Author : Pawan Verma 1
Date of Publication :7th June 2016
Abstract: Open Street Map(OSM) is a global map data that is collected by the volunteers who are involved with OSM project while roaming all around the world. It is a geographic data which describes the feature of a real world object. This study investigates the various OSM data elements, OSM editing tools, motivation factors in contribution, data quality parameters and types of contributors in OSM project. As Web 2.0, Volunteered Geographic information(VGI) and Global Positioning System(GPS) devices are introduced, any registered user of OSM can create and edit the OSM data globally. Basically, there are three tools JOSM, Potlatch 2 and iD that are used to contribute to OSM. As the number of contributors are rising, data quality of geographic data is also improving. There are various motivation factors like knowledge about area where contributor lives which compels the contributors to contribute more and more about that area. Some classification rules are used to categorize the user based on the quantity and quality of data.
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