Workshop Beginner

Using and improving OpenStreetMap (Mobile/Outdoor)

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Session Description

Participants will learn in brief about -

What OpenStreetMap is, and why it is important; (10 minutes)
Organic Maps, OsmAnd, and OsmAPP.org - freedom-respecting apps which use OpenStreetMap data and provide replacements for apps like Google Maps; (10 minutes)
MapComplete.org, a freedom-respecting web app to view and edit OpenStreetMap data from your mobile or desktop. It also allows you to contribute photos to Panoramax, and ratings and reviews to Mangrove Reviews. (10 minutes)

Next, participants will learn to edit with a mobile OSM editor - Vespucci for Android, and Go Map!! for iOS. (10 minutes)

We will then split up into teams (5 minutes) and map the nearby areas (30-60 minutes), then regroup and conclude the workshop. (5-10 minutes)

References

https://welcome.openstreetmap.org/

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/

https://organicmaps.app/

https://osmand.net/

https://osmapp.org

https://mapcomplete.org/

https://vespucci.io/

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Go_Map!!

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.)

Which track are you applying for?

Main track

Speakers

Kashish (contrapunctus) OpenStreetMap contributor | OpenStreetMap Delhi

Kashish is a musician and software freedom advocate. They have been an OpenStreetMap contributor since 2016, motivated by the desire to improve freedom-respecting software ("FOSS") and privacy. They regularly host OpenStreetMap workshops, and have conducted professional OSM surveys for Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders).

https://fe.disroot.org/@contrapunctus