Open Street Map workshop

Agenda

This February, Schuyler Erle and Mikel Maron held a series of multi-day workshops in several India universities. Researchers, students, and members of the community were invited to participate, learn, and take stewardship of their city. These were very practical, hands-on days, covering the entire toolset of OpenStreetMap and empowering participants to lead the growth of free and open mapping in India. We will map India!

Description

Though India is changing faster than ever before, the use of digital mapping to track the growth of India's cities and the transformation of the countryside has not yet fulfilled its potential. Geo data is closely held and inaccessible, too expensive, and simply out of date. The situation is similar throughout the world. But it doesn't have to be.

Over the past few years, there has been a revolution in cartography and GIS. Through open source software, the Web and the tools of neogeography, these formally specialized disciplines of mapping have been made accessible to anyone with knowledge about their local place. OpenStreetMap is mapping the entire world openly and collaboratively, and coverage is increasing exponentially. These tools are powerful, in some ways outpacing expensive proprietary and closed systems. The barrier of cost no longer exists. The only prerequisite is a will to know, explore and share.

Minutes

1. Minutes for Open Street Map workshop