Mapping the City in the Rhythm of Colours and Sounds: OpenStreetMap as a Basis for Multisensory Civic Cartography

Room: Martinique

Saturday, 10:25
Duration: 5 minutes (plus Q&A)

Language: en


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  • Paweł Struś

This paper presents City in the Rhythm of Colours and Sounds, a project combining OpenStreetMap, soundscape studies and Colouring Cities-inspired building data. Using selected Polish towns as case studies, it links OSM-based spatial layers with field soundwalks and participatory observation. It shows how open mapping can support multisensory civic cartography, urban education and social engagement. The project highlights OpenStreetMap as both a technical geodatabase and a community platform for understanding everyday urban experience.