Since I'm in the city, I'm taking hand on session on contributing to OSM to those interested at the Homi Bhaba Centre for Science Education, Anushakti Nagar. Its open for public, but please RSVP to Amit.
What I expect to cover: * Paper mapping using field papers * Geo referencing and digitizing map scans * OSM editing using iD * Loading OSM data in Quantum GIS * Creating basic visualization with QGIS -- As a part of NUSSD Digital Literacy Trainers' Training Programme, Gnowledge Lab is organising a one day hands-on workshop on "Contributing to Open Street Map (OSM)" on 06-12-2013 OSM is community driven and an open data effort to build maps with data about roads, trails, cafés, railway stations, and much more, all over the world. The project uses diverse methods for contribution from the people and also emphasises on local knowledge. Local area mapping and contributing to OSM is one of the projects for the NUSSD Digital Literacy course. The workshop will cover the basics of mapping, and some advanced topics. For more information about the project please visit: http://www.openstreetmap.org The workshop will be guided by Arun Ganesh. Arun is an expert in mapping and has been contributing to the OSM project for a long time. Time: 10 am to 3 pm Date: 06-12-2013 Venue: Room No 217, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education Tata Institute of Fundamental Research V. N. Purav Marg, Mankhurd Mumbai, 400088 INDIA Please bring your laptops for the workshop. Please forward this mail to people who might be interested. Those who miss this workshop will be trained by those who attend this workshop. RSVP: Amit Dhakulkar | [email protected] | 9819350953 -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad> <http://j.mp/ArunGanesh>
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