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SUMMARY:OpenStreetMap and CycleStreets: collaborative map-making and carto
 graphy  in the age of the internet - Martin Lucas-Smith\, University of Ca
 mbridge
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CONTACT:Professor Michael Bravo
DESCRIPTION:The arrival of web-based mapping from Google and others has re
 volutionised\, in the space of only five years\, the way many people inter
 act with maps and map data. And the success of projects such as Wikipedia 
 highlight how collation of small amounts of information from large numbers
  of people - an approach called 'crowdsourcing' - can challenge traditiona
 l models of data collection and ownership. Bringing these concepts togethe
 r is OpenStreetMap\, a collaborative project to create a free editable map
  of the world. Well-established enterprises such as the Ordnance Survey ar
 e coming under increased pressure from this new model\, and large companie
 s such as MapQuest and Microsoft are starting to use and invest in it. Mar
 tin Lucas-Smith\, Webmaster in the Department\, and one of two main develo
 pers of the leading UK-wide cycle journey planner website\, CycleStreets\,
  will discuss OpenStreetMap\, its use within a wide range of systems (from
  cartography\, routing\, and even its central role helping deal with the H
 aiti disaster) and discuss the challenges it poses to traditional forms of
  cartography and data collection.\n\nSlides and resources from this talk a
 re now available at\nhttp://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/research/seminars/110224ope
 nstreetmap/
LOCATION:Hardy Building 101\, Downing Site (please note change of venue)
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