MaptimePDX turns 1!
Congrats to MaptimePDX on its first birthday! Awww…
Maptime Null Island Party
We just hit 30 (THIRTY!!!) meetup groups around the world, so we figured it was time for a party! Come join us as we celebrate the growth of our organization, the first birthday of Maptime Null Island (with t-shirts), and the awesome community we’re creating. Your first drink is on us! See you there!
Good times were had.
Maptime at FOSS4G!
by Lyzi Diamond
FOSS4G is just a week away, and we at MaptimeHQ are gearing up! We’re extremely excited for the conference, not least of all due to the massive amount of participation from Maptimers around the world. (And perhaps the births of a few new chapters?) Here’s a list of everything we have going on at FOSS4G:
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Self-Organizing New Media Communities - A Discussion from Code+Ed
by Beth Schechter and Sands Fish
At Maptime Oakland last Wednesday, Lyzi presented a workshop about how to create tutorials for Maptime and beyond. After a brief (and wonderful) presentation covering some key components for success – like including term definitions and defining audience – she had people break into groups and co-create their own tutorials around topics of interest, like color theory for maps and basic CartoDB. As everyone was packing up, someone proposed an idea: to create a Maptime tutorial devoted to organizing people around a topic they would like to learn.
CartoCSS Examples
Questions often arise about where to find good CartoCSS examples for using the Open Source map design tool, TileMill. Thanks to Will Skora, there are a couple of resources listed.
