International Journal of Engineering Research in Computer Science and Engineering (IJERCSE)

Review of Open Street Map Data Quality And its Assessment Tools

Author : Navneet Kaur ¹ Sukhjit Singh Sehra ² Sumeet Kaur Sehra ³

Date of Publication :7th June 2016

Abstract: Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) has been becoming a significant source for understanding the surface of the Earth. VGI refers to the collection of huge spatial data with the help of people on voluntary basis. Open street map (OSM) project is one such example of VGI. Since contributors have varying levels of education, profession or skills, it has resulted into number of inconsistencies in OSM data. The aim of this study is to review the research that has been done for quality assessment of OSM data and the tools available for improving the quality of OSM data. It can be concluded that a number of quality assurance tools are available but many of them covers only specific parts of world and many evaluate errors that have little impact for most data uses. Also the densely populated areas are mapped better than sparsely populated areas as local editors being familiar with an area leads to more accurate OSM mapping.

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