2019-09-22 –, Mathematikon C
Protecting OpenStreetMap is a continuous process performed by Mapbox to secure maps from displaying erroneous edits. Any edits that raise suspicion are flagged in OSMCha, an open service that allows to check low-quality changes that are made by the members of the OSM project in a shared database. This not only helps to report our findings to the community but examine them in aggregate and draw conclusions to improve our data quality processes.
It is important that the reviewer has the necessary information about the changeset and understand the diff of modifications in the OSM data.
For this purpose, OSMCha offers an interface similar to OpenStreetMap but with additional tools such as changeset-map to visualise the edits, information about the mapper, other information related to the changeset and OSM user history that can help the reviewer identify problematic edits on OSM.
During this workshop the following aspects of work with OSMCha will be highlighted:
- the basic principles of work with the interface,
- analysing data on the map view
- flagging changesets as
badorgoodwith varying levels of severity -
getting information about changeset, data and contributor
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the possibility of filtering out the data in a granular approach that helps to limit the amount of information about changes in OSM, in terms of
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contributors, where you can pick up the data for a particular mapper(s) or mapping teams
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the date range, you can limit a number of changesets by the dates of submission to OSM and by the dates when they were reviewd in OSMCha
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the reasons for suspicion, OSMCha has a range of internal functions that assign different reason for suspicion to changeset that you can use for reviews
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area, where you can set up area of interest for edits inspection
The main goal of the workshop is to engage the community to evaluate the existing data using OSMCha and improve its quality.
Wille Marcel
Talk keywords:OSMCha, data analysis/quality, vandalism
A passionate OSM contributor from Ukraine. I started mapping in 2009 trying to find the way how to improve the map for navigation. Along with mapping, I've made translation for JOSM, iD, opesntreetmap.org into Ukrainian with a goal to help Ukrainian mappers to have information in their native language. In late 2014, I joined Mapbox where I work in a variety of areas related to improving the map based on OSM data.
- ANDREY GOLOVIN AND HIS PATH TO BECOMING A “LEGENDARY MAPPER” - http://www.50northspatial.org/andrey-golovin-becoming-legendary-mapper/
- ABOUT OPENSTREETMAP WITH ANDREY GOLOVIN - http://www.50northspatial.org/about-openstreetmap-andrey-golovin/
Started contributing to OpenStreetMap in 2010 and is a GIS developer since 2014. Has worked with most aspects of GIS, like satellite imagery, web map applications, databases, but is specialist on osm tools and designing REST APIs. Creator of OSMCha, a tool that helps the OSM community to review and validate the changesets, and member of the HOT Tech Team.