Goooooooooooood Morning Hackers! Before your regular tuesday email, I've got an interruption to add!
We've organised an Open Street Map weekend at the space on Sat 22nd and Sun 23rd of November. What does this mean? OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a user editable map of the world, released with an open content license. In the same way that wikipedia is a free, user generated collection of all human knowledge, OSM strives to be a user free, generated collection of all human environments. To assist with the collection of this information, there's different ways to get involved - submitting GPS traces of where you've been, using JOSM[1] to directly edit information or adding shops and amenities using your browser are just three of a multitude of things that go on. If you've not seen it, have a browse of Aberdeen! http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/57.1433/-2.0963 We're having a weekend of activities in the hackerspace to both collect data as a group, making Aberdeen more accessible and to work on cool ways to use that data! What's happening at this weekend? Day 1 will be a mapping Party. A mapping party offers you the opportunity to learn how to map your local area using the tools commonly used by OSM editors, the chance to explore aberdeen a bit more and the opportunity to discuss and learn what things are valuable to have on an online map. Day 2 will be a Mapping Hackday. The mapping hackday will offer you the chance to go over uses for OSM data and work on uses for it - you could be using the maps in a website you're working on, or finding ways of integrating it into apps you use regularly. You'll get to learn how other people use the mapping data too, to inspire your playtime! When is it? It runs from 12:00 on Saturday, 22nd November to 15:00 on Sunday, 23rd November. This lets people get up from down South, as well as us get out of bed / go to radio club! What do I need to bring? The most basic items will be yourself, some sort of waterproof clothing just in case it rains, a computer to play with and maybe some lunch money - I'm not feeding you! (There will be coffee/tea/biscuits, though...) I want to come and/or learn more! Cool - there's a rough schedule and list of attendees on the OSM Wiki [2] - stick your nose in, stick your name down, and come have a good time. Feel free to come to one or both days, or just to the pub on Saturday night - there'll be walkies, discussions, socialising, hacking, people from far away and new faces abound! Any questions, ping me a mail or reply to the list! Hx [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JOSM [2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Aberdeen/MapHack/2014-11 -- Blog: http://beta.hibby.info Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/davehibberd Fingerprint: 5E4F 5451 93E8 969C 8A59 B80A 03A1 FB7A 1904 771B Twitter: @Hibbie Call: MM3ZRZ
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