Mapping The Increment Of Openstreetmap

OSM Then as well as Now allows you lot to persuasion OpenStreetMap coverage around the globe inwards 2007 side-by-side amongst today's OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap was started inwards the U.K. inwards 2004. OSM Then as well as Now shows that past times 2007 OpenStreetMap was even thence a largely European project. By 2007 European cities, such equally London, Amsterdam as well as Berlin had been comprehensively mapped. Conversely coverage inwards the balance of the globe was really patchy as well as practically non-existent inwards almost countries.

Even inwards many European cities OSM inwards 2007 was nowhere close equally comprehensive equally it is now. The screenshot inwards a higher house shows the map of Paris. You tin sack clearly encounter that inwards 2007 (on the left) although the route map was fairly detailed the map was largely complimentary of points of interest, edifice plots as well as other map features.


However Paris inwards 2007 was even thence mapped inwards far to a greater extent than exceptional than nation Washington D.C.. In 2007 Washington D.C. did convey a few major roads mapped only the lean coverage meant that OSM inwards 2007 could never actually convey been used to navigate the U.S. of A. capital.


Because OSM is a crowd-sourced projection its increase depends on its mightiness to attract active members. The Stats page on the OpenStreetMap Wiki has some useful data on the ascension popularity of OSM. Back inwards 2007 OSM had less than 50,000 members. It is straightaway rapidly approaching two 1000000 registered users.


In 2011 Skobbler created this prissy timelapse video showing the increase of OpenStreetMap coverage inwards Europe. The video shows the increase of OSM inwards Europe betwixt 2006 as well as 2011.