The goal of this project is to use Open Street Map (OSM) to introduce students to open data and science through the critical evaluation of closed vs. open mapping platforms and the experience of adding data to OSM. Open Street Map is a global map developed and maintained by a community of volunteers who add features (e. g. buildings, roads) and other related data to it. This project is still in progress and designed as a set of six modules that can be completed separately or as a sequence by a broad audience including adult learners, high school and college students with no previous mapping experience. The materials provided include an overview video, and related slides, a document describing the modules with their facilitation guide, a map comparison tool, and a document with related resources. I welcome comments and feedback on this work. The linkedmap comparison toolis a file osm-google-compare. html that needs to be downloaded and opened within a browser. Introductory video: [Video (/community/groups/octopus/File: /uploads/movies/ProjectOverview. mp4) ] Download the video (33MB) View the publication files and links here. Please visit the OCTOPUS Group page for additional information and other curriculum resources. OCTOPUS was generously supported by the Open Research Community Accelerator (ORCA) with additional support from the BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium.
Eliã Lopes Pimenta Machado (Sun,) studied this question.