FEMeeting Workshop: OpenStreetMap 101: Unleashing the Power of Community Mapping
June 26th from 4:30pm -6:30pm
Windsor Hackforge Community Centre, located at 300 Ouellette Ave suite 210, Windsor, ON.
On Thursday June 26th, Lauren Hedges, Managing Director of Windsor Hackforge, hosted an insightful workshop at the Hackforge Community Centre. The workshop titled "OpenStreetMap 101: Unleashing the Power of Community Mapping" aimed to introduce attendees to the history and logic of OpenStreetMap (OSM), also known as "the Wikipedia of maps." With its free-to-use crowdsourced data, OSM provides information on both natural and man-made geographic features, serving as the foundation for countless applications accessed by thousands of people every day.
During the workshop, participants had the opportunity to learn about the reasons behind discrepancies between popular apps such as Strava, Pokemon Go!, Snapchat, or Garmin, and Google Maps. They discovered where these apps source their geodata and gained insight into the basics of desktop contribution to OpenStreetMap. Regardless of their origin, attendees were encouraged to verify and update map data related to their own communities.
Meet the Instructor
Lauren Hedges
Lauren Hedges lives in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, where she works as a project manager, business analyst, and technology consultant at Parallel 42 Systems. She is also the Managing Director of Windsor Hackforge, a grassroots, tech-focused non-profit. Outside of work, Lauren creates live action and animated music videos, and runs an Instagram account dedicated to the dogs who attend the local farmers' market. https://@dogsofdwfm
https://www.laurenhedges.com/
https://www.hackf.org/
Image Credit
Lauren Hedges, 2024.
