Rapid is a free open-source web-based editor for an OpenStreetMap. In the past the focus was on conflating AI-generated datasets with OpenStreetMap data but the future for this editor is conflating authoritative datasets with OpenStreetMap.

Humans are in the loop, people reviewing data authoritative datasets and adding them to OpenStreetMap with a few clicks!

So you might be wondering, what is Authoritative data? And perhaps it doesn’t even matter what authoritative means maybe the most important thing is it correct.

If you are interested in OpenStreetMap you might enjoy this episode

https://mapscaping.com/podcast/openstreetmap-is-a-community-of-communities/ which is a great introduction to OpenStreetMap as a project but also explains some of the commercial interest in updating the map which adds a lot of context to Rapid and its development and future.

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

If you have not heard of Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team this is well worth checking out!

https://www.hotosm.org/

Segment Anything

(SAM) can segment objects by simply clicking or interactively selecting points to include or exclude from the object. This makes it a user-friendly tool for image segmentation.

https://segment-anything.com/

Mapillary

Mapillary is a platform that provides street-level imagery and map data from all over the world. The platform is powered by collaboration and computer vision, which helps in generating and maintaining up-to-date, detailed maps.

https://mapscaping.com/podcast/scaling-map-data-generation-using-computer-vision/

GeoSpatial Jobs!

Drone Deploy’s Earthworks team is looking for an experienced Back End Engineer Full time / Remote

NV5 is looking for a Senior GIS Analyst

https://mapscaping.com/jobs/

Want to help? I could really use some support!

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