[Osmf-talk] SOTM Baltics in August - early bird closing soon

[Jaak Laineste (Nutiteq)]

First ever "SOTM Baltics" will happen in Tartu, Estonia in August, 3.- 4., this year. There are many good reasons to come, also when you are not from the Baltics region (what we define here as Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Finland), including:

1. This is the only way you can claim that you have visited all the SOTM events (including unofficial ones).

2. August is the best time to visit Estonia, the country you probably never visited before. 

3. It has probably the cheapest SOTM ticket ever -  10 EUR only.

4. Estonia is well known to have the prettiest girls (and boys) in the world. Ok, maybe Latvia, Lithuania or Russia claim something similar, but hey - they will be also there. Only problem with the girls here is that they tend to marry foreigners.

5. You can find new places to be mapped, with a lot of reference data which enables remote mapping.

6. How come Russians are mapping Baltics (at least Estonia) more actively than Germans ?

7. All the great Nordic capitals are nearby: Stockholm ->boat-> Helsinki ->fast boat-> Tallinn ->bus/train-> Tartu (SOTM) --> bus --> Riga and/or St. Petersburg. All within few hours trip over land or sea. Even visa-free 72-hour trip is possible from Tallinn to St. Petersburg (http://goo.gl/j8cCP)

8. Henk has already signed up.

Info and registration: http://www.sotm-baltics.org

p.s.  Early Bird registration ends soon - already this Sunday (9.06)

Jaak