OSM Then too Now allows you lot to sentiment OpenStreetMap coverage simply about the footing inwards 2007 side-by-side alongside today's OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMap was started inwards the UK of Britain too Northern Republic of Ireland inwards 2004. OSM Then too Now shows that past times 2007 OpenStreetMap was however a largely European project. By 2007 European cities, such every bit London, Amsterdam too Berlin had been comprehensively mapped. Conversely coverage inwards the residuum of the footing was rattling patchy too practically non-existent inwards well-nigh countries.
Even inwards many European cities OSM inwards 2007 was nowhere nigh every bit comprehensive every bit it is now. The screenshot to a higher house shows the map of Paris. You tin clearly meet that inwards 2007 (on the left) although the route map was fairly detailed the map was largely gratis of points of interest, edifice plots too other map features.
However Paris inwards 2007 was however mapped inwards far to a greater extent than especial than tell Washington D.C.. In 2007 Washington D.C. did accept a few major roads mapped but the lean coverage meant that OSM inwards 2007 could never actually accept been used to navigate the US of America capital.
Because OSM is a crowd-sourced projection its increment depends on its might to attract active members. The Stats page on the OpenStreetMap Wiki has some useful data on the ascension popularity of OSM. Back inwards 2007 OSM had less than 50,000 members. It is straight off chop-chop approaching ii 1000000 registered users.
In 2011 Skobbler created this prissy timelapse video showing the increment of OpenStreetMap coverage inwards Europe. The video shows the increment of OSM inwards Europe betwixt 2006 too 2011.
