FreeMap India 2008



Mikel Maron & Schuyler ErleState of the MapJuly 13, 2008

A series of multi-day workshops in several India cities. Researchers, students, programmers, activists and members of the community are invited to participate, learn, and take stewardship of their city. These will be very practical, hands-on days, covering the entire toolset of OpenStreetMap and empowering participants to lead the growth of free and open mapping in India.

We will map India!

How It Came to Pass

Mumbai Free Map, 2005-

CollectiveResearch Initiatives Trust

we feel that communities can harness the power of new geo-spatial imaging and mapping technologies

to strengthen their demands for

secure tenure and housing rightsopen and vibrant public spaces and ecological conservation and sustainable development

in the mega-city.

Betwala Chawl

The Itinerary

Professor Jitendra Shah

Swapnil & KK, Binyas (former Indictrans)

Nagarjuna, FSF India

Kiran Jonnalagadda, aka Jace

Dinesh, Servalots

Gora Mahoraty, SARAI

Professor Rai, Guru Nanek Dev College

Indranil Das Gupta, FSF-West Bengal

Shekhar Krishnan

MIT/CRIT

India!

LOLCows! Moooove!

The Culture of Open

the culture of mapping and open source(OpenStreetMap by nature requires a great deal of personal initiative, theres nothing top down about it, from the technology to the process to its goals and aims. So theres also this feeling that were not just teaching about OpenStreetMap, but the entire culture and ethic of open source/open data and entreprenuership.) education kerala democratically elected communists first IT park highest literacy rate girls extremely sharp kerala, distinctions with GIS accuracy, community, reliability, and we made the point our tools are really about collaboration, relative ease of entry, and simply getting the job done. boom indictrans kids, auntie, cricket mumbai-pune .. "is that like bar camp" bangalore biz propositions yahoo kids intl

OpenStreetMap by nature requires a great deal of personal initiative, theres nothing top down about it, from the technology to the process to its goals and aims.

So theres also this feeling that were not just teaching about OpenStreetMap, but the entire culture and ethic of open source/open data and entrepreneurship.

the culture of mapping and open source(OpenStreetMap by nature requires a great deal of personal initiative, theres nothing top down about it, from the technology to the process to its goals and aims. So theres also this feeling that were not just teaching about OpenStreetMap, but the entire culture and ethic of open source/open data and entreprenuership.) education kerala democratically elected communists first IT park highest literacy rate girls extremely sharp kerala, distinctions with GIS accuracy, community, reliability, and we made the point our tools are really about collaboration, relative ease of entry, and simply getting the job done. boom indictrans kids, auntie, cricket mumbai-pune .. "is that like bar camp" bangalore biz propositions yahoo kids intl

Polished Framing

Certification

universally got it

first time GPS

We mapped

and talked

and mapped

and talked

and again and again and again

Language & Slang

Gender Equality?

Elitism?