It’s not exactly viral, but the Lima mapping party is becoming contagious and its co-ordination rapidly out of my hands. It seems that there is already a vibrant open-source community in Peru, albeit a virtual one which as yet remains … Continue reading
Pains me as it does to mention Starbucks, I keep seeing this short, but affecting, refrain everywhere. Why is it that we have to rely on monstrous coffee-chains to be doing the PR work of geographers?
A brief report back from the 2010 State of the Map Conference in sunny, hot Girona. It’s been an interesting and hectic day, with the conference opening on a business theme (as is usual for the Fridays of an OSM … Continue reading
Currently organising the Lima Mapping Weekend for OpenStreetMap in August 2010. I think it will be Latin America’s first OSM mapping event, but that could be sheer hubris. If you find yourself in the vicinity of Lima or Peru, please … Continue reading