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SUMMARY:11th OpenStreetMap West Bengal Mapping Party
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Calcutta:20251227T135000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Calcutta:20251227T170000
DTSTAMP:20251227T082000Z
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DESCRIPTION:The OpenStreetMap community of West Bengal invites everyone to
  its upcoming mapping party! Join us and...\n\n * Meet new people!\n * Exp
 lore new places!\n * Learn how to use and improve this community resource!
 \n\n📱 No laptop needed\, just bring a working Android or iOS phone!\n
 🗓️ Date - Saturday\, 27th of December\n🕙 Time - 1:50 PM to 5:00 PM
 \n📌 Location - Panitanki More\, Siliguri\n\n## How do I join?\n\n1. Cli
 ck the "Attend" button on the events you're attending. You will need to cr
 eate an OpenStreetMap account\, if you don't have one already. Alternative
 ly\, you may RSVP via the FOSS United platform by clicking [here](https://
 fossunited.org/c/siliguri-government-polytechnic/11th-osmwb-mp/rsvp).\n\n2
 . Join the OpenStreetMap West Bengal [Telegram Group](https://t.me/osmwb)\
 , or give us a call at +91-73842-71087\n\n## What will we be doing?\n\n- 0
 0:00 to 00:10 - Meet the people  \n- 00:10 to 00:15 - New participants lea
 rn what OSM is and a simple way of using it.\n  * Returning participants l
 earn new ways of using OSM.\n- 00:15 to 00:25 - New participants learn to 
 edit OSM  \n  * Returning participants learn new ways of editing OSM.\n- 0
 0:25 to 02:00 - We split into teams (if there are >5 attendees)\, and each
  team is assigned an area to map.\n- 02:00 to 02:05PM - We regroup (if spl
 it)\, and conclude the party. \n- 02:05 onwards - We grab some food and dr
 inks together\, [sponsored by TomTom](https://www.tomtom.com/)\n\n## We su
 ggest bringing...\n\n * a smartphone (preferably Android)\n * a power bank
 \n * a charging cable\n * drinking water\n * friends and colleagues - the 
 more the merrier 🙂\n\n## Check out our other upcoming parties!\n\n- [OS
 M Calendar](https://osmcal.org/?in=India)\n- [Mastodon](https://en.osm.tow
 n/@OSMIndia/)\n\n## How do I learn about future mapping parties?\n\nGlad y
 ou asked! We have a few different options.\n\n### Telegram\n\nYou can join
  OSM India Community on Telegram [here](https://t.me/OSMIndia)\, as well a
 s the OSM West Bengal Community [here](https://t.me/osmwb).  \n\n### Jabbe
 r/XMPP\n\nIf you're privacy conscious\, [Jabber/XMPP](https://contrapunctu
 s.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-xmpp.html) is just the right p
 lace for you! It's also a great place to meet other OpenStreetMap contribu
 tors and to learn from them\, as well as getting informed about future map
 ping parties.\n\nInstall [Quicksy](https://quicksy.im/) ([Play Store](http
 s://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=im.quicksy.client)/[App Store](h
 ttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/quicksy/id6538727270)/[F-Droid](https://f-dro
 id.org/en/packages/im.quicksy.client)) or [Prāv](https://prav.app/) ([Pla
 y Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.prav.client)/[F
 -Droid](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/app.prav.client))\, then click thi
 s link for OSM India - [osm-in@conference.a3.pm](https://invite.joinjabber
 .org/#osm-in@conference.a3.pm?join)\, else [this for OSM West Bengal](http
 s://xmpp.link/#osmbengal@conference.conversations.im%3Fjoin)\n\n### Mastod
 on (Fediverse)\n\nFollow us on [Mastodon](https://en.osm.town/@OSMIndia/)\
 n\n### Twitter/X\n\nFollow us on [Twitter/X](https://x.com/osm_in)\n\n### 
 Calendar or RSS feed\n\nSubscribe to [our calendar or RSS feed](https://os
 mcal.org/subscribe/?in=India)
GEO:26.720146;88.426831
LOCATION:Panitanki More\, Bidhan Road\, Siliguri\, West Bengal\, India
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