<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi Stefan,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for your interest. A mapathon is a mapping party ('mapping marathon'). These are quite popular in London: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAcsCmvG2hs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAcsCmvG2hs</a> </div><div><br></div><div>A group gets together to work on mapping an area through the HOT Tasking Manager, and usually pizza is served :) </div><div><br></div><div>If these don't already, it would be great if these were a regular event in Austria. They are a good way to meet other people interested in GIS and OSM.</div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,</div><div><br></div><div>Faith </div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 25 Jan 2019 at 17:28, Stefan Tauner <<a href="mailto:stefan.tauner@gmx.at">stefan.tauner@gmx.at</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Wed, 23 Jan 2019 16:34:32 +0000<br>
Faith Taylor <<a href="mailto:faith.taylor@port.ac.uk" target="_blank">faith.taylor@port.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Hello OSM Austria,<br>
> <br>
> Myself and four colleagues are planning a mapathon at the European<br>
> Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna the week of the 8th-12th April<br>
> (exact date TBC).<br>
> <br>
> It would be wonderful if some of the OSM Austria team are able to help us<br>
> in this activity.<br>
> <br>
> Over 10,000 earth scientists attend the conference (although the number at<br>
> the mapathon will be less - maybe 100 - 200!). Some of them like us will be<br>
> experienced mappers, others will be quite new to this. We are very excited<br>
> that this is the first time a mapathon has taken place at the conference.<br>
<br>
Hi Faith,<br>
<br>
I probably won't attend or help out but I was still wondering if the<br>
mapathon has some kind of topic already or if it is more like a general<br>
OSM (introdcution) workshop. Knowing the general direction of the event<br>
might spark more interesting ;)<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner<br>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Dr Faith Taylor<div><br><div>Lecturer in Geographic Information Science </div><div>University of Portsmouth</div></div><div><br></div><div><a href="mailto:faith.taylor@port.ac.uk" target="_blank">faith.taylor@port.ac.uk</a></div><div>+44 (0)23 9284 2477</div><div><a href="https://twitter.com/faithatron?lang=en" target="_blank">@faithatron </a></div><div><br></div><div>Recent papers: </div><div>Dodman, D., Adelekan, I., Brown, D., Leck, H., Manda, M., Mberu, M., Pelling, M., Rusca, M., Satterthwaite, D., Taylor, FE (2018) 'A Spectrum of Methods for a Spectrum of Risk: Generating Evidence to Understand and Reduce Urban Risk in Sub-Saharan Africa' <i>Area</i>, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12510" style="color:rgb(0,82,116);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif,icomoon;font-size:14px" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12510</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Taylor, FE, Malamud, BD, Witt, A., Guzzetti, F. (2018) 'Landslide Ellipticity, Shape and Length to Width Ratio' <i>Earth Surface Processes and Landforms</i>. Free read-only version available here: <a href="http://em.rdcu.be/wf/click?upn=lMZy1lernSJ7apc5DgYM8bRf3hn7zaNsWCyl4n9oyIY-3D_jKM7w0C95uGRDpHNQQ-2BK7JFVtU-2FdjCHKtvHK6mBow-2FXb2wfJN4wdhxrPy1baJlvAu5-2F1VaKmsFjDOQcq8Phf1nUkrs2eqN3OAbNJ0T2cR05R22vKMgW1DMQwyNUs013vGj0gQdLfwhky8l8oY6WwDhiJClMw9JP-2BbW1MKfsQQyzskcWO8juBlrLdqcGiCC-2FW-2BS6ZvjvjO9iix6X-2FCAmfNzCHKaoPzrtfPNR5DdZF8595fsxkdJpCCOF6hPwobu5HJED0uZZaCXUoAVWx2wX2Fg-3D-3D" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:Calibri,Geneva,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:12px" target="_blank">https://rdcu.be/9BHa</a> </div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>