OpenStreetMap introductory workshop
- September 22, 2012 · 1:00 PM
Alex Barth will be coming into town after State of The Map Tokyo and has offered to lead in introductory technical workshop for both contributing to OpenStreetMap and using the data for other applications.
We will cover:
- Examples of OSM data usage
- Contributing data with JOSM
- Tracing satellite imagery
- Surveying with walking papers and GPS
- Finding answers: navigate the OSM Wiki and other helpful resources
- The OSM community
All you need for attending is a laptop. Bring a two button mouse if you have one.
This workshop is geared towards those who are interested in becoming OpenStreetMap contributors, but haven't worked with OSM a lot or not at all before.
Still, if you're a seasoned mapper please join us. We'll have a side conversation of how to improve the New York City map and grow the city's OSM community. We'll also talk about the new March 7, 2012 license on NYC Open Data that may be compatible with OpenStreetMap.
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Alex Barth
Same here: I really enjoyed this Saturday with everyone. Thanks to Liz, Serge and Eric from the OSM community for making this happen and thanks to Dave for getting us the space at foursquare. Nice view :)
Looking forward to another OSM excuse to venture up to NYC.
October 7
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Liz
What an awesome workshop -- big thank you to all who participated and made it happen!
September 24
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Alex Barth
Jeremy - sorry you can't make it. Can you change your RSVP state on the event (top right on this page). Thanks!
September 22
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Jeremy
That's not exactly what I meant (was in the sense that serge offered his). But now I actually have some conflicting plans anyway so I did change my status. Thanks for running this; maybe I'll catch a small part of it.
September 22
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Caitlin charlet
How likely is it to get off the wait list for tomorrow's workshop? Thanks!
September 21
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Serge
Caitlin, while I can't say for sure, my experience with meetups is that about 1/3rd of RSVPs don't end up attending, so I'd suggest that if you really want to come, that you come. In the worst case, if there's no room for you, you can have my place.
September 21
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ian v.
Hey everybody - I'm excited for tomorrow's workshop. We will start at 1PM at Foursquare's HQ, to attend you will need:
- A computer
- A two button mouse if you have one
- An account on OpenStreetMap.org (free)
- JOSM installed http://josm.openstreetmap.de/
To get a head start, check out the following links:
- http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w...
- http://www.learnosm.org/We're still figuring out a spot for a happy hour afterwards. Let us know if you have any questions,
Alex: https://twitter.com/lxbarth
ian: https://twitter.com/ian_villedaSeptember 21
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gurlinthewurld
thanks for that, Serge. Is this one that works, too: http://ole.geops.de/
... Can't wait to see your tutorial, as well. ;)September 21
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Alex Barth
Also: come out for drinks after the workshop!
~5.30 PM at http://www.puckfairbar.com/
September 21
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Sarah Haskins
If we are a complete OSM beginner, anything we should prepare before tomorrow?
September 21
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Serge
I can't speak for Alex's introduction workshop, but I might suggest, at the very least, that you get an account at openstreetmap.org, and possibly read http://wiki.openstree...
September 21
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Alex Barth
Just blogged this event here http://mapbox.com/blog/introduc...
and tweeted https://twitter.com/lxbarth/stat...
September 19
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Sarah Haskins
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