Attending On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Prabhas Pokharel < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hello FOSSians, > > We will be conducting our first hands-on mapping party open to the public > for those who are interested in helping in creating a better map for Nepal. > The only requirement will be to have either a laptop or an android-enabled > smartphone. You will need no prior knowledge of OSM* and by the end of the > day we will have a much improved map of the community! Please forward this > to interested people as well. > > * OSM = OpenStreetMap is the world's freely editable mapping platform that > is one > of the biggest pieces of open data online, and facilitates many open > source projects. > > Date and Time: Saturday, September 29, 2012, 9:00 am until 4:00 pm > Venue: YoungInnovations Pvt. Limited, Ekantakuna, Lalitpur > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?minlon=85.3124389648438&minlat=27.6693248748779&maxlon=85.3127212524414&maxlat=27.6694736480713 > > > Agenda for the Day: > Morning activities will include introduction to OSM, Map Kathmandu Project > and collecting field data. Then we will break for lunch, refreshments will > be provided by Adyota. In the afternoon we will focus on uploading the > field collected data in OSM with hands on training on JOSM. Finally we will > wrap the day with group discussions and opportunities to be involved in > collaborative mapping. > > Please RSVP by Thursday. You can either join our facebook > group<https://www.facebook.com/groups/mapkathmandu/> > and accept the invitation< > https://www.facebook.com/events/243125759142893/> or > you can simply reply to this email confirming your attendance. > > Contact person if you have any event specific questions: Bimal Maharjan > (Phone: 9849958666) > > Thanks, > MapKathmandu Team > [email protected] > > > -- > Prabhas Pokharel > http://twitter.com/prabhasp > US mobile: +1 347 948 7654 > skype/facebook/whatever: prabhasp > > -- > FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > Mailing List Guidelines: > http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines > Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ > -- With Regards, Everest K.C. BE Computer Engineering Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk Campus URL: http://www.everestkc.com.np -- FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] Mailing List Guidelines: http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/
