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Workshop Beginner

Introduction to using and improving OpenStreetMap

Approved
Session Description

We recommend bringing a laptop, a mouse, and a smartphone for this session.

Participants will learn in brief about -

  1. What OpenStreetMap is and why it is important

  2. Organic Maps, OsmAnd, and osmapp.org - freedom-respecting apps which use OpenStreetMap data and provide replacements for apps like Google Maps;

  3. StreetComplete, a gamified and freedom-respecting OpenStreetMap editor.

Finally, participants will learn to use iD, the browser-based OpenStreetMap editor, to make basic edits from their laptops.

References

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/

Session Categories

Tutorial about using a FOSS project
Knowledge Commons (Open Hardware, Open Science, Open Data etc.)
Introducing a FOSS project or a new version of a popular project

Speakers

Kashish (contrapunctus)
OpenStreetMap contributor and community organizer | OpenStreetMap Delhi

Kashish is a musician who has been an OpenStreetMap contributor since 2016, motivated by the desire to improve free software and privacy. He regularly hosts OSM workshops and designs OSM awareness material.

 https://en.osm.town/@contrapunctus
Kashish (contrapunctus)

Reviews

This is a very practical way anyone can contribute to opensource and impact their own community buy making navigating and finding information more reliable
Reviewer #1 Approved
Reviewer #2 Approved