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

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.

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