OpenStreetMap and the Ada Initiative
by Alan
At Maptime we love OpenStreetMap. It is an amazing project where average people around the world can participate in mapping the world around them. But, like most open source projects, it has a serious problem with diversity. That’s one of the reasons we started Maptime: to open the doors of map-making to all kinds of people, including women, minorities, and other groups who have traditionally been underrepresented in the world of map-making.
The Ada Initiative is a group with a similar mission: to support women in open technology and culture. Maptime loves Ada, too, and we hope to foster more connections between OpenStreetMap and Ada.
Right now the Ada Initiative is raising money to fund their work for the next year. Thanks to Kathleen Danielson, there is now an OpenStreetMap campaign to donate to Ada before their fundraising deadline on October 8th.
To donate to the #osm4ada campaign, click here.
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MaptimePDX turns 1!
Congrats to MaptimePDX on its first birthday! Awww…
Maptime Null Island Party
We just hit 30 (THIRTY!!!) meetup groups around the world, so we figured it was time for a party! Come join us as we celebrate the growth of our organization, the first birthday of Maptime Null Island (with t-shirts), and the awesome community we’re creating. Your first drink is on us! See you there!
Good times were had.
Maptime at FOSS4G!
by Lyzi Diamond
FOSS4G is just a week away, and we at MaptimeHQ are gearing up! We’re extremely excited for the conference, not least of all due to the massive amount of participation from Maptimers around the world. (And perhaps the births of a few new chapters?) Here’s a list of everything we have going on at FOSS4G:
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Self-Organizing New Media Communities - A Discussion from Code+Ed
by Beth Schechter and Sands Fish
At Maptime Oakland last Wednesday, Lyzi presented a workshop about how to create tutorials for Maptime and beyond. After a brief (and wonderful) presentation covering some key components for success – like including term definitions and defining audience – she had people break into groups and co-create their own tutorials around topics of interest, like color theory for maps and basic CartoDB. As everyone was packing up, someone proposed an idea: to create a Maptime tutorial devoted to organizing people around a topic they would like to learn.
