LSxCafe Swtich2OSM.org talk
- 1. Switch2OSM The story about why sites are moving away from Google Maps. Tim Waters tim@geothings.net @tim_waters
- 2. Switch2OSM
- 5. StreetEasy
- 12. Why? Push, Pull, other reasons?
- 13. Push Google Pricing Model Anonymous 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 Google Foursquare - competition? Styling limited Not much value add
- 14. Pull Prettier maps. More freedom with source data. Up to date maps. More detailed maps - (footpaths, cyclepaths) Cheaper Open source & data supporter Place database - foursquare?
- 15. 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?
- 16. Google is good! Conferences OpenStreetMap Servers Google Summer of Code
- 17. Google Mapmaker Not global (No UK) No data Not properly free
- 18. 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
- 19. How?
- 21. Do It Yourself. For example: Tiles from Mapquest Showing Tiles in OpenLayers / Leaflet OR Get Data. Get Mapnik Create stylesheet Make tiles
- 24. Toolkits - TileDrawer EC2 AMI
- 25. Tookits - MapBox
- 26. Tookits - MapBox
- 29. Others MapQuest - Tile host CloudMade - Map style editor GeoFabrik Dev Seed Stamen me
- 30. Switch2OSM.org Why Switch Case Studies Basics Using Tiles Serving Tiles Providers Geocoding Routing Tim Waters tim@geothings.net @tim_waters