Maptime Amsterdam #7: Mapping the Nieuwmarkt

Maptime Amsterdam #7: Mapping the Nieuwmarkt

Join us Wednesday May 20th for the last edition of Maptime before the summer (but we'll be back in September)!

The night starts with a walk around the neighbourhood guided by Cees Holtkamp, one of Amsterdam's most famous confectioners. He makes great cookies, and he knows everything about Amsterdam, too.

Back in the Waag, Huib Morel and Hubert Kraaijvanger of the former Actiegroep Nieuwmarkt will show slides and photos from their archives, and tell about how the neighbourhood changed between 1970 and 1980, the years around the construction of the subway line.

After the slide show, we will try to create and design a map of how the neighbourhood looked just before the subway was built. By using old photos, slides and new OpenStreetMap data, we will export, modify and style this data with QGIS and Inkscape (or Illustrator).

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Programme:

• 18:30 - Maptime starts in Waag, Nieuwmarkt 4- 18:45 - Start of walking tour

• 19:45 - Back in Waag for slide show from the archive of Actiegroep Nieuwmarkt

• 20:15 - Workshop map design - from OpenStreetMap to Inkscape or Adobe Illustrator

Please note: both the walking tour and the slide show will be in Dutch.

More information:

• http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nieuwmarktrellen

• http://www.npo.nl/andere-tijden/24-03-2015/VPWON_1236042

• http://www.patisserieholtkamp.nl/

Maptime is, rather literally, time for mapmaking. Our mission is to open the doors of cartographic possibility to anyone interested by creating a time and space for collaborative learning, exploration, and map creation using mapping tools and technologies.

Maptime is hands-on, so don't forget to bring your laptop! All skill levels are welcome.