[Chat] Fwd: [baltolug] OpenStreetMap mapping party in Baltimore

Emil Volcheck volcheck at acm.org
Tue Feb 24 00:32:12 EST 2009


Hello, neighbors,

This weekend there will be an Open Street Mapping party
in Baltimore.  Information for how to volunteer is below.

--Emil


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Russ Nelson <russ at cloudmade.com>
Date: Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 20:46
Subject: [baltolug] OpenStreetMap mapping party in Baltimore
To: Baltolug at baltinet.com


Hi.  I'm flying in to Baltimore next weekend to host an OpenStreetMap
mapping party.  It's being held from 10a.m. to 4p.m. at Red Emmas on
both Saturday and Sunday.  I have a set of GPS receivers to loan out
to people, and I'll teach all skills needed to improve the map of
Baltimore.

Why?  Because all the existing maps are closed, expensive, and out of
date.  Because this open street map is free, open, and as current as
you want it to be.  Because if you want to write a mapping program, or
present your data against a map, you have no good starting point.
Let's fix that.

OpenStreetMap is a database of geospatial information, licensed under
the CC-BY-SA license, and is managed by a UK non-profit foundation
(I'll let you guess the name.)  (hint: it's not "OpenStreetMap
Rumbottom").

More information about OpenStreetMap:  http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/

More information about this mapping party:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Baltimore

Hope to see you there; if you have any questions, send email, or call
my call: 315-323-1241.  Feel free to forward this email to anyone you
know who loves maps.

--
Russ Nelson - http://community.cloudmade.com/blog -
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:RussNelson
russ at cloudmade.com - http://openstreetmap.org/user/RussNelson


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Emil Volcheck
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http://EmilVolcheck.com/




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