National Missing Maps Mapathon 2016

Help Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross to facilitate their rescue

In the context of the International Map Year 2015-2016, a national Mapathon will take place on Saturday, April 16th, which is organized by the National Committee for Geography, in collaboration with OpenStreetMap Belgium. Seven universities in Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia open their doors a whole day for a large collective mapping event. Would you like to contribute an hour or longer, do not miss this opportunity and help Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross to facilitate their work in crisis areas.

Missing Maps Mapathon - Antwerp

Register here to volunteer to help out at the event. Any and all help is welcome, you don’t have to be an expert! If you want to come as a regular guest, or want more info, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/missing-maps-mapathon-antwerp-march-23rd-tickets-21633266683

(M)Apps 4 Ghent

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. Voeg ALLE details to aan OSM van vuilbakken, over verkeersborden tot graffiti muren… We kunnen van Gent de best gemapte stad maken van BE.

Missing Maps Mapathon - VUB

Jo is setting up Mapathon at the VUB in Brussels. He needs a helping hand! Any level of experience is useful.

Mapper in the Spotlight: Nick (Netherlands)

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. For locks, I would just point to Nieuwpoort for a representative example. Nieuwpoort Professionally, I made specifications and drawings in addition to writing policy and opinion pieces. I am one of those that introduce a new parking permit with a smile and if you protest against the costs, says, yes you can complain, but not at this 2 year old act. The nice thing is that if you are not covered by the license, you can not object. But that explanation is accepted, that helps ;-)

Missing Maps Mapathon - VUB

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).

Mapper in the Spotlight: Dkiselev (Russia)

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

Mapper of the Month: Stefan

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. In future, Stefan would like to learn how to build his own map layers to show otherwise invisible buildings and infrastructures.

Missing Maps Mapathon Gent

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.be blog in Dutch or English.

Mapper in the Spotlight: Fredy Rivera (Colombia)

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.