Missing Maps

When: Wednesday, May 2, 2018, 6:00–8:00 PM
Where: Floyd & Snider Inc, 601 Union Street, Seattle, WA

https://www.meetup.com/maptimesea/events/249834974/

What to expect:

May is Missing Maps month! For those who may not have heard of it, Missing Maps is a joint venture between The American Red Cross, The British Red Cross, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and Doctors without Borders with the stated goal of “putting the world’s vulnerable people on the map”. We’ll be joining volunteers of all levels to map remote areas of the world using OSM, from supporting malaria eradication efforts in Southern Africa, to possibly helping disaster relief efforts for the recent earthquake in Ecuador.

What to bring:

Be sure to bring your laptop! You won't need any special software for this tutorial, just a web browser. A USB mouse will also make mapping easier.

Target Audience:

Anyone interested in humanitarian mapping and OpenStreetMap. Beginners encouraged!

Can’t wait to get started? Check out the official Missing Maps website (http://missingmaps.org), the monthly Red Cross announcement/signup page (http://tinyurl.com/MMSea), and upcoming events on OSM Seattle (http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Seattle/).

Where to go:

To find us, take the elevator to the 6th floor of Two Union Square. Once on the 6th floor, if you look one direction you will see a sign for Floyd|Snider. Do a 180 and you will see a set of frosted doors. Go through the frosted doors - they lead directly to our conference room. Please try to arrive between 5:30 and 6, and you should be able to come right up. We'll post more details the day of the event if needed.

About your instructors:

Beth Carpenter and Chase Stephens are Missing Maps Lead Volunteers for the local regional Red Cross chapter. Beth is a GIS coordinator for the City of Sammamish, and has been a HOT (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team) mapping contributor since the Nepal earthquakes in May 2015. Chase has been a co-organizer of the OpenStreetMap Seattle meetup group since 2013, and HOT mapping since the West African Ebola outbreak in 2014.