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SUMMARY:OSM Bengaluru Mapping Party
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Calcutta:20250316T093000
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DESCRIPTION:# TL\;DR\n\n* Date: 16th March 2025 (Sunday)\n* Time: 09:30 AM
  - 11:30 AM (Mapping\, followed by brunch)\n* Meeting Point: [Cubbon Park 
 Bandstand](https://omaps.app/0xx0uccjh9/Band_Stand) (geo:12.97671\,77.5939
 )\n\nFor event updates\, do join the OpenStreetMap Bengaluru group:\n\n* T
 elegram: https://t.me/OSM_BLR\n* Matrix: https://matrix.to/#/#OSM_BLR:matr
 ix.org\n\n# Cubbon Park Mapping Party\n\nThe Cubbon Park mapping party is 
 here! Explore Cubbon Park\, learn to contribute to OSM\, improve a common 
 resource together\, and meet new people. You don't need any experience wit
 h OSM or maps to participate\, so bring all your friends!\n\n## What is Op
 enStreetMap?\n\nOpenStreetMap is a map of the world made by people like yo
 u\, which anybody can use\, share\, and edit. You can think of it as the W
 ikipedia of maps.\n\nIt is used by [numerous websites\, organizations\, co
 mpanies](https://welcome.openstreetmap.org/about-osm-community/consumers/)
  (e.g. [Microsoft](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Microsoft)\, [Meta]
 (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Meta_(company))\, [Amazon](https://wi
 ki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Organised_Editing/Activities/Amazon)\, [Ola](htt
 ps://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Ola_-_Organised_Editing)\, [Swiggy](https
 ://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Swiggy_-_Organised_Editing)\, [Wikipedia](h
 ttps://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Collaboration_with_Wikipedia)\, [Doctor
 s Without Borders](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/M%C3%A9decins_Sans_
 Fronti%C3%A8res)\, [Pokemon Go](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Pok%C3
 %A9mon_Go))\, and FOSS applications (e.g. [Organic Maps](https://organicma
 ps.app/) and [OsmAnd](https://osmand.net/)).\n\nContributing to OpenStreet
 Map is fun! You get to explore the world\, find interesting places\, and d
 ocument them for yourself and others\, all while improving a common good u
 sed by everyone.\n\n## What will we be doing?\n\n1. meet and greet  \n2. f
 irst time mappers are introduced to 2 popular open-source OpenStreetMap ap
 plications ([Organic Maps](https://organicmaps.app/) and [Every Door](http
 s://every-door.app/))  \n3. everyone is split into groups\, with each grou
 p getting a specific area to explore and map using [Every Door](https://ev
 ery-door.app/)\n4. the groups disperse\, and venture into their assigned a
 reas for about 1 hour of mapping  \n5. regroup for brunch after mapping  \
 n\n## Who are we?\n\nWe are passionate and experienced OpenStreetMap contr
 ibutors who improve it for fun in our free time. Many of us are also invol
 ved in open data\, free software and civic tech activities.\n\n## Useful e
 quipment to bring along\n\n* a functioning Android or iOS smartphone with 
 mobile data (required)\n* a power bank (optional)\n* a charging cable (opt
 ional)\n* water bottle/umbrella/cap (optional)\n\n## How do I join?\n\n* T
 here are no prerequisites for participating\, so feel free to join us in t
 he meeting point at the mentioned time.\n* Event updates are posted on the
  [Telegram](https://t.me/OSM_BLR) and [Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#OSM_BL
 R:matrix.org) group. Joining either of the groups is recommended\, but not
  required.\n    * If you are not on Telegram or Matrix\, and wish to recei
 ve event updates\, drop a message to [Vonter](https://www.openstreetmap.or
 g/message/new/Vonter)\, so that they can get back to you with event update
 s on your preferred messaging channel.\n* The meeting point is at Cubbon P
 ark Bandstand\, which is less than 5 minutes from the Dr. BR Ambedkar\, Vi
 dhana Soudha metro station on the Purple Line. By bus\, the Shivajinagar B
 us Station or Corporation bus stop are 10 minutes away\, and have good con
 nectivity to bus stops across the city.
GEO:12.976695;77.593903
LOCATION:Cubbon Park\, Doctor B R Ambedkar Veedhi\, Gandhinagar\, Bengalur
 u\, Karnataka\, India
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