12th OpenStreetMap West Bengal Mapping Party [Impromptu]

Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India
The Cafe Go

The OpenStreetMap community of West Bengal is organising an impromptu indoor mapping party on 8th (lol). Join us and...

• Meet new people!
• Explore new places!
• Learn how to use and improve this community resource!

📱 Bring a working Android or iOS phone, laptops recommended!
🗓️ Date - Sunday, 8th of March 🕙 Time - 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
📌 Location - The Cafe Go, TB Hospital Para, Jalpaiguri

How do I join?

1. Click the "Attend" button on the events you're attending. You will need to create an OpenStreetMap account, if you don't have one already.

2. Join the OpenStreetMap West Bengal Telegram Group, or give us a call at +91-73842-71087

What will we be doing?

• 3:00 to 3:10PM - Meet the people
• 3:10PM to 3:20PM - New participants learn what OSM is and a simple way of using it.
• Returning participants learn new ways of using OSM.
• 3:20PM to 3:30PM - New participants learn to edit OSM
• Returning participants learn new ways of editing OSM.
• 3:30PM to 5:00PM - Everyone is assigned an area to map.
• 5:00PM onwards - We conclude the party, and grab some food and drinks together.

We suggest bringing...

• a smartphone (preferably Android), or a laptop
• a power bank
• a charging cable
• drinking water
• friends and colleagues - the more the merrier 🙂

Check out our other upcoming parties!

• OSM Calendar
• Mastodon

How do I learn about future mapping parties?

Glad you asked! We have a few different options.

Telegram

You can join OSM India Community on Telegram here, as well as the OSM West Bengal Community here.

Jabber/XMPP

If you're privacy conscious, Jabber/XMPP is just the right place for you! It's also a great place to meet other OpenStreetMap contributors and to learn from them, as well as getting informed about future mapping parties.

Install Quicksy (Play Store/App Store/F-Droid) or Prāv (Play Store/F-Droid), then click this link for OSM India - osm-in@conference.a3.pm, else this for OSM West Bengal

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