Hi Faith, Stefan asked for the topic of the mapathon and not what it is. There were few mapathons in Austria in the past.
I only attended one which was organized by the Red Cross organisation
and we had to map some place at Ethiopia for a water ressource project.
Kind regards
Andreas as Geologist
Am 28.01.19 um 10:02 schrieb Faith Taylor:
> Hi Stefan,
>
> Thanks for your interest. A mapathon is a mapping party ('mapping
> marathon'). These are quite popular in
> London: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAcsCmvG2hs
>
> A group gets together to work on mapping an area through the HOT Tasking
> Manager, and usually pizza is served :)
>
> If these don't already, it would be great if these were a regular event
> in Austria. They are a good way to meet other people interested in GIS
> and OSM.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Faith
>
> On Fri, 25 Jan 2019 at 17:28, Stefan Tauner <stefan.tau...@gmx.at
> <mailto:stefan.tau...@gmx.at>> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 23 Jan 2019 16:34:32 +0000
> Faith Taylor <faith.tay...@port.ac.uk
> <mailto:faith.tay...@port.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
> > Hello OSM Austria,
> >
> > Myself and four colleagues are planning a mapathon at the European
> > Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna the week of the
> 8th-12th April
> > (exact date TBC).
> >
> > It would be wonderful if some of the OSM Austria team are able to
> help us
> > in this activity.
> >
> > Over 10,000 earth scientists attend the conference (although the
> number at
> > the mapathon will be less - maybe 100 - 200!). Some of them like
> us will be
> > experienced mappers, others will be quite new to this. We are very
> excited
> > that this is the first time a mapathon has taken place at the
> conference.
>
> Hi Faith,
>
> I probably won't attend or help out but I was still wondering if the
> mapathon has some kind of topic already or if it is more like a general
> OSM (introdcution) workshop. Knowing the general direction of the event
> might spark more interesting ;)
>
> --
> Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner
>
>
>
> --
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>
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