Today, we’d like to shine a light on the online tool OhsomeNowStats.
OhsomeNowStats allows users to take a look at the mapping activity in OpenStreetMap. This is especially useful for humanitarian organizations and mapathon organizers, because OhsomeNowStats data is updated every 5-10 minutes. Using this tool, user-engagement can be tracked in near real time and used to motivate participants and volunteers alike!
By selecting a time range, an interval, and an OSM hashtag, you can display the contributors, total edits, delta roads, and delta buildings of the mapping activity regarding that hashtag in your selected time range and interval. We recently also added the ability to display statistics by country, and you can view a list of the most popular OSM hashtags in your selected time range, if you scroll down a bit on the website. Once selected, OhsomeNowStats then visualizes these statistics as both a bar graph and a world map.
To explain how to navigate the tool, HeiGIT has recorded a tutorial video:
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