Episode 28: What "OpenStreetMap US" is with Maggie Cawley & Alyssa Wright

<center> <small>Sponsored By:</small> <a href="https://promo.linode.com/sustain/" target="_blank"><img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/2/27729c65-f4a6-4496-8c86-820e7f13b285/_xSnMSeA.png" width="150px" heigh="47px"></a> </center> <center><small>#28 Cover art uses imagery by Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (https://www.hotosm.org/) © OpenStreetMap contributors (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).</small></center> Panelists Justin Dorfman | Richard Littauer Guest Maggie Cawley (https://twitter.com/maggiemaps?lang=en) OpenStreetMap US (https://www.openstreetmap.us/) Alyssa Wright (https://twitter.com/alyssapwright?lang=en) OpenStreetMap US (https://www.openstreetmap.us/) | Open Source Collective (https://opencollective.com/opensource) Show Notes In this episode Justin and Richard talk with Maggie Cawley, Executive Director of the American OpenStreetMap US and Alyssa Wright, current Board Member of OpenStreetMap US. If you’ve never heard of OpenStreetMap US you will learn all about what it is, how you can use it, how you can edit it (YES, it’s editable like Wikipedia), and how it differs from Google Maps. 1:40** What is OpenStreetMap and OpenStreetMap US? How are they different? The ladies also share how many people are all together in the OpenStreetMap world in their biosphere and how many contributing editors there are. 04:41 Justin wonders how the map data is licensed and was it a hard sell to the community or an easy one? 08:24 OSMF and OSM US are slighty different. Richard is interested to know what Maggie and Alyssa are doing for each one and how do they see them growing. 10:43 Richard wants to know the Code of Conduct and was questioning if it was just started or did it change. 12:40 Justin wants to know what percentage Craig, from Craigslist, give to their annual budget. Also, regarding sustainability, the discussion of what it costs to run OpenStreetMap as a service is answered. 13:34 Maggie talks about who is involved in their membership which is made of many different