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The OpenStreetMap community of West Bengal, along with FOSS Club Siliguri Government Polytechnic, invites everyone to its upcoming mapping party! Join us and...
Meet new people!
Explore new places!
Learn how to use and improve this community resource!
📱 No laptop needed, just bring a working Android or iOS phone!
🗓️ Date - Saturday, 13 of December
🕙 Time - 2:50 PM to 5:00 PM
📌 Location - Thana More, Jalpaiguri
What will we be doing?
00:00 to 00:10 - Meet the people
00:10 to 00:15 - New participants learn what OSM is and a simple way of using it.
* Returning participants learn new ways of using OSM.
00:15 to 00:25 - New participants learn to edit OSM
* Returning participants learn new ways of editing OSM.
00:25 to 02:00 - We split into teams (if there are >5 attendees), and each team is assigned an area to map.
02:00 to 02:05PM - We regroup (if split), and conclude the party.
02:05 onwards - We grab some food and drinks together!
We suggest bringing...
a smartphone (preferably Android)
a power bank
a charging cable
drinking water
friends and colleagues - the more the merrier 🙂
How do I learn about future mapping parties?
Glad you asked! We have a few different options.
Telegram
You can join OSM India Community on Telegram here, as well as the OSM West Bengal Community here.
Jabber/XMPP
If you're privacy conscious, Jabber/XMPP is just the right place for you! It's also a great place to meet other OpenStreetMap contributors and to learn from them, as well as getting informed about future mapping parties.
Install Quicksy (Play Store/App Store/F-Droid) or Prāv (Play Store/F-Droid), then click this link for OSM India - osm-in@conference.a3.pm, else this for OSM West Bengal
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