[OHM] State of the Map 2013 Update

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I'll see if I can get the correct start & stop times on the videos & paste
those URLs into the programme on Lanyrd. I'll then provide slihgtly more
accessible links.

The availability of rectified historical maps on Android apps in Japan was
a complete eye-opener for me. See slides at http://mcaf.ee/g41aq. I liked
this talk because it showed (probably better than I did) that mapping for
today and for yesterday are a seamless continuum.

Jerry


On 12 September 2013 11:59, Tim Waters <chippy2005 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> just thought I'd update you all on the recent 2013 State of the Map
> Conference in Birmingham now the videos are being uploaded.
>
> David Evans did a great OHM talk: http://lanyrd.com/2013/sotm/scphdh/
> Video: starts around 2hrs 38mins :
>  http://citizen.civico.net/openstreetmapfoundation/stateofthemap/1138
>
> Susanna Annas did a talk on the Wikimaps project:
> http://lanyrd.com/2013/sotm/scphgd/
> Video:
> http://citizen.civico.net/openstreetmapfoundation/stateofthemap/1138
> 3hrs 54mins
>
> There were also some other presentations (I missed these) which had some
> historical content, including one about finding a lost river in Japan. If
> you came across other highlights do share!
>
> We had a very short shared BoF of wikimaps and OHM which was attended by
> mainly interested and curious mappers. I filled in folks about OHM project
> and Susanna about wikimaps, but I don't think there was much to report,
> more a case of chatting with folks who wanted to know more.
>
> During the Code Day following the main conference we were able to do some
> brainstorming, and I helped guide some folks with the rectification of out
> of copyright Irish town lands maps which are going up on mapwarper.net.
>
> In general, for me the theme of the conference is increasing diversity and
> widening audiences, and I believe that OHM taps into interested communities
> of historians, genealogists etc.
>
> Cheers, and hope to catch up at foss4g if folks are coming!
>
> Tim
>
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