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Geolocated activity
Plot items and entities on the map with precision radii and time sliders.
Heatmap by AOI
Intelligence
OpenStreetMap + Kimo
Infrastructure, borders and points of interest. Stream open-source and sensor feeds into one correlated picture, with entities, places and timelines.
- Auth
- API key
- Sync
- Weekly
- Setup
- ≈ 3 min
Live demo workspace with fictional data · no signup, no credentials needed
kimo / connectors / osmSyncing
Sync logweekly
- Succeeded:items+445 rowsnow
- Succeeded:geotags+1,226 rows2m ago
- Succeeded:entities+2,007 rows4m ago
- Succeeded:items+388 rows6m ago
Rows synced · 30 days
139.5M
Workspaces
25%
What you can do
What teams build with OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap on its own answers half the question. Joined with the rest of your stack in Kimo, it answers the other half.
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Entity correlation
Link people, vessels, organisations and places across feeds automatically.
Co-occurrence graph
03
Narrative velocity alerts
Detect when a topic or entity accelerates beyond its baseline in a region.
z-score > 3
Objects & tables
Exactly what gets synced
Kimo maps OpenStreetMap into clean, typed tables with primary keys and incremental cursors, so syncs stay fast and joins just work.
3 tables · 13 fields
Tables
items
Incremental≈ 492,000 rows| Field | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| item_id | id | Primary key |
| source | enum | Low-cardinality dimension |
| published_at | timestamp | Incremental cursor |
| language | enum | Low-cardinality dimension |
| text | string |
Custom fields and extra objects are discovered automatically on each sync. Row counts are illustrative.
Sample model
From raw OpenStreetMap tables to a certified metric
A starter model Kimo suggests the moment OpenStreetMap is connected. Every join is editable.
OpenStreetMap · Regional activity
Items and entities joined with geotags and other feeds on entity id and time window.
- OpenStreetMapitems
- Apache Kafkatopic.events
Model
entity_id · 15-min window
Measuresitemsflagged
Items ingested · last 30 days
56K+6.4% wk/wk
Fictional data · hover the chart for daily values
Setup
Connect OpenStreetMap in 3 min
No engineers, no pipelines to maintain. Kimo asks for the minimum access it needs and tells you exactly what it will read.
- 1
Create a read-only key in OpenStreetMap
Use a dedicated key scoped to read access, so it can be rotated independently.
- 2
Paste it into Kimo
Keys are encrypted with a per-workspace key and never shown again.
- 3
Choose streams
Pick which objects to sync, starting with items.
- 4
Validate and sync
Kimo tests the key, backfills history and keeps it fresh (weekly).
Read-only, encrypted, revocable. Credentials are encrypted with a per-workspace key, never logged, and can be rotated without breaking your models.
Connect OpenStreetMap
Step 2 of 3 · Kimo demo workspace
- Reaching host
- Authenticating
- Reading schema
Read-only access
Illustration only · placeholder values, never real secrets
Works great with
Pair OpenStreetMap with the rest of your stack
Kimo suggests these joins automatically when both sources are connected.
FAQ
OpenStreetMap questions, answered
By default Kimo syncs OpenStreetMap weekly. You can change the schedule per table, or trigger a sync manually from the connector page.
OpenStreetMap · API key · Weekly
See your OpenStreetMap data in Kimo in 3 min.
Try it on the live demo workspace first, then connect your own account when you are ready.
