Jóhannes B. Jensson is in town. He’s the main organizer of OpenStreetMap in Iceland and the man behind MappingBotswana. Come have a drink with him and talk about mapping, local OSM organisations, etc. Location: Café De Markten, Oude Graanmarkt 5, 1000 Brussel http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/870247035 Time: 19:00
EGEA Brussels and the student organisation are inviting us for their Missing Maps MAPATHON on Tuesday November 15th! All mappers welcome! There will be a training for new mappers. Location : VUB, Building E, Room E1.4 and E.17 Missing maps? Each year, disasters around the world kill nearly 100,000 and affect or displace 200 million people.
IPIS, Missing Maps and OpenStreetMap Belgium organise another Missing Maps MAPATHON on Wednesday October 26, at the IPIS library! IPIS Research and Openstreetmap Belgium invite you to come map for the Missing Maps project with us. By doing so, you will learn how to create the open maps that make the work of NGOs like Doctors Without Borders or IPIS Research easier.
After an amazing State Of The Map in Brussels, let’s build a community with anybody interested in OpenStreetMap. The targeted audience is everybody! From just heard the word OpenStreetMap a few seconds ago to the total expert There will be someone you can discuss and have a drink with So let’s join us!
Who are you? Sus is my computer related nickname, on OpenStreetmap I use susvhv. In the early days of the PCs I always had problems with the ç of François, my real name (smiles). I was born in 1933, (I leave it to you to calculate my age) in Brussels and I was a technician at the Belgian Nuclear Research Center or SCK in Mol, where I live at the moment.
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The day before SOTM Brussels, there’s the HOT summit. You should go to both :) After the HOT-summit, their participants are invited to come map with us. So expect plenty mappers who are deeply involved in humanitarian mapping. We will need volunteers to help out beginners, as we will open to the public too.
What happens when you allow everyone to map the world, as they see fit, no questions asked? You get a map that allows you to navigate any country in the world for free, to plan a vaccination campaign in the Kivu, help you find the nearest bar with wifi. This is OpenStreetMap.
Joost Schouppe
This months mapper in the spotlight is Andy, mapping with the username: SomeoneElse Who are you? I’m Andy, and I live in Derbyshire, in England. Since leaving college many years ago I’ve been working in the computer software industry (mostly development and implementation). The “SomeoneElse” name came from the music site last.
Marc Gemis
We’ll have a table, electricity and an internet connection. It’s inside the city hall, but there will be an exhibition about the new ‘circulatieplan’ for Leuven. Location: Stadhuis Leuven Time: 9:30
Jorieke, a 28 years old Belgian, has spend a lot of time the past few years to support local OpenStreetMap communities all over the world. She worked on several projects in Africa, Europe and Asia to train people and to promote OpenStreetMap by local and international players. Jorieke at the Mapfugees in Duinkerke Where and when did you discover OpenStreetMap?
Marc Gemis