> INVITATION > Mapping Weekend > Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th May, 2006 > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Mapchester > > ++++++++ > ** When bands like the Happy Mondays stalked the > Hacienda, Manchester > was dubbed 'Madchester'; now, a new generation of > phreaks are in > town, renaming the city 'Mapchester', showing that it > isn't just > music that puts the city on the map. ** > ++++++++ > > Mapchester is a collaborative 'wikimap' project, > generated and > maintained by users in the same way as Wikipedia. It > kicks off with a > Mapping Weekend, when Manchester is mapped in a > weekend! A number of > spin off projects will then take place during the > Futuresonic > festival, 20-23 July 2006 under the Mapchester banner, > and the data > generated will be used in a test-case festival guide. > > Mapchester will generate a new kind map of Manchester > - produced by > collective, community effort that will be completely > copyright-free. > Mapchester was first proposed at the PLAN workshop > (http://www.open- > plan.org), as a test-case for how a city could be > mapped and a guide > for a festival created on collaborative and open > principles. > > Mapping Weekend invitation: We are seeking map hackers > and citizen > cartographers to participate in mapping the city for > free. Our goal > is to bring together as wide an array of different > people who are > interested in mapping and get them to walk / cycle / > drive / bus / > train / skate / etc / along city streets recording GPS > tracks and > noting down road names. These tracks will then be put > online in the > OpenStreetMap database and edited into map features. > We hope that > collectively people will work to completely map whole > quarters of the > city over the weekend. > > Please spread the word about Mapchester and forward > this invitation > to come and map Manchester to other people who might > be interested. > > Getting involved: > > |||| How: Just come along and choose an area of > central Manchester to > map. Head out with a GPS device (Global Positioning > System, which > monitors signals from satellites to record location) > and notepad to > record street names and other notable features. You > can map for the > whole day or just for a few hours. No prior mapping > experience needed > - intro briefings and equipment training will be > provided. > |||| When: Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th May, 2006. > Welcome briefings > held at 10am and 2pm both days. > |||| Where: Mapchester HQ, Lower Ground Floor, 117-119 > Portland > Street, Manchester M1 6ED, see > http://manchesterdda.com/article/12/ . > (The space has been generously provided by the > Manchester Digital > Development Agency and they are also helping in > signing people up to > take part.) > |||| Registering: if you are interested in > participating please send > an email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call Jo > Blackwell on tele: > 0161 255 8111. (Please indicate on what days you want > to participate > and whether you have your own GPS / laptop.) > |||| Refreshments: Drinks and a sandwich lunch will be > provided for > participants. > |||| What to bring: If you have it please bring your > own mapping > equipment (GPS, laptop, camera, notepad + pencil, > etc). If you don't > have a GPS receiver, don't worry, there will be a > number of extra > units available on each day. If you have never used a > GPS receiver, > don't worry either, hands on training will be > provided. > |||| Further questions: please contact Martin Dodge > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). > > > Some background: > > Mapchester is an experiment in 'citizen cartography' > that we hope > will make a significant contribution to wider efforts > in so-called > 'open-source' mapping. This an emerging and rapidly > growing > cartographic activity, driven in part by technology > (cheap GPS > equipment and online collaboration tools, like > OpenStreetMap.org), > but also by a very different ethos to knowledge > production. Under > open-source models the right of authorship are > de-centred and the > ownership of knowledge is seen as a common resource > that can be > distributed and re-used without restriction or > license. As such > 'opening' up mapmaking has real potential to empower > people to create > their own knowledge and encourages re-use of > cartographic resources > in novel, creative ways. > > The map data produced for central Manchester will > contribute to > OpenStreetMap.org, one of the leading projects in the > open-source > mapping field. Currently, OpenStreetMap has mapped > 25,000 kilometres > of roads in the UK, including all motorways. However, > thus far the > majority of this data is for London and Birmingham and > many other > major cities are hardly mapped at all. It is hoped > that an intensive > effort to build a map of the whole of a city in a > weekend will > inspire others and be important to build momentum > across the country. > > All the map data generated for Mapchester will be free > to view, edit > and use via the OpenStreetMap platform. An editable > map will also be > created and used as a test-case festival guide for the > Futuresonic > International Festival, held in Manchester 20-23 July > 2006. > > > Mapchester mapping weekend is supported by: > > |||| Future Everything / Futuresonic International > Festival > (http://www.futureeverything.org/) > |||| University of Manchester, School of Environment > and Development > (http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/geography/) > |||| Manchester Geographical Society > (http://www.mangeogsoc.org.uk/) > |||| Manchester Digital Development Agency (http:// > www.manchesterdda.com/) > > Mapchester organising committee: > > Steve Coast (OpenStreetMap.org); Drew Hemment (Future > Everything); > Mick Lockwood (Salford University); Martin Dodge & > Chris Perkins > (Geography, University of Manchester). > > Thanks to: > > Mikel Maron (WorldKIT), Libby Miller (FOAF), Ben > Russell (PLAN), > Steve Benford (Mixedreality Lab) and all others > supporting this > project. > > Please spread the word about Mapchester and forward > this invitation > to come and map Manchester to other people who might > be interested. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? 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