PgCon 2009/Steven Singer Openstreetmap notes

Open Street Map

• Project to create a free, editable map of the world
• Anything on the map is editable in a *wiki* fashion
• All data is licensed under the CC-by-SA license (may change to an shared database license (?))
• Basic freedoms to share and copy are all available through Open Street Map: can completely reuse their database and render maps in many ways, a lot of reuse examples in embedded systems :)