Tag: Mapathon
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A Monitoring Tool for OpenStreetMap Mapathons in Python
In the last couple of weeks disastermappers Heidelberg and GIScience members were interested in finding a way to monitor changes in the OpenStreetMap database. This could help to provide better feedback after mapathons and could allow to measure how many objects like buildings or roads were created or modified during a mapathon. (It was even…
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Mapping Sokodé – OSM Mapathon as Remote Support to enable local development
This Wednesday June 08 students of the “Citizens as sensors” seminar will organize a mapping event to support local development in Sokodé (Togo) at the Department of Geography Heidelberg University. Thereby they want to add to previously successful mapping events organized by students, the disastermappers HD and GIScience HD in Heidelberg. For many places in…
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OSM Mapathon for Regional Planning in Togo at GIScience HD on June 8th
Save the date: On Wednesday June 08 it’s time again to start a OSM mapping event at the Department of Geography Heidelberg University. We want to continue this semester adding to previously successful mapping events organized by students, the disastermappers HD and GIScience HD in Heidelberg. For many places in the world there are no…
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AGILE Workshop – Digital Earth: What the hack?
On June 3, 2014, we organised a pre-conference one-day workshop titled Digital Earth: What the hack? in Castellon de La Plana, under the auspices of the International Society of Digital Earth (http://www.digitalearth-isde.org/) and 7th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science – Connecting a Digital Europe through Location and Place (http://www.agile-online.org/). Hackathons and mapathons are revolutionising…
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Impressions from Friday’s Mapping Brunch
Our second Map-a-thon in support of the HOT activation for the Philippines was held on Friday. In a friendly and relaxed atmosphere, ~30 mappers attended the event. The department provided ample amounts of food and refreshments, many thanks to Svend and the Fachschaft for organizing/providing the cutlery, cooking plate and other equipment. A general introduction…
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Impressions and results from Haiyan Crisis Mapathon at Heidelberg University
UPDATE: An additional Mapathon will take place on Friday 22nd 2013 from 11.00 onwards in the lecture hall of the Department of Geography, Berliner Str. 48, Heidelberg University. CrisisMapping by volunteers is on the rise and and an more and more important contribution to professional disaster management. This has also been confirmed within our conference…
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Uni Heidelberg “OSM Mapathon” for Typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan: Thursday afternoon, November 14th 2013
UPDATE: First Impressions from the Mapathon Thursday 14th can be found here. UPDATE2: An additional Mapathon will take place on Friday 22nd 2013 in the lecture hall of the Department of Geography, Berliner Str. 48, Heidelberg University. In order to to support the crisis mappers with better geographic information and maps for the regions affected…