{"guid":"19c9a8fd-0c94-5762-b541-bdfe1ef186f4","title":"Mapping a Small Town","subtitle":null,"slug":"sotm2022-18447-mapping-a-small-town","link":"https://2022.stateofthemap.org/sessions/SA77RH/","description":"Christopher Beddow takes us on a journey of how to map a small town using a variety of tools. The goal was to test and prove how much OpenStreetMap can be enriched using RapiD buildings and roads, and Mapillary map features, traffic signs, and imagery.\n\nHe evaluates a small town in the western United States that is far from any mapping community and has very little data, and demonstrates how a vivid dataset can be added to OSM. In addition, he compares this to a small town in Switzerland, demonstrating how new details can still be added to a place that is heavily mapped by a strong local community.\n\nMapping is a time consuming task, and challenging for an individual to do without a community or a team. However, many tools exist to enhance the capabilities of any lone map contributor, and also multiply the mapping power of a team. \n\nChristopher Beddow takes us on a journey of how to map a small town using a variety of tools. The goal was to test and prove how much OpenStreetMap can be enriched using RapiD buildings and roads, and Mapillary map features, traffic signs, and imagery.\n\nHe evaluates a small town in the western United States that is far from any mapping community and has very little data, and demonstrates how a vivid dataset can be added to OSM. In addition, he compares this to a small town in Switzerland, demonstrating how new details can still be added to a place that is heavily mapped by a strong local community.\n\nLeaving this talk, you will understand how to use RapiD, Mapillary, and your own creativity to adapt your own locality into a comprehensive part of OpenStreetMap.","original_language":"eng","persons":["Christopher Beddow"],"view_count":196,"promoted":false,"date":"2022-08-19T16:30:00.000+02:00","release_date":"2022-09-24T00:00:00.000+02:00","updated_at":"2025-10-14T16:15:04.814+02:00","tags":["sotm2022","18447","2022","Mapping","OSM","OpenStreetMap"],"length":1531,"duration":1531,"thumb_url":"https://static.media.ccc.de/media/events/sotm/2022/18447-19c9a8fd-0c94-5762-b541-bdfe1ef186f4.jpg","poster_url":"https://static.media.ccc.de/media/events/sotm/2022/18447-19c9a8fd-0c94-5762-b541-bdfe1ef186f4_preview.jpg","timeline_url":"https://static.media.ccc.de/media/events/sotm/2022/18447-19c9a8fd-0c94-5762-b541-bdfe1ef186f4.timeline.jpg","thumbnails_url":"https://static.media.ccc.de/media/events/sotm/2022/18447-19c9a8fd-0c94-5762-b541-bdfe1ef186f4.thumbnails.vtt","frontend_link":"https://media.ccc.de/v/sotm2022-18447-mapping-a-small-town","url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/events/19c9a8fd-0c94-5762-b541-bdfe1ef186f4","conference_title":"State of the Map 2022","conference_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/conferences/sotm2022","related":[],"recordings":[{"size":121,"length":1531,"mime_type":"video/webm","language":"eng","filename":"sotm2022-18447-eng-Mapping_a_Small_Town_webm-hd.webm","state":"new","folder":"webm-hd","high_quality":true,"width":1920,"height":1080,"updated_at":"2022-09-24T19:34:07.542+02:00","recording_url":"https://cdn.media.ccc.de/events/sotm/2022/webm-hd/sotm2022-18447-eng-Mapping_a_Small_Town_webm-hd.webm","url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/recordings/61986","event_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/events/19c9a8fd-0c94-5762-b541-bdfe1ef186f4","conference_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/conferences/sotm2022"},{"size":57,"length":1531,"mime_type":"video/webm","language":"eng","filename":"sotm2022-18447-eng-Mapping_a_Small_Town_webm-sd.webm","state":"new","folder":"webm-sd","high_quality":false,"width":720,"height":576,"updated_at":"2022-09-24T19:01:05.112+02:00","recording_url":"https://cdn.media.ccc.de/events/sotm/2022/webm-sd/sotm2022-18447-eng-Mapping_a_Small_Town_webm-sd.webm","url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/recordings/61982","event_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/events/19c9a8fd-0c94-5762-b541-bdfe1ef186f4","conference_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/conferences/sotm2022"},{"size":23,"length":1531,"mime_type":"audio/mpeg","language":"eng","filename":"sotm2022-18447-eng-Mapping_a_Small_Town_mp3.mp3","state":"new","folder":"mp3","high_quality":false,"width":0,"height":0,"updated_at":"2022-09-24T18:43:03.372+02:00","recording_url":"https://cdn.media.ccc.de/events/sotm/2022/mp3/sotm2022-18447-eng-Mapping_a_Small_Town_mp3.mp3","url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/recordings/61975","event_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/events/19c9a8fd-0c94-5762-b541-bdfe1ef186f4","conference_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/conferences/sotm2022"},{"size":39,"length":1531,"mime_type":"video/mp4","language":"eng","filename":"sotm2022-18447-eng-Mapping_a_Small_Town_sd.mp4","state":"new","folder":"h264-sd","high_quality":false,"width":720,"height":576,"updated_at":"2022-09-24T18:42:04.171+02:00","recording_url":"https://cdn.media.ccc.de/events/sotm/2022/h264-sd/sotm2022-18447-eng-Mapping_a_Small_Town_sd.mp4","url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/recordings/61974","event_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/events/19c9a8fd-0c94-5762-b541-bdfe1ef186f4","conference_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/conferences/sotm2022"},{"size":88,"length":1531,"mime_type":"video/mp4","language":"eng","filename":"sotm2022-18447-eng-Mapping_a_Small_Town_hd.mp4","state":"new","folder":"h264-hd","high_quality":true,"width":1920,"height":1080,"updated_at":"2022-09-24T18:33:49.027+02:00","recording_url":"https://cdn.media.ccc.de/events/sotm/2022/h264-hd/sotm2022-18447-eng-Mapping_a_Small_Town_hd.mp4","url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/recordings/61969","event_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/events/19c9a8fd-0c94-5762-b541-bdfe1ef186f4","conference_url":"https://api.media.ccc.de/public/conferences/sotm2022"}]}