Maptime

First meeting a success

Around the table from left: Ryan McAdler, Beej Jorgensen, John Barry, Andy Zeigert and Colleen Miller. Not pictured is Alex Friant, who took the picture.

The inaugaral Maptime Bend meeting was a success! Below is a rundown of the event.

Minutes for Oct. 16, 2014, 6 p.m.

###Location McMenamins Old St. Francis School main pub, “Smoke Room.”

###Attending

  • Andy Zeigert
  • Ryan McAdler
  • Alex Friant
  • Beej Jorgensen
  • Colleen Miller
  • John Barry

###Notes

Introductions were made, and everyone said who they were and what their interest in #maptime was.

Quickly moved into a discussion of cool tools and possible collaborative projects.

One project that everyone agreed would be fun to work on together was a trail map repository and website, both hiking and mountain biking.

Friant mentioned CodeOregon.com as a great resource for learning basic front-end development tools.

Discussed Trello group and invited new participants for planning future meetings.

Discussed ideas for future meeting topics, including:

  • OpenStreetMap basics
  • CartoDB basics
  • QGIS basics

Presenting #maptime at quarterly COGIS meeting was also proposed.

Meeting adjourned around 8:30 p.m.