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National Missing Maps Mapathon 2019 (Brussels, Namur, Ghent, Liège)

Help Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross to facilitate their rescue It’s time for the 4th National Mapathon which will take place on Wednesday March 27th, Thursday March 28th and Saturday March 30th. It is organized by the National Committee for Geography, in collaboration with OpenStreetMap Belgium and MSF Belgium.

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National Missing Maps Mapathon 2019 (Brussels, LLN, Leuven, Mons)

Help Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross to facilitate their rescue It’s time for the 4th National Mapathon which will take place on Wednesday March 27th, Thursday March 28th and Saturday March 30th. It is organized by the National Committee for Geography, in collaboration with OpenStreetMap Belgium and MSF Belgium.

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How to create a simple map (with a marker) based on OpenStreetMap

Introduction There are 2 most common open-source JavaScript libraries used to display a map : Leaflet and OpenLayers. Build a simple map using Leaflet This tutorial is based on Leaflet Quick Start Guide and uses version 1.4.0 of the library. I suggest you check if there is a more up-to-date version before proceeding.

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How to use free OpenStreetMap Belgium baselayer

It is quite easy and it’s completely free! We just ask you to use the required credits/attributions : OpenStreetMap contributors for the data and SPRL GEO-6 BVBA for the tiles hosting. You can have a look at our baselayer here : https://tile.openstreetmap.be/ Here are 2 examples using the most common open-source JavaScript libraries (Leaflet and OpenLayers).

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Mapper of the Month: Benoît Fournier (France)

Who are you? I’m called Benoît Fournier, I live in France together with my family. I work in Paris or the region around it. How and when did you discover OpenStreetMap? I’ve discovered OpenStreetMap at the end of 2014: I needed an application on my mobile phone with offline, predownloaded maps.

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Open Belgium 2019

Let’s make Belgian knowledge open, usable, used, useful Open Belgium is an annual Open Knowledge and Open Data conference gathering industry, research, government and citizen stakeholders. In other words, anyone who is interested in Open Knowledge and Open Data is more than welcome! We aim to bring you up to speed with the latest trends, innovations and best practices by sharing experiences among this wide range of participants.

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The Power of Open in Action: Community Day Open Knowledge Belgium

Open knowledge and open data are very powerful, essential forces for change. The good thing is… you as a citizen can contribute to open projects and contribute to a world where knowledge creates power for the many, not the few. As a satellite event of the yearly Open Belgium conference (on Monday 4 March in Brussels), Open Knowledge Belgium is organising a community day on Saturday 2 March with talks and workshops on various open topics.

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Mapper of the Month: Volker Schmidt (Europe)

Volker at Petrified Forest National Park AZ 2016 Who are you ? I am rather old: born in 1944 in the heart of (Western) Europe, halfway between Strasbourg and Luxembourg, in Germany at 2km from the French border. Let me put it this way: I am a European citizen with, by accident, a German passport.

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Meeting in Louvain-la-Neuve

Let’s meet in Louvain-la-Neuve for the next OpenStreetMap meetup in Brabant Wallon on the 11 February 2018 , 6:30 PM ! Anyone interested in OSM is welcome, from the absolute beginner to the most experienced mapper. Do not hesitate to come if you are just curious about OpenStreetMap and participatory cartography.