We create data on OpenStreetMap regularly but often very few re-use the data or know about ways to reuse it. This workshop will focus on how to get/re-use OpenStreetMap in an open source Desktop or Server GIS, etc.

OSGeoLive is a self-contained bootable DVD, USB thumb drive or Virtual Machine based on Lubuntu, that allows you to try a wide variety of open source geospatial software without installing anything. It is composed entirely of free software, allowing it to be freely distributed, duplicated and passed around.

OSGeoLive will be introduced and used as the Operating System for this workshop.

Some of the tools and data sources we might look at are:
- Geofrabrik Download - https://download.geofabrik.org
- osm2pgsql - https://osm2pgsql.org
- QGIS - https://qgis.org
- PostGIS - https://postgis.net

Getting to know about OSM comes in several forms. We all contribute to OpenStreetMap because of a reason. What was your first point of contact to contributing to OpenStreetMap? In this workshop, I dive into both the best and worst of OpenStreetMap contributions using Ghana as case study as we learn together.

We will explore best practices and also take a look at topics such as but not limited to:
- Issues arising from organised mapping activities
- Imagery offsets
- Importance of GPS traces
- reusing existing objects, etc