<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><div class="eventPageHead gmail-stripe" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border-top:1px solid rgba(46,62,72,0.12);margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(46,62,72,0.12);color:rgb(46,62,72);font-family:"Graphik Meetup",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail-bounds gmail-bounds--wide" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;max-width:1100px;width:1100px"><div class="gmail-pageHead--wrapper" style=""><div class="gmail-pageHead" style="margin:24px 20px"><div class="gmail-flex gmail-flex--column gmail-atMedium_flex--row gmail-flex--alignTop gmail-pageHead-pageTitle" style="display:flex;box-sizing:border-box;height:auto"><div class="gmail-flex-item gmail-flex-item--2 gmail-pageHead--titleArea" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-width:0px;width:auto"><h1 class="gmail-pageHead-headline gmail-text--pageTitle" style="margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;line-height:1.1"><font size="2">Anyone interested in going with me to the Maptime Meeting on 3/20?</font></h1><h1 class="gmail-pageHead-headline gmail-text--pageTitle" style="margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;line-height:1.1"><font size="2"> I usually drive from Bedford to Alewife and take the subway. Pizza is usually provided.</font></h1><div><font size="2">Alan</font></div><h1 class="gmail-pageHead-headline gmail-text--pageTitle" style="font-size:32px;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;line-height:1.1"><br></h1><h1 class="gmail-pageHead-headline gmail-text--pageTitle" style="font-size:32px;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;line-height:1.1">Crossing the Bridges (and Tunnels) of Mapping Tools</h1><div class="gmail-flex gmail-flex--row gmail-flex--alignCenter event-info-hosts gmail-text--small" style="font-size:14px;display:flex;box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.6"><div class="gmail-flex-item gmail-flex-item--shrink" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-width:0px;padding-left:0px;width:auto"><a class="gmail-avatar gmail-avatar--person" href="https://www.meetup.com/Maptime-Boston/events/259426732/attendees/" style="display:inline-block;color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;background-color:rgb(228,233,237);background-position:50% 50%;font-size:0px;text-indent:100%;vertical-align:middle;white-space:nowrap;border-radius:999px;box-sizing:border-box;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;background-image:url("https://secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/member/a/6/9/c/thumb_203562652.jpeg")"><span class="gmail-visibility--a11yHide" style="display:inline;border:0px;height:1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0px;width:1px">Andy W.</span></a></div><div class="gmail-flex-item event-info-hosts-text gmail-text--secondary gmail-text--small gmail-valign--middle gmail-wrap--singleLine--truncate" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-width:0px;width:auto;color:rgba(46,62,72,0.6);line-height:1.6;vertical-align:middle;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Maptime-Boston/events/259426732/attendees/" style="display:inline;color:inherit;text-decoration-line:none"><span class="gmail-text--secondary gmail-text--small" style="display:inline;line-height:1.6">Hosted by <span class="gmail-link" style="display:inline;color:rgb(0,162,199)">Andy W. and 3 others</span></span></a><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Maptime-Boston/" style="display:inline;color:inherit;text-decoration-line:none"><p class="gmail-text--secondary gmail-text--small gmail-wrap--singleLine--truncate" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.6;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis">From <span class="event-info-group--groupName gmail-link" style="display:inline;color:rgb(0,162,199)">Maptime Boston</span></p></a><span class="gmail-groupPrivacyLabelTooltip gmail-text--secondary gmail-text--small" style="display:inline;line-height:1.6"><div><span class="gmail-infoToggle-label" style="display:inline-block">Public group</span><div class="gmail-popup" style="display:inline-block"><div class="gmail-popup-trigger" style="display:inline"><button class="gmail-button gmail-button--reset" type="button" style="display:inline-flex;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border-width:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(46,62,72);border-radius:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:middle"><span class="gmail-infoToggle-trigger gmail-align--center" style="display:inline;border-radius:50%;font-size:10px;height:15px;width:15px">?</span></button></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="eventHomeHeaderSticky gmail-stickyHeader gmail-sticky--top" style="font-size:16px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;backgroun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div class="eventTimeDisplay eventDateTime--hover"><span class="eventTimeDisplay-startDate" style="display:inline">Wednesday, March 20, 2019<br><span class="eventTimeDisplay-startDate-time" style="display:inline">7:00 PM</span></span><span class="eventTimeDisplay-endDate" style="display:inline"> to <span class="eventTimeDisplay-endDate-partialTime" style="display:inline">9:00 PM</span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-flex gmail-flex--row" style="display:flex;box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-flex-item gmail-flex-item--shrink gmail-text--secondary" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-width:0px;padding-left:0px;width:auto;color:rgba(46,62,72,0.6)"><span class="gmail-svg gmail-svg--location-pin" style="display:inline-block"></span></div><div class="gmail-flex-item" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-width:0px;width:auto"><div class="gmail-chunk"><p class="gmail-venueDisplay gmail-venueDisplay-venue-noVenue" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Needs a location</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-flex-item gmail-flex-item--2 eventContent" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-width:0px;padding-left:0px;width:auto"><div class="gmail-chunk event-description--wrapper"><h2 class="gmail-text--sectionTitle gmail-text--bold gmail-padding--bottom" style="font-size:20px;margin:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-left:0px;line-height:1.45;font-weight:500">Details</h2><div class="event-description gmail-runningText" style="line-height:1.8;overflow:hidden"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;max-width:40em;word-break:break-word">Nearly every meeting at Maptime we go deep thinking about maps in a single medium. Rather than focusing on one particular tool, this month Maptime Boston regular Thad Kerosky will guide us in using the universal languages of terrestrial geography and flat "geometry" to move from tool to tool and produce a final product with the "best" creative tool for the job at each step.<br><br>We will:<br>* collect data in physical meetup space on paper (bring a marker or thick pen if you can),<br>* quickly trace it back into digital geo-data,<br>* join it with OpenStreetMap data,<br>* prepare our geodata layers in an interactive GIS tool,<br>* and export it to SVG format to combine with other line art and finishing tweaks.<br><br>Bring a laptop with your favorite tools and try to have Inkscape and QGIS installed if you don't already. ArcGIS, Sketch, and Illustrator could also be used. Don't worry if you can't use any of those: we'll have web-only options as well.<br><br>We might chat about some other eclectically divergent workflows from shaking data out of its basic context if time permits (e.g. hillshades in Blender, or remixed population geo-data).<br><br>Websites we'll use:<br><a class="gmail-link" href="https://mapbox.com/studio" title="https://mapbox.com/studio" style="display:inline;color:rgb(0,162,199);text-decoration-line:none">https://mapbox.com/studio</a><br><a class="gmail-link" href="https://fieldpapers-mapboxstudio-proxy.herokuapp.com/" title="https://fieldpapers-mapboxstudio-proxy.herokuapp.com/" style="display:inline;color:rgb(0,162,199);text-decoration-line:none">https://fieldpapers-mapboxstudio-proxy.herokuapp.com/</a><br><a class="gmail-link" href="https://fieldpapers.org/" title="https://fieldpapers.org" style="display:inline;color:rgb(0,162,199);text-decoration-line:none">https://fieldpapers.org</a><br><a class="gmail-link" href="https://mapshaper.org/" title="https://mapshaper.org" style="display:inline;color:rgb(0,162,199);text-decoration-line:none">https://mapshaper.org</a><br><br>---------------------<br><br>Maptime is, rather literally, time for mapmaking. Our mission is to open the doors of cartographic possibility to anyone interested by creating a time and space for collaborative learning, exploration, and map creation using mapping tools and technologies.<br><br>This open learning environment for all levels and degrees of knowledge offers intentional support for the beginner. Maptime is simultaneously flexible and structured, creating space for workshops, ongoing projects with a shared goal, and independent/collaborative work time.<br><br>Inspiration for Maptime comes from both hack nights and knitting circles. Both are models of spaces for people to create and learn together. Our goal is to provide this space with an open heart and without pretension. You can bring your own projects to work on, or just hang out and socialize or ask questions. Some people are experts, and some people are just getting started, but all of us are learning, so why not do it together?<br><br>Maptime is hands-on, so don't forget to bring your laptop!</p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div>