Aug 26 NewTLUG meeting: Introduction to OpenStreetMap (reminder)

[Herb Richter]

This month's NewTLUG meeting will be held
at Seneca College on the YorkU campus
Room S1208 Stephen E. Quinlan building


Date:

Tues Aug 26

Time:

7 - 10pm


Presenter:

Richard Weait <richard-gNTHUr35LhcAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> is a regular at KwLUG and
co-founder of the Ontario Linux Fest.


Topics:

"OpenStreetMap creates and provides free geographic data such as street
maps to anyone who wants them. The project was started because most maps
you think of as free actually have legal or technical restrictions on
their use, holding back people from using them in creative, productive,
or unexpected ways."

The presenter will discuss maps in general and established on-line maps
in particular.  Current frame-breaking uses of OpenStreetMap will be
demonstrated along with tools from each portion of the OSM tool chain so
that you can begin using OSM right away.  Lively discussion of the State
of the Map and Crowd Source data will ensue and a good time will be had
by all.  You'll laugh; you'll cry; it will be better than Cats.


Richard has old slide deck for Introduction to OpenStreetMap, at:
	http://weait.com/node/23
The new presentation is greatly expanded.

also, some of us plan to go to Tim Horton's on Keele St (just north of
Pond Rd) for some apres-meet discussion/debate/IT-world-problem-solving,
so if you can't make the 1st meeting come to the 2nd.


Location:

Room S1208 Stephen E. Quinlan building (SEQ) - Seneca at York
Building number 40 on the map:
http://www.yorku.ca/web/futurestudents/map/KeeleMasterMap.pdf
The Seneca at York Campus, which is physically located in the
south east part of York University, at Keele/Steeles.


Directions:

For detailed directions and info on public transit, please
see: http://cs.senecac.on.ca/~praveen.mitera/seneca-directions.html


Parking:

Paid parking is available on campus (about: $8).
Building #84 on the map above is a close-by parking
garage. - note #87 the parking lot is no longer for
visitors so PLEASE use the parking garage (#84)


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