[ddj] Mapping event in Baltimore

Wed Apr 30 15:02:15 UTC 2014

Hi Patrick,

I’m in the Baltimore region and would love to help out.  I also have a friend who is a bit of a local historian/photographer who would like to join the effort as well.  Please let me know if there is anything you need!

Chad

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Chad Smith
Information Application Developer
Program Management Office

410.338.4317
Space Telescope Science Institute
3700 San Martin Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218

From: Patrick Maynard <patrickmaynard.bs at gmail.com<mailto:patrickmaynard.bs at gmail.com>>
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Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 2:32 PM
To: "List about Data Driven Journalism and Open Data in Journalism." <data-driven-journalism at lists.okfn.org<mailto:data-driven-journalism at lists.okfn.org>>
Subject: [ddj] Mapping event in Baltimore

Apologies for the cross post, but I thought this might interest some users in areas near Maryland.

After trying to convert a couple of projects to use OpenStreetMap data, I realized that Baltimore is a bit behind some of the surrounding metros in OSM detail.

In hopes of changing that, I'm tentatively planning a mapping party for Saturday, July 12, starting in or near Patterson Park, depending on weather and interest from the community.

This was originally going to be a bar crawl, but then I realized that it probably wasn't smart to have a bunch of random people drunkenly stumbling around the less-documented parts of Baltimore. So think of it as more of a picnic. (This is also a good time to mention that this event is in no way affiliated with my employer -- it's just for fun.)

The OSM editing software is super simple, so even if you don't have any mapping experience, I'd love to have you here. (It's even more of a bonus if you get some people with GIS and/or programming experience, but it's by no means vital.) If you're interested, drop me a line, and I'll give you more details as the date approaches.

Please feel free to pass this along to others. I'm at patrickmaynard.bs at gmail.com<mailto:patrickmaynard.bs at gmail.com>.

-- Patrick
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