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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 [...]
ohsomeHeX with Quality indication from OQT
Posted in Software on Sep 22nd, 2022
The HeiGIT team had a great time at the State of the Map 2022 in Florence. Many thanks to the participants for the fruitful discussions at our workshop!
Despite the direct use of OSM as a map, more and more organizations use OSM as a source of data for activities, services, or applications.
“How good is OSM [...]
Human-in-the-loop development of spatially adaptive ground point filtering pipelines — An archaeological case study
Posted in 3D, Digital Earth, Publications, Software on Sep 16th, 2022
LiDAR data have become indispensable for research in archaeology and a variety of other topographic applications. To derive products (e.g. digital terrain or feature models, individual trees, buildings), the 3D LiDAR points representing the desired objects of interest within the acquired and georeferenced point cloud need to be identified. This process is known as [...]
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 [...]
At long last, welcome to another addition of our How to become ohsome-series!
This one is special because we’re discussing a third-party application that uses ohsome API as back-end to accumulate historical OSM data. Although this innovation isn’t directly about our API, it’s close enough (and exciting enough) to merit inclusion and just one more opportunity for you [...]
ohsomeHeX lite-mode: Mobile friendly ohsomeHeX
Posted in Software on Jul 20th, 2022
In the modern technological age, mobile application are necessary to reach out to the masses. Therefore, it’s critical for any web application to be available through mobile devices. In the case of ohsomeHeX, enabling use on mobile devices requires overcoming the challenging of screen space use. The application utilizes significant screen space for its side [...]
ohsome Region of the Month: hiking-related tags & mountains
Posted in OSM, Services, Software, Uncategorized on Jul 6th, 2022
Welcome back to a new installment of the ohsome Region of the Month blog series! This will be part two our posts on hiking related tags and this time, we’ll investigate the connection between user activity and said tags. To do this, we’ll use mountain time as a reference area and incorporate insights from part one [...]