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Methosm: A Methodology For Computing Composite Indicators Derived From Openstreetmap Data, Dumitru Roman, Tatiana Tarasova, Javier Paniagua

Journal of Spatial Information Science

The task of computing composite indicators to define and analyze complex social, economic, political, or environmental phenomena has traditionally been the exclusive competence of statistical offices. Nowadays, the availability of increasing volumes of data and the emergence of the open data movement have enabled individuals and businesses affordable access to all kinds of datasets that can be used as valuable input to compute indicators. OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a good example of this. It has been used as a baseline to compute indicators in areas where official data is scarce or difficult to access. Although the extraction and application of OSM …