Hey everyone, Just a reminder about this upcoming OSM conference. I won't personally be there this year, but last year's in Portland was fantastic and I wish my schedule allowed me to attend this year as well.
In just nine days 350+ users and contributors to OpenStreetMap will meet in San Francisco for the annual State of the Map US <http://stateofthemap.us/> conference. This will be the largest event to date in the nine year history of what has become the world's largest open source map. OpenStreetMap<http://www.openstreetmap.org/> leverages the power of crowdsourced collaboration to build a free and editable map of the world that in a growing number of areas competes with commercial map providers. The project's recent growth makes this year's conference particularly interesting. In January OpenStreetMap passed the one million registered user threshold<http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/01/openstreetmap-reaches-1-million-users-will-rival-google-maps-in-2-years.php> - and this was just a little over a year since it passed the 500,000 user mark. Every week the project adds 1,000+ new mappers<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Stats>, and this number is increasing with the addition of new tools that make it easier to contribute to the map<http://mashable.com/2013/05/07/openstreetmap/> . We invite you to join us for State of the Map US to learn about how to use OpenStreetMap and discuss its future. The packed schedule<http://stateofthemap.us/saturday.html> will feature experts talking about how they use OpenStreetMap in disaster response, national parks management, navigation services, app development, and higher education. Training workshops will be available on the Friday before the conference for all skill levels. The weekend will wrap up with two hands-on sprint days where people will dive into the code and documentation and work on improving certain features within OpenStreetMap. And of course there will be parties. Register now at stateofthemap.us before tickets sell out. Any questions or inquiries about student discounts can be directed to [email protected] . -- AJ Ashton
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