State of the Map World is the annual event for all mappers and OpenStreetMap users. The program consists of talks, workshops, discussion rounds and more. HeiGIT is taking part with three different contributions.
ORS-Tools – Beginner-friendly Mobility Analysis with OpenStreetMap and openrouteservice in QGIS – Julian Psotta, Benjamin Herfort
Friday, 11:30 (60 minutes (plus Q&A)); Room: Guiting-guiting
This hands-on workshop shows how to use OpenStreetMao data and openrouteservice in QGIS without servers, sign-ups or coding. Participants will learn how OSM becomes a routable network, use the ORSTools plugin with the public API, and complete exercises like routing around Manila, mapping hospital service areas, and optimizing medicine deliveries. Participants will walk away with a reusable QGIS project, a tutorial, and the confidence and knowledge to repeat the workflow anywhere, anytime.
Where are we heading? The current state of OpenStreetMap in numbers – Benjamin Herfort
Friday, 17:30 (20 minutes (plus Q&A)); Room: Mayon
This talk reflects on 20 years of OpenStreetMap, summarizing OSM’s evolution with maps and meaningful numbers. We look at the size of the active community, analyse regional differences in mapping and look at the impact of mobile OSM editors such as StreetComplete and Every Door. Let’s also take a brief look at humanitarian mapping, corporate mapping and the impact of AI-generated data and Street View Imagery on OSM’s future.
OSM Data for Routing – From Tags to Routing & Mobility Analysis – Julian Psotta
Sunday, 11:30 (40 minutes (plus Q&A)); Room: Mayon
This beginner-friendly talk explains how OSM tags are transformed into routing networks and compares leading open-source routing engines such as OSRM, Graph Hopper, Valhalla, and openrouteservice. Using ors as an example, it shows how over 180,000 users apply OSM data for mobility analysis through directions, isochrones, and route optimization. This session concludes with a look at current trends in routing engines and upcoming developments in ors addressing climate and humanitarian challenges.
We are looking forward to interesting discussions and new inputs.