Multidimensional Maps and Happy Birthday OSM!

August: Multidimensional Maps and Happy Birthday OSM!

This month we'll be hearing about projects visualizing digital maps in the third, and sometimes fourth, dimension. (The alternate mirrorverse meetup will address dimensions 5-7.) This August also marks OpenStreetMap's tenth year of existence, which will be recognized with CAKE and possibly balloons.

Join us and follow the conversation at #geonyc for the latest updates.

OUR SPEAKERS

Rachel Binx [@rachelbinx] (https://twitter.com/rachelbinx) is a data visualizer, developer, designer, and mathematician. She co-founded Meshu (http://meshu.io) and Gifpop (http://gifpop.io). Previously, she worked as a design technologist for Stamen Design. Rachel will discuss the geo considerations that went into building Meshu, as well as showing a sneak preview of a new project that she's been working on. More about Rachel at http://rachelbinx.com .

Patricio Gonzalez Vivo [@patriciogv] (https://twitter.com/patriciogv) is a Brooklyn artist and graphic developer who explores interstitial spaces between organic and synthetic, analog and digital, individual and collective. Patricio will be talking about Skylines (http://www.patriciogonzalezvivo.com/2014/skylines/), a project exploring the invisible information of a city usually trapped inside corporate databases. Learn more at patriciogonzalezvivo.com (http://www.patriciogonzalezvivo.com/).

Russell Varriale [@RussellVarriale] (https://twitter.com/RussellVarriale) is Co-Founder @ Vrban (http://vrban.io), a virtual reality startup making it possible to easily turn 3D models into virtual environments. Self-described technophile and space nerd, if you like mapping the cosmos, or just talking about exoplanets, he’s interested.

Brett Camper [@professorlameza] (https://twitter.com/professerlameza) and Peter Richardson [@meetar] (https://twitter.com/meetar) will be talking about Tangram (https://github.com/bcamper/tangram), a a library for dynamic client-side map rendering with WebGL. Brett is a co-founder of Mapzen, an open source mapping lab in NYC, and previously managed product and engineering teams at Kickstarter, MIT, and elsewhere. Peter is a recovering animator, interested in art, code, math, and other things. He makes open-source 3D maps at Mapzen.

OUR SCHEDULE

6:30PM: The Mingle: doors, beer, pizza, people, etc
7:00PM: The Wonder: presentations followed by Q&A
8:30PM+: CAKE!