OpenGeofiction

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OpenGeofiction
The continents of the OpenGeofiction world.
Type of site
Collaborative mapping
Available inMultilingual
ProductsFantasy cartography
URLopengeofiction.net
CommercialNo
RegistrationRequired for contributors, not required for viewing
LaunchedSeptember 1, 2013 (2013-09-01)[1]
Current statusActive
Content license
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

OpenGeofiction (abbreviated OGF) is an online collaborative mapping project focused on fantasy cartography and worldbuilding of a world analogous to Earth. It uses OpenStreetMap software and processes in a separate environment, providing an outlet for artistic expression that avoids interfering with OpenStreetMap's mapping of the real world and potentially mitigates the risk of vandalism there.[2][3]

History

OpenGeofiction was founded in September 2013 by the German software developer Thilo Stapff and urban planner Johannes Bouchain.[4][5]

Content

OpenGeofiction portrays a verisimilar world based on modern technology but fictitious geography and culture. Both the natural and built environment are represented. The map tiles produced by the project are in Web Mercator projection.[6]

Participation

OpenGeofiction allows anyone with a free account to contribute directly to the map through an editor such as the iD Web application or the JOSM desktop application. Contributors can focus on various aspects of worldbuilding, including urban design and transportation. Because the project maintains a single integrated fictional world, contributors must harmonize their fictional territories with neighboring territories.[7][8] Thousands of users have contributed to the project.[9]

Uses

Places can be mapped in OpenGeofiction to illustrate stories or establish scenes for role-playing games.[10] OpenGeofiction map tiles can be loaded into applications such as gvSIG for geospatial analysis.[6] In 2018, OpenGeofiction data was used to model urban population movements in a hypothetical emergency evacuation using argument technology.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Opengeofiction – a collaborative platform for the creation of fictional maps". Urban Geofiction. Hamburg: Stadtkreation. 1 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  2. ^ Bittner, Christian; Glasze, Georg (2018). "Excluding Effects of Cartographic Epistemologies — Thinking About Mapping Paradigms in OpenStreetMap and Wikimapia". KN – Journal of Cartography and Geographic Information. 68: 121. doi:10.1007/BF03544554.
  3. ^ Quinn, Sterling; Bull, Floyd (2019). "Understanding Threats to Crowdsourced Geographic Data Quality Through a Study of OpenStreetMap Contributor Bans". In Valcik, Nicolas A. (ed.). Geospatial Information System Use in Public Organizations: How and Why GIS Should be Used in the Public Sector. New York City: Routledge. pp. 84–85. ISBN 978-1-4987-6764-4 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Stapff, Thilo; Bouchain, Johannes (13 June 2014). Opengeofiction: Using OSM Software in Mapping a Fictional Planet (PDF). State of the Map Europe. Karlsruhe: OpenStreetMap Foundation.
  5. ^ Bouchain, Johannes (21 October 2022). "Opengeofiction – Die exakten Koordinaten des Imaginären". Stadtkreation-Blog (in German). Hamburg.
  6. ^ a b Carrera, Mario (4 April 2018). "OpenGeoFiction: fictitious maps in gvSIG Desktop". gvSIG blog. Valencia: gvSIG Association. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  7. ^ Atherton, Kelsey D. (5 November 2013). "Get Lost In These Extremely Detailed Maps Of A Fictional Continent". Popular Science. New York City. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  8. ^ "World Showcase: MedwedianPresident's Medwedia" (PDF). Worldbuilding Magazine. Worldbuilding Society. August 2019. pp. 63–65.
  9. ^ Sasso, Kurt (21 July 2014). "Johannes Bouchain from GeoFiction". Two Geeks Talking (Podcast). TGT Media. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  10. ^ Polo, Rebeca (11 November 2013). "OpenGeoFiction, crea mapas inventados con el editor de OpenStreetMap". WWWhat's New (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  11. ^ Cerutti, Federico; Norman, Timothy J.; Toniolo, Alice; Middleton, Stuart E. (2018). Modgil, Sanjay; Budzynska, Katarzyna; Lawrence, John (eds.). CISpaces.org: From Fact Extraction to Report Generation (PDF). COMMA 2018. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications. Vol. 305. IOS Press. pp. 269–280. doi:10.3233/978-1-61499-906-5-269.
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