First Mapping for Equity Learning Series Session

Help us create open data and learn how to map our public spaces. This is the first session presented by John Ellis about Mapping for Equity (M4E), a process developed by fellow Alliance of Civic Technologist organization, BetaNYC, to encourage the public to see data while collecting information on their community's under-mapped and under-represented public spaces.

This session covers the fundamentals of OpenStreetMap (OSM) and accessible ways to contribute. In addition to technical skills, we will emphasize the importance of context—exploring history, the power of maps in shaping communities, and the role of activism in equitable mapping. We hope to all leave this session having engaged in an exciting exploratory process to identify opportunities for community impact!

Two additional M4E Learning Series Sessions will be held on July 12th and 24th. The July 12th will be a hybrid virtual/in-person event held from Greensboro's Glenn McNairy Branch Library, with a focus on field data collection. John will also be hosting weekly virtual office hours to help with ideas for data collection in your specific community and your ongoing mapping.

"Man and woman using electronic device free image" by Rawpixel Ltd is marked with CC0 1.0.
Photo of mapping and toolkit for this series created by BetaNYC, a partner project of the Fund for the City of New York under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License(CC 4.0 BY-SA).