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Mini OSM hackday at Crisis Camp London

Posted by Harry Wood on 19 February 2010 in English.

Tomorrow (Saturday 20th Feb) there's another Crisis Camp London event happening near Russel Square from 10 a.m. till 5p.m. Crisis Camp is a group of technology enthusiasts and other volunteers who get together in London, and other cities worldwide, to work on projects related to disaster relief. Currently very active in relation to Haiti.

There's some details on our wiki. For OpenStreetMap its a good opportunity to have a mini hack day, since the venue has all the ingredients needed. Free wifi and free pizza!

We had a few people along last Saturday, and we set up a table for OpenStreetMap hacking, but we were also advising a handful of other people who were just learning OpenStreetMap and making their first edits (people looking for ways to help in Haiti). This kind of thing will no-doubt happen again tomorrow, so any OpenStreetMappers should feel welcome to come along and help. Not just hackers.

If you're not in London, there may be a Crisis Camp near you. Based on our experience, we'd recommend trying to ignore all the other chaos, and get on with some OpenStreetMap hacking!

Sadly I can't make it myself tomorrow, but I think it's worth keeping this going from last week. We did also have an impromptu pub meet-up last Wednesday because Henk was in town. Apologies for all the short notice arrangements lately. The next proper pub meetup will be next Wednesday (24th). Put that in your diaries, and I'll try to set up the details soonish.

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