In the world of OpenStreetMap (OSM), a mapping party is a social event where a group of mappers come together to map particular geographical area. It is usually conducted over a weekend, and is welcoming of novices and seasoned mappers alike. Mapping may be done through uploading GPS traces or by tracing over satellite imagery in a web browser-based editor. The format of these parties is fairly open. A typical session consists of pre-selecting an area/assets to map. In the spirit of co-creation of assets, I want to invite those interested in mapping to come and map together. I am eager to meet new mappers, collaborate, share, and learn.
A party will be organized every week (Saturday afternoon) until the end of the year at the Center for Internet and Society (CIS), and an invite will be shared on a weekly basis. For the party on hosted on October 29, please RSVP here: *https://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Parties-Hard/events/fxgtcmyvnbmc/* <https://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Parties-Hard/events/fxgtcmyvnbmc/> The mapping parties will be hosted as a part of an independent research project initiated at the *International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore (IIITB)* <http://www.iiitb.ac.in/programs.php?pid=Master-of-science-digital-society>, which aims to study the mapping practices within the OSM community. For more information on the research, please email me at tejas.pande(at)iiitb(dot)org -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
