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The story about why and how companies are making the switch from google maps to openstreetmap By Tim Waters at LSxCafe, leeds, UK. 6 march 2012TRANSCRIPT
Switch2OSMThe story about why sites are moving away from Google Maps.
Tim Waters [email protected] @tim_waters
Switch2OSM
Nestoria.co.uk
StreetEasy
Toursprung / Bikemap
Fubra / World-airport-codes.com
Foursquare.com
not mobile... yet
Why?Push, Pull, other reasons?
PushGoogle Pricing ModelAnonymous Site: $10 per 1000 page views. But no one pays that, of course. If you don't get a contract, then above the first free 25,000 views, you pay $4 per 1000. And we got them to quote us to about $2, maybe $1.80. In our case, that meant paying $200,000-$400,000 a year for maps. Geocaching: 2,000,000 google map hits a day. Around $1 Million a year
Taking traffic away from GoogleFoursquare - competition?
Styling limited Not much value add
Prettier maps.More freedom with source data.Up to date maps.More detailed maps - (footpaths, cyclepaths)CheaperOpen source & data supporterPlace database - foursquare?
Pull
Other reasons?Value of the basemap To become OSM trusted company - have a say To leverage users to improve OSM and improve product. place db?
Google is good!Conferences OpenStreetMap Servers Google Summer of Code
Google MapmakerNot global(No UK) No data Not properlyfree
OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap is a free editable map of the whole world. It is made by people like you. OpenStreetMap allows you to view, edit and use geographical data in a collaborative way from anywhere on Earth
How?
How?Data Tiles Display
Do It Yourself. For example:Tiles from Mapquest Showing Tiles in OpenLayers / Leaflet
ORGet Data.Get MapnikCreate stylesheet Make tiles
EC2 AMI
Toolkits - TileDrawer
Tookits - MapBox
Tookits - MapBox
Toolkits - TileMill
TileMill Features
OthersMapQuest - Tile hostCloudMade - Map style editor GeoFabrikDev SeedStamenme
Switch2OSM.orgWhy SwitchCase StudiesBasicsUsing TilesServing TilesProvidersGeocoding Routing
Tim Waters [email protected] @tim_waters