NITC mapping party oct 24
Mapping party
Mapping parties are events where anyone can come and participate in the OpenStreetMap project. OpenStreetMap is a free, open source map that can be contributed, edited and used by anyone anywhere. Mapping parties are social events where experienced and new mappers can meet to share and learn more about the project. The events are generally held in a public place, and allow time for discussion, mapping and editing. The event is open to all. Tathva is the annual technical festival if National Institute of Technology Calicut. This time, Tathva ([1]) is witnessing FOSS events in co-operation with the Free Software User Group Calicut(FSUG-CALICUT[2]). The Mapping Party is organized and conducted by GeoHackers ([3]).
It's fun. It's free. You can help. Hey the party has started! :D
More about Mapping parties
- When: Saturday October 23-24, 2009, 10am - 4pm
- Where: National Institute of Technology Campus
- Contact
- Team Tathva
- User:abhimanyu
- Email: abhimanyu@tathva.org
- Cell Number: +91 9496 34 10 63
- Team GeoHackers
- User:Sajjadkm
- Email: sajjadkm at gmail com
- cell number: +91 9995 19 13 12
- Event schedule:
- Friday
- 10.00 AM - OpenStreetMap Introduction
- 11.00 AM - What is Mapping Party?
- 12.00 PM - How to?
- 01.00 PM - Break
- 02.00 PM - Survey Begins
- 06.00 PM - Getting back to the hut
- Saturday
- 10.00 AM - Rest of the Survey
- 02.00 PM - Back to hut for downloading and Mapping.
- Friday
- If you own a GPS or laptop computer, please bring it along.
- Weather: This event is rain or shine.
Requirements and Current Status
- Personal Computers and Networking
- Wireless LAN
- Internet, wired and wifi
- Overnight work permission
- Accommodation
- Tshirts
- Promotional materials
Who will be attending?
It's fun! It's free! You can help!
- Abhimanyu MA
- Afzal Moideen
- Amarnath
- Anish G Thomas
- Anthony Kunnel Jose
- Aravindhan Sundhar
- Arif Ahamed
- Arky
- Ashwin Menon
- Balaji Subramanian
- Bibin Mathew Joseph
- Fahad Pulikkal
- Greegar George
- Jaisen Nedumpala
- Jayalal Vijayan
- Jeffrey John Geevarghese
- Jemshid KK
- Junise Safvan
- Kartik Singhal
- Niju Mohan
- Nikhilesh Prasannakumar
- Nithin Gopinath
- Praveen A
- Saalim Jabir
- Sajjad KM
- Sharath
- Shehzad Abdulla
- TV Manu Krishnan
- Umesh Kartha
- Nitin Manohar
- Anup Vijayan
- Sanjay Saseendran
- Amit Pandey
- Jinto Jolly James
- S Venkateshwara Prakash (Kalasalingam University, T095004)
- Syed Suraj (Kalasalingam University,T095435)
T-Shirts! Hurry to grab your's!
Well, we have planned a few t-shirts for the event. Printing only less than 25. Grab your's now! Request it here, with your name and required size or email <gnuise [at] gmail.com> or <sajjadkm [at] gmail.com>
T-Shirts! Request List
Small
- Abhimanyu
- Manu
Medium
- Arky
- Jaisen Nedumpala
- Jeffrey John Geevarghese
- Jemshid
- Junise
- Kartik
- Niju Mohan
- Saalim Jabir
- Sajjad
Large
- Kishore
Extra Large
- Amarnath
- Hiran
- Praveen A
What all has been done
- WiFi will be enabled in the campus during the time.
- T Shirts cannot be said about
- Overnight work permission is ok
- Accomodation is strictly on first come first serve basis, so do register for tathva fast
- T- Shirts are being looked into
How should the map look like?
Well, as this is the first time we are conducting a mapping event, there are a lot things to be taken care of. An example of a similar campus map is http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=38.98774&lon=-76.94211&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF We should be trying to map the NIT-C campus with that much details.
Achievements & Learnings
- Two people should be at the venue since the previous day.
- Posters, Flex, publicity systems.
- To make others recognize that we are receptive and trying to help them.
- Venue should be easily reachable and recognizable.
- Tagging seems to be more attractive to the people as it gives them a closer view how to go into details. So the event should be planned in a way such that tagging and collecting data are done in a proper way.
- Proper plan to manage finance.
Blogs and Reports
(Malayalam)- Arky's Blog