Brno Missing maps mapathon at Department of Geography in February

Come to support MSF's work by helping to map locations that are at risk of humanitarian crises in the OpenStreetMap.

What will happen at the meeting?
On Mapathon, we will create a map of one of the locations where MSF operates according to satellite imagery in OpenStreetMap.
If you don't have experience, don't mind. You will learn everything on the spot and after a short training you will be able to map yourself. If you have experience, you can map yourself immediatelly.

We will work in three groups:
• A beginner group will receive their first OpenStreetMap experience during training
• More experienced mappers will have the opportunity to learn the JOSM program - a free advanced OpenStreetMap editor.
• Those who already know at least the basics of JOSM can be trained as validators who check the results of other mappers. Training as many validators as possible is currently the most important task of mapathons around the world. They are very important, so join in.

Of course, experienced users who are no longer in need of training and want to map undisturbed are also invited.
If you are already experienced and would like to join the organizational team, we will be happy to talk about it with you on the mapathon.

What do I need?
There is no need to have previous experience. All tools are free and open source.

Beginners can come even without notebook. Computer room will be available.

However, if you want to join one of more experienced groups, you need to take your own notebook and mouse. Wireless internet will be provided.

Should I prepare something?
If you do not have an OpenStreetMap account, create one here: https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/new.
If you want to be in a group of advanced JOSM mappers, you should have JOSM pre-installed on your computer. It is free to download at https://josm.openstreetmap.de. The program requires Java programming language installed.
If you want to be in a group of validators, at least basic knowledge of JOSM editor is an advantage. It is therefore ideal to first take a mapathon in the JOSM group and move on to the validators on the following mapathon.

Exact location of mapathonu: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/84965582

Department of Geography, the organizational team of the Brno mapathons (Jakub, Jakub, Katka, Radim, Daniel and Tomáš) look forward to seeing you at mapathon.

More information: Radim Štampach ([email protected])

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