OpenStreetMap – Ready for Business

LOGIBALL presents a tool for the performance evaluation of navigation data at this year’s State of the Map

LOGIBALL, specialist for navigation maps and solutions in the B2B segment, presents its self-developed Quality Grid, a tool for the performance evaluation of navigation data, for the first time at the State of the Map, the world’s largest OpenStreetMap (OSM) community convention in Girona, Spain. This tool is an extension of the LOGIBALL Global Navigation Data Suite (GND SUITE), a software capable of processing navigation maps in various formats. Now it is possible to effectively analyze OSM and compare it to commercial data. „It is quite interesting to witness how fast the OpenStreetMap community has developed an alternative map,“ quotes Dr. Roger Mueller, LOGIBALL’s Managing Director. “The high actuality and the depth of information makes the OpenStreetMap more and more attractive for business applications. We notice this on the increasing number of client requests.“

But is the OpenStreetMap data so complete and of such high-quality that businesses can use it for complex navigation solutions? LOGIBALL’s Quality Grid shows a detailed analysis of the OpenStreetMap of one country in comparison to a traditional map of a market leading data supplier. With the help of the GND SUITE, critical elements within the database can be viewed automatically, examined qualitatively and transformed into the GDF standard – a requirement for the integration of the data and important for business applications such as navigation or complex intelligent transportation system solutions. “As a result, detailed OpenStreetMap data is available for many areas. However, there are still regions with deficits, such as in Spain,“ according to Dr. Roger Mueller. „A further standardization in data collection as well as offering suitable tools for quality assurance such as the GND SUITE makes the OSM data an interesting option. And that in the short-term rather than long-term.“

Take a look: LOGIBALL Quality Grid