Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
OpenStreetMap (abbreviated OSM) is a free, open geographic database updated and maintained by a community of volunteers via open collaboration. Contributors collect data from surveys, trace from aerial photo imagery or satellite imagery, and also import from other freely licensed geodata sources.
The OpenStreetMap Foundation (abbreviated OSMF) is a non-profit foundation whose aim is to support and enable the development of freely-reusable geospatial data. Founded in 2006, it is closely connected with the OpenStreetMap project, although its constitution does not prevent it supporting other projects.
Further template category notes. This category contains pages in the template namespace. It should not be used to categorize articles or pages in other namespaces. To add a template to this category: If the template has a separate documentation page (usually called "Template: template name /doc"), add. [[Category:OpenStreetMap templates]]
This template is used for referencing maps published by OpenStreetMap through their mapping service, and this template is based on { { cite map }} so it falls into the Citation Style 1 (CS1) series of templates, although it can be set to emulate CS2 style. Note: OpenStreetMap is an open wiki that relies on the contributions of its editors for ...
The standard style for OpenStreetMap, like most Web maps, uses the Web Mercator projection. Web Mercator, Google Web Mercator, Spherical Mercator, WGS 84 Web Mercator [1] or WGS 84/Pseudo-Mercator is a variant of the Mercator map projection and is the de facto standard for Web mapping applications. It rose to prominence when Google Maps adopted ...
Tiled web maps are normally displayed with no gap between tiles. A tiled web map, slippy map[1] (in OpenStreetMap terminology) or tile map is a map displayed in a web browser by seamlessly joining dozens of individually requested image or vector data files. It is the most popular way to display and navigate maps, replacing other methods such as ...
Align the map to the area you want to edit. Click 'Edit' by the website banner. Now you should see the 'Add Feature' options at the top, with buttons for 'Point', 'Line', and 'Area'. Click 'Area'. You can now start to form a shape, clicking on each corner, adjusting the edges of the shape as needed.
Template. : Openstreetmap. This map was generated by OpenStreetMap contributors [1] using GPS data, and other 'free' sources. (see [2] ) In data : OSM mapping is licensed under the Open Database Licence and Database Contents Licence. In tiles: