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In the words of Confucius, “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” As we release OSHDB (OpenStreetMap History Database) Version 1.0, we look back at versions 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, and all the other small improvements to our historical OpenStreetMap database as the [...]
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As of 02.11.2022 we have reached objects 10,107,826,483* in our oshdb. As such, we think it is most definitely time to celebrate!
*For information on the background this figure, read our Basic guide to OSM data filtering ;)
This blog post is all about reaching 10 billion objects in OpenStreetMap. For the database to aggregate such a wonderful [...]
Near realtime OpenStreetMap data and stats: OSHDB and ohsome API are now updated hourly
Posted in Services, Software, Uncategorized on Oct 25th, 2022
We have exciting ohsome news! As many of you know, past OSHDB updates happened weekly and led to a delay between the data in OpenStreetMap (OSM) and our database. Basically, you had to wait up to a week to see changes in OSM reflected in the OSHDB. From this point forward, that lag is a [...]
ohsome Region of the month – Temporal OSM developments in Kyiv
Posted in Services, Software, Uncategorized on Oct 24th, 2022
Welcome back to our ohsome region of the month series! In this post, we’ll take a look at the temporal development of highways and added smoothness-information, as well as social facilities and updates on map development for Kyiv. Before we start, if you’re new to the series, make sure to check out previous installments of [...]
Open Healthcare Access Map Update and HDX
Posted in Public Health, Services on Sep 9th, 2022
Last year we started the Open Healthcare Access Map. Initially, only a few countries and later on continents were featured. Today, we are pleased to announce that we are releasing a number of previously missing countries, achieving global coverage.
The Open Healthcare Access Map uses healthcare facilities extracted from OpenStreetMap, the isochrone method [...]
Aktivierung des Disaster openrouteservice für Überschwemmungen in Pakistan
Posted in Services on Sep 6th, 2022
In den vergangenen Wochen hat die Monsunflut in Pakistan über 1.000 Tote gefordert und Millionen Menschen ohne Dach über dem Kopf hinterlassen. Da Berichte und Fotos von rapide steigenden Lebensmittelpreisen, Bewohnern, die durch schultertiefes Wasser waten und Satellitenbilder von überfluteten Flüssen das Ausmaß dieser Katastrophe unterstreichen, hat das HeiGIT den Disaster openrouteservice für diese [...]
Disaster openrouteservice response to Pakistan flooding
Posted in Services on Sep 5th, 2022
Over the past weeks, monsoon flooding in Pakistan has left over 1,000 dead and millions without homes. As reports and photos of skyrocketing food prices, residents wading through shoulder-deep water, and satellite images of flooded rivers highlight the magnitude of this catastrophe, HeiGIT has created an activation of the Disaster openrouteservice for that region. Currently, data [...]
New feature addition to Ohsome Quality analysT: Building Completeness Indicator
Posted in Services on Sep 5th, 2022
Introduction
Since the release of the ohsome quality analyst (short OQT) in February of last year, we have been working on developing an accessible yet powerful toolkit which provides end users insights on the quality of OpenStreetMap (OSM) data. An overview of the functionality additions made to OQT over this period of time can be found in [...]
Gefahrenstellen.de Uses ORS for a Safer Route to School
Posted in Services on Sep 4th, 2022
Creating tools to map and navigate the urban (and not-so-urban) jungle has been a specialty of the HeiGIT and GIScience teams since their founding. We’ve plotted our way to the closest park through meinGrün, fostered awareness of barriers for limited-mobility travelers with CAP4Access, and helped find shortcuts through the unprecedented heat with HEAL. The latest [...]
Hello again and welcome back to our “How to become ohsome” series where we demonstrate how you too can become ohsome with ohsome API! If you’re new to the series or need a refresher, check out the older installments in our series, like this or this one covering the various ways of accessing ohsome API.
And now to our current [...]