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SUMMARY:8th OpenStreetMap West Bengal Mapping Party (Kolkata)
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Calcutta:20251109T150000
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DESCRIPTION:Inviting all people of West Bengal to come and discover the wo
 nderful community of OpenStreetMap!\n\nJoin us and meet new people\, explo
 re new places\, and learn how to use and improve this amazing community re
 source!\n\nThe more the people\, the greater our impact. Each mapper matte
 rs!\n\n🗓️ Date - Sunday\, 9th of November  \n🕙 Time - 3 PM to 6 PM
 \, followed by dinner (sponsored by [TomTom](https://www.tomtom.com/))  \n
 📌 Park Street \n\n## How do I join?\n\n1. Click the "Attend" button. Yo
 u will need to create an OpenStreetMap account\, if you don't have one alr
 eady.\n\n2. Give us a call (or drop us an SMS\, we'll call you back) at +9
 1-98992-37909\n\n(We recommend following both steps.)\n\n## What will we b
 e doing?\n\n+ [15:00 - 15:15] Introductions  \n+ [15:15 - 15:25] New parti
 cipants learn what OSM is and a simple way of using it.  \n  - Returning p
 articipants learn new ways of using OSM.  \n+ [15:25 - 15:40] New particip
 ants learn to edit OSM  \n  - Returning participants learn new ways of edi
 ting OSM.  \n+ [15:40 - 15:45] We split into teams\, and each team is assi
 gned an area to map.  \n+ [15:45 - 17:45] The teams map the areas they are
  assigned to.  \n+ [17:45 - 18:00] We regroup\, and conclude the MapWalk. 
   \n+ [18:00 onwards] We grab some food and drinks together.\n\n## What do
  I need to bring?\n\nThe main thing you need is **an Android or iOS smartp
 hone.**  \n\nWe also suggest bringing...  \n- a power bank  \n- a charging
  cable  \n- drinking water  \n- friends and colleagues - the more the merr
 ier 🙂\n\n## How do I learn about future OpenStreetMap events?\n\nGlad y
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GEO:22.545657;88.355184
LOCATION:Park Street\, Hungerford Street\, Ripon Street\, Kolkata\, West B
 engal\, India
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