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Talk Beginner ODbL

How OpenStreetMap supports my weird lifestyle

Proposal status is Withdrawn
Session Description

We'll start with a brief introduction to the OpenStreetMap project.

I'll then talk about some of my interests and lifestyle choices (e.g. not buying packaged drinking water, to reduce plastic waste) and how contributing to OpenStreetMap supports those interests and choices (e.g. by adding drinking water dispensers to OpenStreetMap).

We hope to inspire participants to discover similar avenues where OpenStreetMap can help them in their daily lives, so they may take up using OSM and contributing to it.

We'll conclude by sharing some resources -

  1. OSM-based navigation applications for end-users,

  2. simple editing applications for contributors,

  3. resources for developers to use OSM in their own projects,

  4. ways to join the Indian OSM community and participate in its events.

References

Session Categories

Introducing a FOSS project or a new version of a popular project
Tutorial about using a FOSS project
Contributing to FOSS
Knowledge Commons (Open Hardware, Open Science, Open Data etc.)
Talk License: ODbL

Speakers

contrapunctus
contrapunctus Software Freedom Activist and OpenStreetMap Surveyor | Free Software Community of India

Kashish (she/her) a.k.a. contrapunctus is a software freedom activist and OpenStreetMap surveyor.

She has been an OpenStreetMap contributor since 2016, motivated by the desire to improve swatantra software ("FOSS") and protect privacy. She regularly hosts OSM workshops in Delhi and wherever else she happens to go.

She enjoys writing swatantra software, especially using the Lisp family of languages.