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SUMMARY:Using Open Data and Crowdsourcing to develop CycleStreets - Martin
 \, CycleStreets
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CONTACT:Martin
DESCRIPTION:The arrival of web-based mapping from Google and others has re
 volutionised\, in the space of only five years\, the way many people inter
 act with maps and map data. And the success of projects such as Wikipedia 
 highlight how collation of small amounts of information from large numbers
  of people - an approach called 'crowdsourcing' - can challenge traditiona
 l models of data collection and ownership.\n\nBringing these concepts toge
 ther is OpenStreetMap\, a collaborative project to create a free editable 
 map of the world. Well-established enterprises such as the Ordnance Survey
  are coming under increased pressure from this new model\, and large compa
 nies such as MapQuest and Microsoft are starting to use and invest in it.\
 n\nMartin\, one of two main developers of the leading UK-wide cycle journe
 y planner website\, CycleStreets\, and a web developer in the Department o
 f Geography at the University of Cambridge\, will discuss OpenStreetMap\, 
 its use within a range of systems (from cartography\, routing\, and even i
 ts central role helping deal with the Haiti disaster)\, the challenges it 
 poses to traditional forms of data collection.\n\nHe will talk about how C
 ycleStreets works\, as well the design and innovation challenges that Cycl
 eStreets as a social enterprise has faced.
LOCATION:Red Gate Software\, 12 Cambridge Business Park\, CB4 0WZ
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