Hello Joost,
Excellent suggestion and something that would indeed be very useful. On a lot
of ‘open’ topics, their is indeed low awareness amongst government officials so
a workshop like this would be very welcome. Not just for those government
officials, but also for volunteers and other working groups that use geodata.
The more I can promote diversity in open initiatives, the happier I am.
Does somebody have the time and spirit to propose a session?
Hosting a session means free access to the conference including food and drinks
for those wondering.
Kind regards,
Pieter-Jan
Pieter-Jan Pauwels
Community Coordinator, Open Knowledge Belgium
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> On 10 Nov 2015, at 13:20, joost schouppe <joost.schou...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Pieter-Jan and community,
>
> Where I think OSM and local government can help each other is probably more
> in them using our data than the other way around. For example, for simple
> webmaps a tool like Umap can help them to publish quick and cheap. On the
> other hand, the tools they develop would probably be of more use to the
> world, if they use OSM in stead of data silos. I'm think for example about
> the ability to crowdsource data within the Antwerp stadsplan, where people
> start collecting ATM's or pharmacy in a little data island. Or Gent's
> insistence on building a bicycle route planner that runs on just their data.
> (just two example I happen to know, I don't want to be pointing fingers)
> The win for us would of course be that data use (beyond simple rendered map
> backgrounds) drives more people toward mapping.
>
> So maybe a workshop where you get to play with some of the cooler OSM
> applications might be fun and useful.
>
> I can't do this by myself as I'll be jetlagged at the time of the event;
> flying back home from a trip the Saterday before.
> But if someone wants to do this together, yes please.
>
> Joost
>
> 2015-11-10 11:12 GMT+01:00 Pieter-Jan Pauwels <pieter-jan.pauw...@okfn.org
> <mailto:pieter-jan.pauw...@okfn.org>>:
> Hi everyone,
>
> My apologies for the slight off-topic. I’m organising the Open Belgium
> conference 2016, which will, or at least should be, completely community
> driven.
> Until 15 November 2015 everybody can suggest a session for the conference in
> Antwerp on the 29th of February 2015.
>
> I haven’t seen much OSM proposals, so I though this mailing list would have
> some members who might be interested in suggesting a session.
> You can propose a session on: http://bit.ly/1QftLZf <http://bit.ly/1QftLZf>
>
> You can suggest keynotes, workshops, a mapping party, a hackathon, panel, or
> any other format.
> And one tip: This year we’re focusing on local open data and are targeting
> local authorities to come and visit. Is there something they should know or
> can help you with? Let us know!
>
> And if you have questions about the conference or why we’re organising this,
> feel free to reply or email me directly.
>
> Have a great week!
>
> Kind regards,
> Pieter-Jan
>
> Pieter-Jan Pauwels
> Community Coordinator, Open Knowledge Belgium
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