Somewhat off-topic, from one of our awesome cousin projects:
The annual OSM meeting will be in Denver this September 9-11. Early bird registration ends in two weeks.
Outside of Wikimedia, OSM may be the most successful focused free knowledge project around, and has revolutionized the culture of mapping worldwide. I had the pleasure of seeing their LinuxTag booth the other week, and some of the print maps they are making with their data are among the best I have seen. I encourage anyone who is close to Denver to consider going.
They are offering scholarships for mappers from countries with smaller mapping communities who could not afford to come. They list a few countries as examples:
Eastern and Southern Europe: Belarus, Kosovo, Bulgaria Arab States: Tunisia, Bahrain, Jordan Asia: Nepal, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Indonesia Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Guatemala Africa: Liberia, Ivory Coast, Swaziland
If you know OSM contributors in these regions who might benefit from being at this meeting, you can nominate them via email until June 25: http://stateofthemap.org/scholarships-to-state-of-the-map-2011/
SJ
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Hello,
As you may have heard, this years main OpenStreetMap event, "State of the Map", will take place in Denver, Colorado, USA during September 9th-11th. Read more about our event on our website http://stateofthemap.org/ If you are a member of the OpenStreetMap Foundation, we can offer you a $15 discount on the community tickets. This discount is also available for the early-bird tickets which can still be acquired until June 15th.
You may want to extend your stay in Denver by also attending FOSS4G http://2011.foss4g.org/ Let's meet in Denver! Henk Hoff
-- Organising Committee State Of The Map 2011 http://www.stateofthemap.org/ http://www.openstreetmap.org/
henk@stateofthemap.org phone +31 6 4808 8925