Beyond Boston's olpcMAP Sprint / Summit itself (previewed below,
beautifying the 2-month old http://olpcMAP.net built entirely by
volunteers) also watch for:
* How to Mash Up olpcMAP(s) into Your Own site/app
* Integrating OLPC/Sugarservice learning volunteers into Your Own
community
* 20-30 confirmed participants (RSVP required) from around the US
and beyond: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OlpcMAP#Attendees
* Connecting with the actual OLPC/Sugar volunteers who coordinate
in over 50 countries, each doing "God's Work" in their own way
* Deployments' facts+photos you've never seen, and how CMU Nick
Doiron created this map now unleashing them
* New API & Data Model evolving:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OlpcMAP/data-api
* Web 2.0 interfaces emerging: http://olpcMAP.net/community
* Marina Dzobnova's professional survey asking deployments,
children, parents and teachers how THEY want themselves & their schools
visually getting to know each others' accomplishments, on http://olpcMAP.net
Subject: OLPC hosting global mapmaking event
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 00:38:48 -0800 (PST)
From: Nick Doiron <ndoi...@andrew.cmu.edu>
To: CrisisCampBoston <crisiscamp-bos...@googlegroups.com>
One Laptop Per Child's office in Cambridge is hosting an olpcMAP
Sprint / Summit from December 27th-31st.
[http://saigonolpc.wordpress.com ]
[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/olpcMAP ]
Topics will include:
* Digital mapping with the OLPC laptop, including offline maps
platform supporting GeoRSS and KML (formats of Ushahidi and Google
Earth)http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Ndoiron/OfflineMap
* Use ofhttp://olpcMAP.net to map and network schools which use OLPC
laptops and the Sugar operating system. The website and the laptops'
software are free and open source.
* Using the online map as a medium for photos, storytelling, and
updates from local communities around the world
OLPC has shipped two million laptops to schools around the world,
including Haiti, Afghanistan, and other crisis-stricken regions.
Educating students about the power of mapmaking and creating a
communications / content portal serve the long-term interests of
CrisisCommons. There has also been discussion of adults using the
laptops to run Ushahidi and Sahana on a low-cost, low-power, and
resilient system.
Please RSVP if you would like to attend part of our map sprint.
Content-creation is going to be a major focus of December 28-29
events, so it would be great if some of the crisis mapping community
could be there.
Regards,
Nick Doiron
Civil Engineering Class of 2011
Carnegie Mellon University
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