OpenStreetMap

Creating and distributing free geographic data for the world.

Technologies
javascript, c/c++, java, ruby, postgis
Topics
geoinformatics, gis, maps, crowdsourcing
Creating and distributing free geographic data for the world.

OpenStreetMap is a project that creates and distributes free geographic data for the world. The data is collected by volunteers around the globe largely from scratch and released with an open-content license. We allow free access to our map images and all of its underlying map data. We aim to promote new and interesting uses of our data which makes the project's uses, and the possible Google Summer of Code projects, very diverse.

2018 Program

Successful Projects

Contributor
Princi Vershwal
Mentor
Bryan Housel, geohacker
Organization
OpenStreetMap
iD Editor : Support for vector tile data
iD currently uses publicly available reference data when editing OpenStreetMap. This data is often in the form of raster tiles (aerial imagery...
Contributor
Florian Schäfer
Mentor
Michael Zangl
Organization
OpenStreetMap
Extend wikipedia plugin for JOSM, especially with regard to wikidata
Adds extended validation for wikidata/wikipedia tags, all integrated with the standard JOSM validator. The plugin will show the main information that...
Contributor
Thomas Hervey
Mentor
Bryan Housel, Marc Farra
Organization
OpenStreetMap
Adding Notes to iD Editor
Notes help users and editors understand what needs to be fixed. Adding notes to the iD editor allows editors to see descriptions of issues for an...
Contributor
Anusha Singh
Mentor
David Kocich
Organization
OpenStreetMap
OSM Public Transport Editor-2nd Part
I plan to enhance the public transport web editor developed by David Kocich in GSoC’17. The proposed project will add more editing functionality and...
Contributor
Biswesh Mohapatra
Mentor
David Kocich, Polyglot, Vincent Privat
Organization
OpenStreetMap
Continued development of Public Transport Assistant
The project proposes to make the Public Transport Assistant more reliable, work properly with all forms of transport and help assist a mapper in a...