The State of Maptime
Beth & Lyzi gathering info from the Maptime community at State of the Map
State of the Map came and went in a blur (as did the past few weeks). I flew in on a redeye on Saturday night, then operated solely on caffeine and adrenaline on Sunday. Even with the sleep dep and the neck cramps from plane sleeping, it was totally worth it for one big reason: finally getting to meet many of the Maptime organizers and enthusiasts from all over the country, in person, and actually talk face-to-face about Maptime. (OMG!)
Notes from Intro to OSM!
by Camille
I made my first edits to OSM a few weeks ago at our OSM 101 Maptime! I’ve had an account since SOTM (June 2013), and while I’ve been actively evangelizing OSM to friends and family (e.g. telling my young cousins that there’s a new map ‘game’ where you can map your neighborhood, like Sim City), I hadn’t yet made any edits or contributed anything. There’s now been a cosmic shift. Watch out world, you’re going to get mapped.
Here, in note form, is some of what we learned (this a mashup of Beth’s notes and mine):
ABCs of Cartography!
Everyone at Maptime is excited to announce our very first project: the ABCs of Cartography! The goal is to create a children’s book (or ebook, map mashup) illustrating cartographic terms using maps made at Maptime. And not just the one in San Francisco: New York, Portland, DC and maybe Cleveland all want to get involved too.
Just Back! + Glossary fill-in time
Tonight was the first night at Maptime after a 2-week break, following some Burning Man adventures (which involved no mapmaking, unless you count marking friends’ camps on a pre-made maps). We planned for it to be a chill one, which it delightfully was. Five new visitors showed up, and we all worked on Github entering new words and definitions for the ABCs of Cartography project.
Maptime SF upcoming schedule!
Ahoy! If you haven’t already seen it on Twitter, then hear it here! Maptime SF is on break until Sept. 5, when we’ll reconvene and chack our progress on the ABCs glossary. After that, we’ll be starting up our workshops! Here’s the breakdown:
Sept. 5 - Glossary checkin. ALSO…do we like Thursdays? Let’s tawk :)
Sept. 12 - OSM 101
Sept. 19 - Leaflet tutorial walkthrough
Sept. 26 - CartoDB + Tilemill
October = making month! Pick some terms to illustrate and then let’s work on it together!
More soon…likely after Camille and I are back from the Burning Man. Cheers!
