Presentation for a public speaking training on OSM as repository for competing on services

1. OpenStreetMap
Shared data
for competitive services

3. Death by GPS
Reasons
● Paying more attention to the navigation system than what is in front of you
● Hazardous conditions not noted by GPS (dangerous roads, climate)
● Suggested shortest distance, regardless of navigability
● Outdated or incorrect GPS maps
Automation bias is the propensity for humans to favor suggestions from
automated decision-making systems and to ignore contradictory
information made without automation, even if it is correct.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automation_bias
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_by_GPS

4. Which map do you use?

5. Which map (data) do they use?

6. OpenStreetMap
● Geographic database
● Crowdsourced
● Wikipedia but for maps
Why do I need
to pay for
paper maps?
● Started in 2004
● 8 million contributors worldwide
● Open license (free to use)

7. OpenStreetMap Ecosystem
● Customized maps
○ Web maps
○ Apps
○ Paper maps
● Software tooling
○ Open Source
○ Paid SaaS
Examples:
● Logistics (route planning)
● Data analysis
● Navigation
● Games

8. Who will win?
Proprietary data has costs:
● Data acquisition
● Maintenance team
● Product development
● Marketing
Open data has costs?
● Attribution
● Contributor team
● Product development
● Marketing
FOCUS ON YOUR
BUSINESS!
Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow
Linus's Law

9. Thanks
Stefano Sabatini