TriMet is seeking an Intern to assist in improving Open Street Map for the Portland Metro regional area to support routing applications such as the Open Trip Planner (opentripplanner.com) and the Intertwine Project. Metro regional datasets and digital aerial photography will be use as reference for digitizing and conflation purposes using editing tools such as Potlatch, MapZen, Quantum, or the ArcGIS 10 OSM Editor.
OSM Editor for Open Street Map editing purposes.
• Utilize existing RLIS data and aerial photography as reference for spatial and attribute correction. The RLIS data includes, bike paths,street centerline file, waterways, parks and trails.
• Use conflation routines and editing tools to create coincident geometry between the RLIS datasets and Open Street Map.
• Incorporate additional files and attributes such as address point files, building footprints.
• Project and task documentation may be required.
• Currently enrolled in Undergraduate or Graduate level work in Geographic Information Systems, Geography, Computer Science, or other related fields at an accredited college or university.
• Experience with Open Street Map editing tools are preferred, but not required.
• Letters of recommendation will be accepted but are not required.