We’re organizing a Mapathon (mapping Ghent) at this Open Data Hackathon party. Hier kan je het programma van de hele dag vinden: http://www.appsforghent.be/hackathon Het OSM-BE programma: Voormiddag (09:30-12:00): Missing maps als introductie tot ’the basics’ van OSM. De missing maps mapathon kan de hele dag doorgaan. Micro mapping voor Gent via mapillary.
Jo is setting up Mapathon at the VUB in Brussels. He needs a helping hand! Any level of experience is useful.
Who are you? I am a casual mapper with an interest in old military lines. I live in the middle of the New Dutch Water Line and noticed that this potential cultural heritage is found barely in OSM. The famous Low Lands Forts with lunettes and redoubts that were made in the Low Countries, with details such as shelters, locks and bridges.
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Join the first “mapping party for the homeless” ! It will take place in Brussels, on 27th February, at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). You will take part to an important mapping initiative, that would answer the needs of different associations working with the homeless (i. e. La Strada, Médecins du Monde, Association des Maisons d’Accueil).
The Russian OpenStreetMap community is one of the largest. Still, I don’t know a lot of Russian mappers. Since I wanted to get to know them better, I asked Zverik for some interesting mappers. He was so kind to give a list of candidates. And I just picked one, that happens to be dkiselev
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Stefan (ponci4520) is 28 years old and just finished his studies in resource and sustainability management (Joint Degree for Sustainable Development). Right now, he is looking for a job. He uses OpenStreetMap not only on a daily base for personal use, but also for his university research in order to visualise the distribution of cultural resources in cities.
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We’ll map away somewhere deep in Africa with as many people as possible. RSVP here if you want to help out during the event. Experience iD and JOSM mappers very much needed. If you just want to come map with us, book a place at this [Eventbrite page]https://www.eventbrite.com/e/missing-maps-mapathon-gent-tickets-19951189545. More info at the OSM.
This time we travel to South-America for our Mapper in the Spotlight series. The interview and the English translation are done by Joost Schouppe. Fredy Rivera lives in a small town in the Colombian Andes. He’s a software developer and works on social projects through the vivirenlafinca.org foundation. His nick “Humano” is a reminder of how in the digital world and social work, humans are still the most important aspect of technology.
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Polyglot is a Belgian network administrator who’s hobbies are changing a bit over time: learning languages, cycling, horsebackriding, and oh …. OpenStreetMap became a major time sink! How did you discover OpenStreetMap? Apparently, it’s been eight years already. I wanted to give something back to the free software world. I’m not a real programmer, so for a few years I contributed to the English Wiktionary.
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One of my favorite maps based on OpenStreetMap data is the Historic Places map. I have been contributing several pieces of data that show up on this map, as well as helping a bit with the translation. During those tasks I met Lutz, one of the people behind this map. So it is with great pleasure that I can present this interview with him.
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