Table of Contents

1. On the road to a free world map 2. The OpenStreetMap Community 3. On the Road with Your GPS Unit 4. Mapping 5. The Data Model 6. Map Features 7. The JOSM Editor 8. The Flash Editor Potlatch 9. License Issues for Data Acquisition 10. OSM Maps on the Web 11. Access to OSM Data 12. Rendering Maps with Osmarender 13. Rendering Maps with Mapnik 14. Maps for Garmin GPS Devices 15. License Issues for Users of the Map 16. Software Development with OSM 17. APIs and Web Services 18. Working with OSM Data 19. Navigation and Route Planning 20. Running your own OSM Server

About the Author

Frederik Ramm and Jochen Topf have been working in the IT business for over ten years. Since 2006 they are active contributors to the OpenStreetMap project and they also work professionally in the field of neogeography. Together they started Geofabrik GmbH in Karlsruhe, Germany, which offers services related to OpenStreetMap and free geodata.

Steve Chilton is a trained cartographer, having originally studied at Oxford Brooks. He is the current Chair of the Society of Cartographers. He is the Educational Development Manager at Middlesex University, where he also acts as research cartographer.

Reviews

"The book is very well written and nicely typeset. ... It is obvious that the authors have a lot of knowledge and experience ..." "This book has proven to be a very good OSM introduction. Getting up to speed with OpenStreetMap is much easier if you have read this book." "This book is a must-have for OSM newcomers. The basics are presented well and are easy to understand, and you do not need to be an IT specialist to contribute your first data to OSM after a short time."