[FOSSGIS-Talk] [EXT] [OSM-LZA] Session-Einreichung für die EGU 2027: Deadline Mittwoch 23.9.

Di Sep 22 14:56:12 CEST 2026

Lieber Martin, alle,

Danke für das Feedback ! Ich habe den Text in der Cloud nochmal 
überarbeitet (@Martin: Scientific -> Research ist gefixt). Passt das für 
Euch ?

Ich möchte nochmal um Mitstreiter:innen für die Convener-Rolle werben.
Das ist jetzt erstmal eine _Chance_, sich einen Platz zu sichern.
Es ist einfacher, jetzt mehr Convener einzutragen und dann einige ggf. 
später wieder zu entfernen, als andersherum.
Der Arbeitsaufwand ist sehr überschaubar.

Viele Grüße,
Peter

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Lieber Peter,

herzlichen Dank für Deine Vorschläge! Ich bevorzuge definitiv den 
zweiten Titelvorschlag, wobei ich "Scientific Data Infrastructure eher 
als "Research Data Infrastructure" bezeichnen würde. Aber vielleicht 
hast Du Dir ja etwas ganz Bestimmtes dabei gedacht oder es ist einfach 
nur Geschmackssache. Den Abstract-Vorschlag begrüße ich ebenso. Ich 
fühlte mich erinnert an den Text von Konstantin und mir, welchen wir für 
die State oft he Map Tagung eingereicht hatten. Vielleicht findet sich 
darin ja noch eine nützliche Ergänzung, wie etwa die im Raume stehenden 
Fragen?

The Future of the Past: Preservation of OpenStreetMap Data

Abstract
OpenStreetMap is a valuable source of worldwide spatiotemporal data, 
which needs to be preserved and accessed for science and society. A 
German working group draws attention to this topic and wants to get in 
contact with the international OSM-community to discuss the most 
important questions of preservation and access, as: Why should outdated 
geodata remain relevant? Who uses such OSM-data? Which approaches and 
requirements exist? How can we find a global approach and what can we 
learn from each other? How could we collaborate?

Description
With OpenStreetMap numerous volunteers worldwide are contributing to a 
free and open map of the world. For 20 years, they have been collecting 
and contributing data that is hardly in the scope of national, official 
mapping agencies. In large parts of the world it is indeed the only 
available source of geodata. Due to this wealth of information OSM plays 
a major role in topographical documentation of our world and is a vital 
part in a variety of geodata products. OSM data does provide a valuable 
spatial insight into our digital transformed global society and is 
crucial to scientists in studying its change and evolution.
Indeed, the OSMF and Archive.org provide both planet and history files. 
But to our knowledge there is no coordinated concept according to 
principles of long-term preservation including an easy access to the 
data and its cartographical representations.
To find an appropriate solution for the preservation of OpenStreetMap 
data, we have founded a working group at FOSSGIS e.V. This association 
is the local chapter of the OSMF in Germany and a non- profit 
organization that promotes free and open-source software for geographic 
information systems (GIS) in German-speaking countries. It supports 
projects, organizes the yearly held FOSSGIS conference, and fosters 
collaboration between developers, users, academia, and public 
institutions. The association plays a key role in advancing open geodata 
and open standards in the GIS community. Our working group consists of 
scientists, officials, and OSM mappers.
At the FOSSGIS Conference 2025 in Münster, Germany, we held our first 
public BoF session, where we received rich interest and strong feedback. 
At this year's FOSSGIS conference in Göttingen, Germany, we talked about 
legal aspects of a potential OSM archiving project. At the following BoF 
and the OSM-community-meeting, we have started to discuss, which 
approaches and requirements exist and how national archives and 
libraries could be involved.
In the next step we are interested in spreading and discussing the goals 
of the project beyond national boundaries, as the OSM world map is a 
global issue. We want to draw attention to the question, if a 
coordinated georedundant preservation of the OSM-data should be 
necessary and how approaches could look like. Why should outdated 
geodata remain relevant? Who uses such OSM-data? Which approaches and 
requirements exist? How can we find a global approach and what can we 
learn from each other? How could we collaborate? Based on a talk and a 
following BoF, we want to get in contact with the international audience 
to discuss our questions and thoughts.

Herzliche Grüße
Martin

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Hallo OSM-Gruppe,

hier ein Vorschlag für Titel und Abstract einer Session auf der EGU GA
2027 zu "Earth and Space Science Informatics" zu unserem Thema:
(liegt auch hier in der Cloud:
https://cloud.fossgis.de/s/D7oSAM7cAGXNYXm)

Titelvorschlag 1: OpenStreetMap as a Long-Term Spatiotemporal Data
Commons: Preservation, Access, Management and Research

Titelvorschlag 2: From Open Map to Scientific Data Infrastructure:
Preserving and Using Historical OpenStreetMap Data

Abstract-Vorschlag:

Over the last two decades, OpenStreetMap has become a global, 
community-generated source of spatio-temporal geodata. Volunteers are 
documenting spatial distributions of infrastructure, land use, 
transportation, environmental features and other spatial entities that 
are often not covered in detail by national mapping agencies. This 
global grass-roots mapping effort documents and maps changes in 
geographical space on various timesclaes, reflecting changes by urban 
growth, agriculture, global climate change, natural desasters and other 
causes.
Open Streetmap data are blended with governmental topographical data, 
research results and remote sensing data to create added value in 
research. However, there is still no coordinated concept for long-term 
preservation, FAIR access, scientific citation, provenance documentation 
and cartographic reuse. This session focuses on use cases, lessons 
learned and challenges, to utilize and preserve this spatio-temporal 
data commons in various branches of geosciences.

Feedback und Änderungen/Ergänzungen gerne per Mail oder direkt im 
Clouddokument bis Mittwoch 23. September high noon.

Für so eine Session können wir bis zu vier Convener benennen (mindestens 
zwei). Wer macht mit ?

Wichtig: Convener müssen vor Ort in Wien an der Konferenz teilnehmen 
(kostenpflichtig). "Remote" geht leider noch nicht.

Tipp: Studierende können kostenlos remote an der Konferenz teilnehmen.
Es gibt auch Reisestipendien
(https://smex-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.egu27.eu%2fattendance%2ffinancial%5fsupport%5fand%5fwaivers.html&umid=9f61e896-1a4a-4059-97b4-68efa28d351b&auth=c51357b7e3ad52f60fb26f2b4c4571bad0a5d352-8c8538eac1a52aea4d5b295599ef0a3be15a946d)

Viele Grüße,
Peter

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