Web Directory

» Ars Technica: OpenStreetMap: Crowd-Sourcing the World, a Street at a Time
   Article by Nate Anderson explaining how wikipedia's 'crowdsourced knowledge' model have been applied to mapping.
   http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/06/crowd-sourced-world-map.ars

» BBC News: The Volunteer Mappers who Helped Haiti
   Slide-show article covering the efforts of OpenStreetMap mappers to improve the coverage of the area hit by the Haiti earthquake using donated aerial photography.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8517057.stm

» BBC News: US City to Start Giant 'Mapathon'
   Atlanta aims to become the world's most digitally mapped city with a project that will map every road, trail, bike path and tree.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8305924.stm

» Best of OpenStreetMap
   Site showcasing the best and most significant parts of the free world map.
   http://bestofosm.org/

» Guardian.oc.uk: Meet the Wikipedia of the mapping world
   Article by Victor Keegan, explaining how OpenStreetMap volunteers are mapping the world, with particular reference to Haiti.
   http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/04/mapping-open-source-victor-keegan

» InfoWorld: OpenStreetMap Attracts 200,000 Volunteers
   News article about the project and its recent growth.
   http://www.infoworld.com/t/web-applications/openstreetmap-attracts-200000-volunteers-560

» Map Kibera
   Project to map one of Africa's largest slums in Nairobi, Kenya. Includes the map, a project wiki, dicussion groups and photos.
   http://mapkibera.org/

» MapQuest Dev Blog: MapQuest Opens Up – in the UK
   Post detailing MaoQuest's experimental use of OSM data.
   http://devblog.mapquest.com/2010/07/09/mapquest-opens-up-uk/

» Mappa Mercia
   Project to help develop and expand OpenStreetMap in the West Midlands region of the UK. Includes an online map, error reporting tool, details of projects, blog, and how to get involved.
   http://www.mappa-mercia.org/

» Open Maps
   Blog from Chris Hill detailing his progress with editing and using OpenStreetMap.
   http://chris-osm.blogspot.com/

» OpenStreetMap Foundation
   An international non-profit organisation supporting the OpenStreetMap project. Includes constitution, details of meetings, finances, working groups, and a list of board members and officers.
   http://www.osmfoundation.org/

» OpenStreetMap: Using and Improving the Free World Map
   Website to accompany a German-language book about the OSM project. [Some site content in German only.]
   http://openstreetmap.info/

» Pocket-Lint: OpenStreetMap - Crowd sourced cartography set to re-map the world
   Dan Sung interviews OSM founder Steve Coast, who explains how the project will make maps free and satnavs much cheaper.
   http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/26612/osm-openstreetmap-interview-steve-coast

» State of the Map
   Annual conference about the progress of OpenStreetMap and free geo-data in general. Programme, registration information, and video of previous talks.
   http://www.stateofthemap.org/

» Tech Crunch: OpenStreetMap Grows, Spawns Ecosystem
   Guest post by Ed Freyfogle, co-founder of property search engine Nestoria, explaining how the project has grown.
   http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/11/27/openstreetmap-grows-spawns-ecosystem/

» The Guardian: So Where Does OpenStreetMap Go Next?
   The online mapping answer to Wikipedia has achieved great things in its first five years. So what now?
   http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/aug/05/openstreetmap-google

» Wikipedia: OpenStreetMap
   Encyclopedia article about the open mapping project, with history, details of techniques, licensing information, and usage.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap