TRAVEL TALK Congress

Using GPS – Open Street Map as tourism tools

Moderation: Thomas Froitzheim, Naviso Outdoornavigation, www.naviso.de

OpenStreetMap is, so to speak, a Wikipedia map – anyone can contribute to creating this world map that is currently being generated on the Internet. Although in rural regions many roads and ways are still missing the quality of the project in inner city areas is already excellent. However, on a long term basis who will be responsible for updating the contents and ensuring quality? Thomas Froitzheim’s presentation shows how people from the tourist industry can incorporate their input free of charge and so create an up-to-date cartography that can be directly downloaded on to GPS equipment and smartphones.

Thomas Froitzheim
Until 2007 Thomas Froitzheim was the head of the map editorial office at Bielefelder Verlag BVA, the leading publishing house in Germany for cycle travelling maps and literature, where he was also responsible for digital cartography, GPS- and GIS-applications. With his own company, Naviso, he specialises in independent consulting, seminars and training courses. He is in the meantime regarded as the GPS expert in Germany.
Thomas Froitzheim has been doing volunteer work for ADFC since 1982, as the deputy chairman of the Cycle Tourism Committee. He also represents ADFC on various boards, e.g. on the traffic committee of the German Tourist Board and in the project "Discovering Germany by bike”.

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