http://www.stateofthemap.org The second international OpenStreetMap conference - Limerick, Ireland 12-13 July 2008 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:14:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When OSMer Gervase Markham heard the news from Google's Ed Parsons about their mapping activities in the Carribean he had an idea. Why let Google users have all the fun mapping Carribean islands?  Why not send OSMers out to remote and exotic islands to map them and evangelise about OSM?  Gervase ... http://www.stateofthemap.org/2008/07/13/map-the-carribean-with-osm/ Here's the plan for Saturday night at SOTM: 17:00 - 20:00 Socialising and catch up time in the bar of the Kilmurry.  The speakers room and lobby areas will be available for ad hoc discussions - but the bar is where the action will be. 20:00 - 22:00 BBQ Time!  There'll be ... http://www.stateofthemap.org/2008/07/12/saturday-night-bbq-and-socialising/ The final preparations are being put in place for The State of the Map: Registration The registration desk will open at 08.30am on Saturday morning in the lobby area of the Kilmurry Lodge hotel. The talks start at 09.30am sharp - so please aim to be seated by 09.15am. Schedule Changes There's been ... http://www.stateofthemap.org/2008/07/11/registration-on-saturday-morning/ We're got a couple of workshops scheduled for this year's conference: Saturday 14:30 - 16:30 - Tiles @ Home and Osmarender Workshop - This workshop will look at the tiles@home stack and Osmarender, the rendering engine behind it.  We'll be looking at the overall architecture and how all the pieces fit ... http://www.stateofthemap.org/2008/07/07/workshops-at-stateofthemap/ Its only one week until the State of the Map 2008 kicks off and we've got a last minute surprise bonus for all of the delegates. On Saturday night there'll be a BBQ held at the conference venue, the Kilmurry lodge, which will be free-as-in-BBQ for all delegates. ... http://www.stateofthemap.org/2008/07/04/saturday-night-meal-free-bbq-for-all-delegates/ We've just released the schedule for this years SOTM - take a look and see what takes your fancy. After the success of the lightning talks last year we've set aside even more time this year. Visit this page to sign up to give a talk. http://www.stateofthemap.org/2008/06/09/schedule-released-for-sotm08/ Now everyone can join in the fun of promoting SOTM08 with a great poster which you can download and print: Thanks for Dave Stubbs for the background image which is based on data from OSM contributors. Other images are from Nik Doof and Andy Allan. We've also got the official SOTM08 ... http://www.stateofthemap.org/2008/05/09/help-promote-the-state-of-the-map-2008/ Jani Patokallio is the managing editor of Wikitravel Press, a company who produce print on demand travel guides based on content from Wikitravel and recently, from OpenStreetMap. I caught up with Jani to ask him a few questions about publishing, open content and OpenStreetMap. What first got you interested in ... http://www.stateofthemap.org/2008/05/05/interview-with-jani-patokallio-wikitravel-press/ There's just over a week to go for early bird registration for OpenStreetMap's second international conference in Limerick, Ireland on the weekend of 12-13 July 2008. It is a great opportunity to meet your fellow mappers from all over the world. Register Now! You can also receive a further discount by joining the OpenStreetMap Foundation. Your support helps us keep the OpenStreetMap  servers going and promote the OpenStreetMap cause ... http://www.stateofthemap.org/2008/04/26/early-bird-registration/ In the run up to the State of the Map 2008 we're going to be talking to some of the speakers to see what they're up to. This week I caught up with Nestoria's founder and CEO, Ed Freyfogle to see what he thinks of OSM: You've been involved with ... http://www.stateofthemap.org/2008/04/21/interview-with-ed-freyfogle-nestoria/