2025-11-28 –, Auditorium Language: English
This session explores the challenges of adapting OSM for Southeast Asia and how the community can enhance map data to improve mobility and livelihoods for millions. Southeast Asia experiences many similar challenges in mobility an access as Africa does: How can these lessons be adapted to Africa and beyond?
GrabMaps uses OSM data, 360 cameras, LiDAR and our driver partners to walk, bike and drive to make better maps. This talk will also showcase our newest innovations like KartaVoice, an assistant you talk to to improve OSM data and more.
Steve Coast is a pioneering geographer and technologist whose vision sparked the creation of OpenStreetMap in 2004, transforming the way people everywhere access and contribute to map data. With a background in geography and a passion for open data, he built a global volunteer community that now powers mapping projects in hundreds of countries, enabling everything from disaster response to urban planning. Steve has since guided teams at the intersection of mapping and mobility, championing solutions that put local knowledge first and ensure that anyone—whether in a remote village or a bustling city—can both use and improve the maps they rely on.