Overview of some technical improvements we’re making to OSMCha: a new, faster data backend for creating augmented diffs (available as an API service for other apps to use too), a new easier-to-interpret map visualization on the frontend, and a command line tool for visualizing any augmented diff (even if it didn’t come from OSMCha/OpenStreetMap).
Speaker
Jake Low
Jake is a software developer and mapmaker based in Seattle, Washington. He currently works at OpenStreetMap US, supporting MapRoulette, OSMCha, and other community tools. In his spare time he enjoys hiking and mapping trails in OSM.
Next up in State of the Map US
Previous talkFinding crosswalk types, tactile pavings and sidewalk widths at scale with AI
Mapping pedestrian pathways and tagging elements in OSM is a challenging endeavor. Our AI pipeline, PROPHET, automates this process using aerial imagery, street data, and computer vision to generate pedestrian pathways at...
