Openstreetmap

ABSTRACT

Openstreetmap can be thought of as a wikipedia for maps, The aim of the project is to create a copyright free map of the entire world. Anyone can edit the maps. This is usually done through a web browser by tracing satellite images from Yahoo maps. More detailed maps can be made with traces from handheld Global Positioning systems GPS

Introduction

You can view the map Openstreetmap

At first glance Openstreetmap looks very similar to Google Maps, Multimap, or Yahoo maps. When looking at your area in openstreetmap you may also notice there are large areas that don't seem to be complete. There is one very large difference between these services and that is that the Openstreetmap map is copyright free. You can download (Export) the map and legally use it to make your own map or add the picture to your posters, flyers, or webpages. Although there are areas which do not have much information there are places on the map which are very detailed.

For example here we can see in East Putney in London all the house numbers are shown

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