[Fwd: [fsuk-manchester] Manchester Free Software talk: OpenStreetMap, John McKerrell, 17th June 2008]
Tim Dobson <[email protected]>
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Anyone likely to be going? Unfortunately I can't make this one myself. Open Street map is pretty interesting in my experience... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [fsuk-manchester] Manchester Free Software talk: OpenStreetMap, John McKerrell, 17th June 2008 Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 16:39:01 +0100 From: Simon Ward <[email protected]> To: Manchester Free Software <[email protected]> Next Meeting ------------ Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 17th June, 2008. John McKerrell gives an introduction to the collaborative mapping phenomenon that is Open Street Map[1], the project that aims to generate a streetmap of the entire world. John will also explain the workings of the Open Street Map editors and show how to map your own area. [1]: http://openstreetmap.org/ Location -------- The meeting will take place at 19:00 in the Manchester Digital Development Agency on Portland Street. Access is via the doorbells at the entrance. Wheelchair access via the lift is available to the left of the main entrance. MDDA provide complimentary Fair Trade tea and coffee. Manchester Digital Development Agency (MDDA) Lower Ground Floor 117-119 Portland Street Manchester M1 6ED Directions are available on the MDDA web site[2]: [2]: http://manchesterdda.com/directions/ General information about Manchester Free Software meetings can be found on our web site[3]: [3]: http://manchester.fsuk.org/blog/meetings/ Coming? ------- If you’re coming, feel free to add yourself to the FSF Groups wiki page[4], or let us know on the Upcoming event page[5]. If you would like five minutes to tell us about something, please add yourself to the wiki or contact us at <[email protected]>. [4]: http://groups.fsf.org/index.php/Manchester/2008-06-17 [5]: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/684118/ -- Email: [email protected] | Jabber ID: [email protected] A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that works.—John Gall -- www.tdobson.net ---- If each of us have one object, and we exchange them, then each of us still has one object. If each of us have one idea, and we exchange them, then each of us now has two ideas. - George Bernard Shaw