State of the Map, Limerick

1. FreeMap India 2008 Mikel Maron & Schuyler Erle State of the Map July 13, 2008

2. A series of multi-day workshops in several India cities. Researchers, students, programmers, activists and members of the community are invited to participate, learn, and take stewardship of their city. These will be very practical, hands-on days, covering the entire toolset of OpenStreetMap and empowering participants to lead the growth of free and open mapping in India. We will map India!

3. How It Came to Pass

4. Mumbai Free Map, 2005-

5. C ollective R esearch I nitiatives T rust

6. “ we feel that communities can harness the power of new geo-spatial imaging and mapping technologies to strengthen their demands for secure tenure and housing rights open and vibrant public spaces and ecological conservation and sustainable development in the mega-city.”

7. Betwala Chawl

8. The Itinerary

9. Professor Jitendra Shah

10. Swapnil & KK, Binyas (former Indictrans)

11. Nagarjuna, FSF India

12. Kiran Jonnalagadda, aka Jace

13. Dinesh, Servalots

14. Gora Mahoraty, SARAI

15. Professor Rai, Guru Nanek Dev College

16. Indranil Das Gupta, FSF-West Bengal

17. Shekhar Krishnan MIT/CRIT

18. India!

22. LOLCows! Moooove!

39. The Culture of Open

40. “ OpenStreetMap by nature requires a great deal of personal initiative, there’s nothing top down about it, from the technology to the process to its goals and aims. So there’s also this feeling that we’re not just teaching about OpenStreetMap, but the entire culture and ethic of open source/open data and entrepreneurship.”

41. Polished Framing

46. Certification

47. universally got it

48. first time GPS

50. We mapped

51. and talked

52. and mapped

53. and talked

54. and again and again and again

56. Language & Slang

57. Gender Equality?

58. Elitism?