Too bad I wouldn't be able to attend it. Mumbai is too far away from home and this was announced in too short a notice.
I've always wanted to attend one of these workshops since I started contributing to OSM. Maybe next time. Regards, Aditya Nag. On 05-Dec-2013 7:55 PM, "Arun Ganesh" <arun.plane...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 | dam...@gnowledge.org | 9819350953 > > > > -- > Arun Ganesh > (planemad) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad> > <http://j.mp/ArunGanesh> > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-in mailing list > Talk-in@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in > >
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