Terraink: Lowering Barriers to OpenStreetMap Data Consumption - A Usage Study of an Open-Source Web Application

Room: Martinique

Sunday, 12:45
Duration: 5 minutes (plus Q&A)

Language: en


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  • Yousif Amanuel

Terraink is an open-source web application that turns OpenStreetMap data into printable city map posters without requiring installation, programming, or GIS expertise. I analyze its first 60 days as a mixed-methods natural experiment to examine whether lowering technical barriers reveals latent demand for OSM-derived outputs beyond expert user communities.