Mapathon on Software Freedom Day 2018, Thrissur

OSM Kerala Community association with FOSSers (Vidya Academy of Science & Technology), HOTOSM, , FSUG Thrissur (thrissur.fsug.in), Kole Birders (kole.org.in) and River Research Centre and various organisations doing our first Mapathon for Kerala Flood 2018. Target is to complate 3 taluks Mukundapuram,Chalakkudy and Thrissur. Also Looking Chalakkudy puzha and Karuvannur River basins.

• Task link:- http://tasks.openstreetmap.in/project/100
• Mapping progress :- http://www.missingmaps.org/leaderboards/#/fossersvast

Event

In collective efforts the participants (36 volunteers joined) could make 4,400+ contributions to OSM in less than 5 hours (see http://www.missingmaps.org/leaderboards/#/fossersvast for details.)

1. Manoj K, Free Software Activist, Wikipedia/OpenStreetMap volunteer
2. Ajith Kumar (GIS Expert from CSRD)
3. Rajaneesh P (River Research Centre, Thrissur)
4. Sujin NS (Jawarhalal Nehru Tropical Botanical Garden, Thiruvananthapuram)
5. Sreenath K (Soil Test expert, Irinjalakkuda)
6. Naveen Francis (Open Street Map and Wikimedia India) gave Technical Help for the event
7. Jaison Nedumbala (Asst. Secretary , Koorachundu Village Panchayat and Member of Swathandra Malayalam Computing) gave advice in Mapping Efforts.
8. Subin (Fossers of Vidya)

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Blog post

• http://news.vidyaacademy.ac.in/2018/09/19/software-freedom-day-celebration-and-flood-response-mapathon-in-open-street-map-project-kerala/
• https://subinsb.com/openstreetmap-mapathon-on-software-freedom-day/
• Album: Mapathon on Software Freedom Day 2018
• http://blog.kole.org.in/fossers-of-vidya-celebrate-software-freedom-day-with-mapathon-in-open-street-map-project/