{"id":3259,"date":"2023-09-29T09:46:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T14:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/?p=3259"},"modified":"2023-09-29T09:46:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T14:46:42","slug":"atlas-of-the-week-openstreetmaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/2023\/09\/29\/atlas-of-the-week-openstreetmaps\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlas of the Week: OpenStreetMaps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstreetmap.org\/#map=15\/40.9683\/-73.7046\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.openstreetmap.org\/#map=15\/40.9683\/-73.7046<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My choice for atlas of the week is OpenStreetMap, an open-source, Wikipedia-styled map of the world of which anyone can contribute to anywhere. I chose this because it reflects all the novel integrations the internet has provided to the art of mapping and GIS, namely the idea that anyone can create a map anywhere, provided they have an internet connection. OpenStreetMap builds on that idea with unparalleled customization; for example, if one wanted a world map that only displays rainforests or oceans, one could make it. As a result, many communities have mapped their cities and towns to extraordinary details, all of which are collected in this website&#8217;s atlas.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.openstreetmap.org\/#map=15\/40.9683\/-73.7046 My choice for atlas of the week is OpenStreetMap, an open-source, Wikipedia-styled map of the world of which anyone can contribute to anywhere. I chose this because it reflects all the novel integrations the internet has provided to the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/2023\/09\/29\/atlas-of-the-week-openstreetmaps\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6259,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21027],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atlases-of-the-week"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6259"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3259"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3260,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3259\/revisions\/3260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}