OpenStreetMap Foundation JapanPresident Hiroshi MIURA (miurah)

2007o OSM became a popular topics

2008 o OSM Japan community was born (03/09)

• Start OSMJ site, http://www.openstreetmap.jp/• Start Japanese OSM ML: Talk-ja• Introduced in some web media • This news was talked in some Japanese ML, like OSGeo.JP

o Our first Mapping Party• At Sugamo with Mr. Tim Waters (04/12)• Kamakura Mapping Party (05/24)

2008o Start importing public data by MLIT

• National Land Numerical Information • Lakes • Railways

o Start attending “Open Source Conference (OSC)”• Nagoya (08/09)• Shimane (09/12)• Tokyo Fall (10/03,04)

o Mapnik can render Japanese 2009

o Japanizing of osm.org

2010o Start importing public data

• Forests• Rivers• Administrative borders

o Discus about trade mark of “OSM” in Japano Establish OSMF Japan(12/30)

2011o Mr. and Mrs. Coast came to Japan(03/04)o the Grate East Japan Earthquake(3/11)

• Starting of sinsai.infoo Import road data from Yahoo!JAPAN/ALPS map

• Yahoo!Japan provide ALPS map datao Potlatch2 is localized

Local communitieso OpenStreetMap TOKAIo OpenStreetMap KANSAIo OpenStreetMap FUKUSHIMAo OpenStreetMap YOKOHAMA

Some areas are mapping by a few mapperso Hannou cityo Hiroshimao Tokushima

Exhibited to opensource events anywhere by OSM Japan communityo Community, but it is just a activity by volunteerso Who will receive the trademark of OpenStreetMap?

Therefore, we decided establishment of OpenStreetMap Foundation Japan!

Objectiveso Cooperation of some other organizationo Protection of intellectual property

Organizationso 5 groups

• Planning• Global communication• Technical• Support communities• sinsai.info• SotM

o +Directors, office

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