OpenStreetMap (OSM) began in 2004 as a reaction to the high cost of geospatial information. Initially data was mostly collected by handheld GPS, so the OSM of 2004 looks very different from the OSM of 2019. OSM is still powered by individual mappers collecting data, but the variety of ways the information is created and the ways it is used and distributed has expanded greatly. This talk will briefly review the history of OSM, why it is so important, how it has changed, and where it might be headed in the future.
Speakers: Kate Chapman