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An animation showing edits to the OpenStreetMap.org project during 2008. OpenStreetMap is a wiki-style map of the world and this animation displays a white flash each time a way is entered or updated. Some edits are a result of a physical local survey by a contributor with a GPS unit and taking notes, other edits are done remotely using aerial photography or out-of-copyright maps, and some are bulk imports of official data.

OpenStreetMap started in 2004 and the rate of contributions is accelerating with four times as many people contributing to the project in 2008 compared to 2007. During the year, edits were made by some 20,000 individuals and there were bulk imports of data for many places, including the USA, India, Italy and Belarus which are clearly visible in the animation. (wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Potential_Datasources)

This animation was produced by itoworld.com. It is licensed CC-BY-SA and can also be downloaded if you are logged-in. Various stills are available from flickr.com/groups/itomedia/pool/. The music is 'Open Electro' by Vincent Girès' jamendo.com/en/artist/silence and can be downloaded from archive.org/details/silence-silence.

ITO World provide free online support software for OpenStreetMap (itoworld.com/static/osmmapper) and also provide online mapping services to organisations and individuals.

Developed with support from ideasintransit.org.
  • Edgemaster 3 years ago
    absolutely fantastic! well done ITO!
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  • Maximilian 3 years ago
    i love the vid and esp. the music.. where can i get the music? :D
  • ItoWorld 3 years ago
    Unfortunately the music credit is currently incorrect and should read 'Silence, Vincent Girès'. (jamendo.com/en/artist/silence). The track is 'Open Electro' available from archive.org/details/silence-silence
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  • DASKAjA 3 years ago
    Absolutly awesome. Which software did u use for that visual representation?
  • ItoWorld 3 years ago
    Thanks! For this kind of 3D visualisation, the software we use is a custom OpenGL animation application running on a Linux workstation.

    Hal
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  • franker69 3 years ago
    Awesome ! Proud to be a part of it .
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  • ItoWorld 3 years ago
    You can download it from this page but you need to be logged-in first (registration is free)
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  • 'Dragon' Dave 3 years ago
    The way it zooms out at the end, I was almost expecting a line shooting off into space!
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  • Nat 3 years ago
    Amazing work.
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  • Sam McCready 3 years ago
    Very Nice!!!
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  • helmut schimpfke 3 years ago
    WOW

    the world is getting more connected every day
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  • Mark Kammel plus 3 years ago
    this is amazing, im really blown away right now
    edit: i logged on to the website and added a few stuff near my home that wasnt mapped ;)
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  • alican 3 years ago
    Great Video and great Projekt.
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  • Matthew Smith 3 years ago
    dood... awesome!
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  • galano ku 3 years ago
    looks so beautiful
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  • dataproduction 3 years ago
    yeahhhhh!! thanks a lot for sharing this talentuous work!
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  • Kevin Russell 3 years ago
    excellent work
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  • Markus Jaritz 3 years ago
    wow. simply impressive.
    thanks for making me
    aware of OpenStreetMap.org
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  • Andrew May 3 years ago
    fantastic - really love it
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  • Flo VC 3 years ago
    i like it
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  • Duncan Rawlinson 3 years ago
    love this
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  • Sketch Firm 3 years ago
    beautiful presentation. Very talented.
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  • Roberto Secades 3 years ago
    sick i love it!
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  • Diego Stocco plus 3 years ago
    Awesome work guys!
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  • landjugend 3 years ago
    nice one !!
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  • Benjamin Wiederkehr 3 years ago
    I already loved the project and the big idea behind it and this animation complements it in a superb way. Excellent Visualization!
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  • Dimorus 3 years ago
    amazing effects and style. :)
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  • Maia Iotzova plus 3 years ago
    Great. I just did a residency at the Banff New Media Institue using locative media and we talked a bit about Open Street Map. But is is lovely to see it animated.
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  • Alfonso Etcheverry 3 years ago
    Sencillamente espectacular !
    Este tipo de iniciativas, que conciernen la humanidad entera, me dejan siempre boaquiabierto.
    Se pasaron los flacos... bravo
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  • M.Dmitriy 3 years ago
    Здорово!
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  • Fredrik Nilsson 3 years ago
    Wow! That is absolutely fantastic!
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  • Mohsin hotaki 3 years ago
    awesome job dude!! keep it up!,,ermm, which software did u use for this type of editing animation and how long did it take u to complete the whole process? if u dont mind taking your time out will be much appreciated!
    cheerz
    :)
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  • ItoWorld 3 years ago
    It is basically our own software stack. Hal Bertram, our CTO has long experience in film special effects and we have been working together on modeling and visualising transport systems for the past few years. You can see more about Hal's other work here halbertram.com/about.html and ITOs other work here: itoworld.com/static/products
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  • Desiree 3 years ago
    muuy lindo!
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  • Puck Overman 3 years ago
    Wow, this is really really great! I'm impressed!
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  • Zane Selvans 3 years ago
    Wow. This process is running to completion much faster than I would have imagined...
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  • 5050box 3 years ago
    Fantastic video! Blogged about OSM (I am an OSM-newbie...) and integrated your video. Thank you for sharing!
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  • renaud villon 3 years ago
    très jolie ! félicitation !
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  • lageem 3 years ago
    cool!!
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  • eslam amin 3 years ago
    wow very nice
    awesome
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  • Christian Chaos 3 years ago
    You have big talant.COOL!Amazing i like this. :P~
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  • fogostudio 3 years ago
    really cool ! loved it :D
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  • Tim Tucker 3 years ago
    A new kind of hope!
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  • callmeyang 2 years ago
    indeed :)
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  • Jón Ragnarsson 2 years ago
    That is just beautiful
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  • Mark McCormick 2 years ago
    fantastic video. well done! impressive how far OSM has come in a short period of time. getting better all the time!
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  • Fredrik Davidsson 2 years ago
    Sweet!
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  • Greg Harper 2 years ago
    Great video. I know the growth in OSM is exploding, and this film really shows it. Nice work.
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  • easy 905 2 years ago
    is there a link i can download
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  • Harry Wood 1 month ago
    Check out the brand new video for 2011, done in a similar style: vimeo.com/34404102
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