meet the Wikipedia of the mapping world- Article by Victor Keegan, explaining how OpenStreetMap volunteers are mapping the world, with particular reference to Haiti. The Independent: Are Mapbox and OpenStreetMap's Personalised Maps the Future of Cartography? The Independent: Are Mapbox and OpenStreetMap's Personalised Maps the Future of Cartography?- Article by Sarah Shearman, explaining how people are creating their own maps and data… SwissInfo.ch: The Globe, Mapped by You SwissInfo.ch: The Globe, Mapped by You- Openstreetmap chairman Simon Poole is interviewed about the project to create a freely available map of the world. Ars Technica: OpenStreetMap: Crowd-Sourcing the World, a Street at a Time Ars Technica: OpenStreetMap: Crowd-Sourcing the World, a Street at a Time- Article by Nate Anderson explaining how wikipedia's 'crowdsourced knowledge' model have been applied to … Tech Crunch: OpenStreetMap Grows, Spawns Ecosystem Tech Crunch: OpenStreetMap Grows, Spawns Ecosystem- Guest post by Ed Freyfogle, co-founder of property search engine Nestoria, explaining how the project has grown. BBC News: The Volunteer Mappers who Helped Haiti BBC News: The Volunteer Mappers who Helped Haiti- Slide-show article covering the efforts of OpenStreetMap mappers to improve the coverage of the area hit by the Haiti earthquake … Pocket-Lint: OpenStreetMap - Crowd Sourced Cartography Set to Re-Map the World Pocket-Lint: OpenStreetMap - Crowd Sourced Cartography Set to Re-Map the World- Dan Sung interviews OSM founder Steve Coast, who explains how the project will make maps free and s… BBC News: US City to Start Giant 'Mapathon' BBC News: US City to Start Giant 'Mapathon'- Atlanta aims to become the world's most digitally mapped city with a project that will map every road, trail, bike path and tree. Vespucci Vespucci- An OpenStreetMap editor for Android. Includes screenshots, code download, and project information. OSM History Viewer OSM History Viewer- A debugging tool for visualising Changesets in OpenStreetMap. OSMapTuner OSMapTuner- Android and Tablet PCs app for viewing and editing OSM tag data. Includes use cases, user manual, FAQ, and free downloads. On OpenStreetMap On OpenStreetMap- Tool to allow businesses to add their location and details to the map. MapCraft MapCraft- A tool for tracking mapping progress during a mapping party or other coordinated project taking place in a concentrated area, using interactive cake diagrams. Osmose Osmose- A quality assurance tool to detect errors and inconsistencies OpenStreetMap data, mainly in French-speaking countries. OSM Relation Analyzer OSM Relation Analyzer- Tool to allow mappers to inspect a relation describing a route, to see whether or not it is continuous and closed. OSM Taginfo OSM Taginfo- A system for finding and aggregating information about OpenStreetMap tags. Provides sorted lists of common values found for each tag, with links to data downloads and… OSM Inspector OSM Inspector- Flag up a range of potential problems and errors on an interactive map. OSM Restriction Analyser OSM Restriction Analyser- Tool to help visualise an check turn-based restrictions on highways in OpenStreetMap data. NOVAM Viewer NOVAM Viewer- Tool to help mappers check and merge imported public transport stop data from NaPTAN. Walking Papers Walking Papers- Site provides printable maps of local areas designed to help OpenStreetMap contributors record further details in the field. Scans can then be uploaded and used wh… Keep Right Keep Right- Data consistency checks for OpenStreetMap. Provides a scrollable zoomable map, with potential errors marked for further investigation. Potlatch Potlatch- An online flash-based OpenStreetMap editing client. Site provides documentation, tutorials, FAQs, and development information. Java OpenStreetMap Editor (JOSM) Java OpenStreetMap Editor (JOSM)- An cross-platform editor for OpenStreetMap written in Java. Site includes download, documentation, and development information. OSM Amenity Editor OSM Amenity Editor- Online interface to allow editing and addition of points of interest on the map. osmdroid osmdroid- OSM Tools for Android., including a replacement for Android's MapView class. Site provides SVN access to the source-code, and screenshots of the tools in action. Routino Routino- Software application for finding a route between two points using OpenStreetMap data. Site includes project description, download, documentation, and a demonstration side… Overpass API Overpass API- Online service that allows the fetching of specific OSM data using scripting constructs to define what is required. Public Transport Line Diagram Public Transport Line Diagram- Generates a rendered diagram of a public transport route with stop names positions along the line. Gosm Gosm- Gtk OpenStreetMap application that allows browsing data and rendering maps. Site includes project information, system requirements, software manual, screenshots and download. Mapgen.pl Mapgen.pl- A Perl based rendering engine that takes a .osm file and a style file, and generates SVG output. Includes software download, list of features, usage examples, and style… Kosmos Kosmos- A lightweight OpenStreetMap map rendering platform. Includes overview, download, documentation, and FAQs. osm3d osm3d- Open-source software for Linux and MacOS X to display 'Open Street Map' data in 3D. Includes project information, news, and download. OSM SlippyMap Generator OSM SlippyMap Generator- Simplifies the process of creating a SlippyMap based on OpenLayers are OpenStreetMap Tiles. Users complete a configuration form, and can then download a c… Build your own OpenStreetMap Server Build your own OpenStreetMap Server- Two-part article explaining how to set up a system to receive data from OSM, obtain the data, and use it to generate rendered maps. OpenStreetMap POI Viewer OpenStreetMap POI Viewer- Enables the highlighting of various amenities and other points of interest on an OSM map. OpenOrienteeringMap OpenOrienteeringMap- A world map in a style suitable for orienteers, using OpenStreetMap data. OpenRailwayMap OpenRailwayMap- A detailed online map of the world's railway infrastructure, built on OpenStreetMap data. MapsWithMe MapsWithMe- Smartphone app with offline maps using OpenStreetMap data. Site includes screenshots, user guide, and download links. Marked Hiking Trails Around the World Marked Hiking Trails Around the World- OSM map with international, national, regional and local walking routes highlighted. GpsMid GpsMid- A free off-line vector map and routing app for mobile phones. Includes featrues list, screenshots, forum, live demo, and download. MapOSMatic MapOSMatic- Free tool to generate custom printable maps from OpenStreetMap data, including a street index page. PNG, PDF, and SVG formats available. OpenStreetMap Hike & Bike Map OpenStreetMap Hike & Bike Map- A hiking and biking map using OpenStreetMap data, with hillshading, contours and hiking symbols. ÖPNV-Karte ÖPNV-Karte- Online map showing public transport routes using data from OpenStreetMap. Postcodes Map Postcodes Map- UK map showing estimates of postcode areas based on three free sources of data: OpenStreetMap, Free-the-Postcode, and NPE Maps.