OpenStreetMap im Kontext kulturlandschaftlicher Fragestellungen – Ein Qualitätsvergleich mit Blick auf Landnutzungen und Landbedeckungen

authored by: Alessa Retat, Markus Schaffert
Abstract: The OpenStreetMap project offers geo data that is free of charge and accessible via the internet without registration or considerable delivery time. Furthermore, the project's community operates worldwide and is not bound to (differing) data gathering responsibilities or licensing philosophies of public authorities. These aspects are attractive for a research project like Regiobranding that aims at investigating characteristics of cultural landscapes in different German federal states and tries to transfer findings and methods to other regions (in Germany and abroad). However, OpenStreetMap data is gathered by volunteers. These voluntary mappers usually follow recommended mapping instructions. As following these instructions is not man-datory, data quality strongly relies on the mappers' skills and number. Consequently, assessing the data quality for a certain study area is crucial for using OpenStreetMap in real world use cases. This paper presents a quality assessment for OpenStreetMap data in the city of Lubeck in northern Germany, focusing on land use and land cover. The assessment is conducted by comparing OpenStreetMap with the authoritative data set ATKIS-Basis-DLM and by applying the quality parameters of completeness and thematic accuracy.
Organisation(s): Geodetic Institute
Leibniz Research Centre FZ:GEO
External Organisation(s): State Office for Geoinformation and Surveying of Lower Saxony
Type: Article
Journal: ZFV - Zeitschrift fur Geodasie, Geoinformation und Landmanagement
Volume: 143
Pages: 36-45
No. of pages: 10
ISSN: 1618-8950
Publication date: 2018
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 15 - Life on Land
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.12902/zfv-0190-2017 (Access: Open)
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