OpenStreetMap for Research and Geospatial Analysis
Mai 16, 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Do you want to know more about OpenStreetMap (OSM) and how you can use OSM data for your research? Do you have a specific question about OSM? Then join us for this lunch workshop!
The workshop offers the possibility to address your questions in depth. Reading material will soon be provided here (Link) and questions can be sent directly to the speaker (stefan.keller@ost.ch) by 15 Mai 2024, 6 pm, at the latest. Of course, you can also ask spontaneously at the workshop.
Program
- Introduction
- Discussion (all)
- What is OpenStreetMap (OSM)?
- Applications in research and geospatial analysis
- Inside OpenStreetMap (quality, tools)
- Recommendations (awareness of ontology/scheme/tagging and of idiosyncrasies of data structures)
- Outlook/Discussion (all)
This event is aimed at students and researchers from academia and industry. It is an event of the Swiss OpenStreetMap Association and part of the Swiss OSM Jubilee Tour, a series of events to celebrate the 20th anniversary of OpenStreetMap!
Lecturer: Prof. Stefan Keller, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences OST
Date, time: Thursday, 16 Mai 2024, 12h15 – 13h15
Language: English
Room: Campus Irchel, Y25 H86
(If this is your first time at Campus Irchel, just walk up the stairs from the tram stations Irchel or Milchbuck, until you see a blue square (officially the “Georg Büchner Platz”). Enter the building (Y25) on the right side, just before you reach the blue square. You are then already on floor H. After entering, just continue walking past a brick wall, until you see the room number 86 on the left side.)
Cost: free
Optional: Bring your laptop if you want.
Contact: If you have administrative questions, write to Katia Soland (gis-hub@dsi.uzh.ch). Questions regarding OSM can be sent directly to Stefan Keller (stefan.keller@ost.ch).