An animation showing edits to the OpenStreetMap.org project during 2008. OpenStreetMap is a wiki-style map of the world and this animation displays a white flash each time a way is entered or updated. Some edits are a result of a physical local survey by a contributor with a GPS unit and taking notes, other edits are done remotely using aerial photography or out-of-copyright maps, and some are bulk imports of official data.

OpenStreetMap started in 2004 and the rate of contributions is accelerating with four times as many people contributing to the project in 2008 compared to 2007. During the year, edits were made by some 20,000 individuals and there were bulk imports of data for many places, including the USA, India, Italy and Belarus which are clearly visible in the animation. (wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Potential_Datasources)

This animation was produced by itoworld.com. It is licensed CC-BY-SA and can also be downloaded if you are logged-in. Various stills are available from flickr.com/groups/itomedia/pool/. The music is 'Open Electro' by Vincent Girès' jamendo.com/en/artist/silence and can be downloaded from archive.org/details/silence-silence.

ITO World provide free online support software for OpenStreetMap (itoworld.com/static/osmmapper) and also provide online mapping services to organisations and individuals.

Developed with support from ideasintransit.org. Cast: ItoWorld

It's A New Day - will.i.am - Dipdive.com

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I WENT TO SLEEP LAST NIGHT TIRED FROM THE FIGHT IVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR TOMORROW ALL MY LIFE YEAH I WOKE UP THIS MORNING FEELING BRAND NEW CAUSE THE DREAMS THAT IVE BEEN DREAMING HAS FINALLY CAME TRUE

ITS A NEW DAY (5X)

VERSE 1 ITS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING UP THE MOUNTAIN KEPT RUNING SONGS OF FREEDOM KEPT HUMMING CHANNELING HARRIET TUBMAN KENNEDY LINCOLN AND KING WE GOTTA MANIFEST THAT DREAM IT FEELS LIKE IM SWIMMING UPSTREAM IT FEELS LIKE IM STUCK IN BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE WEVE BEEN THROUGH THE HEARTACHES AND LIVED THROUGH THE DARKEST DAYS IF YOU AND I MADE IT THIS FAR WELL THEN HEY WE CAN MAKE IT ALL THE WAY AND THEY SAID NO WE CANT AND WE SAID YES WE CAN REMEMBER ITS YOU AND ME TOGETHER

CHORUS I WOKE UP THIS MORNING FEELING ALRIGHT IVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR TOMORROW ALL MY LIFE YEAH I WOKE UP THIS MORNING FEELING BRAND NEW CAUSE THE DREAMS THAT IVE BEEN DREAMING HAS FINALLY COME TRUE

ITS A NEW DAY (5X)

VERSE 2 ITS BEEN A LONG TIME WAITING WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT ITS BEEN A LONG TIME PRAYING PRAYING FOR THIS MOMENT AND HOPE FOR THIS MOMENT AND NOW THAT WE OWN IT CLOSER IMA HOLD IT AND I WONT LET IT GO THIS IS FOR OUR FATHERS, OUR BROTHERS, OUR FRIENDS WHO FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM, OUR SISTERS OUR MOTHERS, WHO DIED FOR US TO BE IN THIS MOMENT STOP AND CHERISH THIS MOMENT STOP AND CHERISH THIS TIME ITS BEAUTIFUL AINT IT WE DID IT FOR HER AND HIM AND HE AND SHE AND YOU AND ME TOGETHER

CHORUS YEAH I WOKE UP THIS MORNING FEELING BRAND NEW CAUSE THE DREAMS THAT IVE BEEN DREAMING FINALLY COME TRUE YEAH I WOKE UP THIS MORNING FEELING ALRIGHT CAUSE WE WASNT FIGHTING FOR NOTHING AND MALCOLM WASNT FIGHTING FOR NOTHING AND MARTIN WASNT DREAMING FOR NOTHING AND LINCOLN WASNT TRYING FOR NOTHING AND CHILDREN WASNT CRYING FOR NOTHING

Song Credits: "It's A New Day" Produced by will.i.am Written by: William Adams Publisher: will.i.am music Inc admin. by Cherry River Music Inc. (BMI) Drums: will.i.am Rhodes, Piano: will.i.am Keys: Lynette Williams Guitar & Bass: Alain Whyte Engineered by: will.i.am and Padriac Kerin Mixed by: will.i.am Recorded at Ethernet Studios, LA 2008

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