We are passionate about OpenStreetMap.
Here at Kathmandu Living Labs, we’ve been working tirelessly to make open geographical data accessible to the general public. Using our local knowledge, and with the help of thousands of remote volunteers in OpenStreetMap, we were able to put much needed geographical information in the hands of first-responders, and humanitarian agencies, and government offices during the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. Since then, we’ve worked harder to apply our knowledge in our country and the region.We want to make OpenStreetMap accessible to businesses.
Upon having conversations with leading entrepreneurs from the country, we realized that tech-based businesses are still unable to solely rely on OpenStreetMap based services in production. A few reasons include:- data completeness within OSM,
- lack of technical knowledge on integrating and OSM based workflow into their development,
- reliability and accuracy of results provided by OSM based services.