It is with great excitement that we once again recognize the achievements of OpenStreetMap, the community that creates it and the impact OpenStreetMap has on the foundations of mapping. On July 23rd-25th the annual State of the Map US heads to Seattle and we will be there. With so many others committed to the sustainability of OpenStreetMap we will be there sponsoring, speaking, board membering, organizing and celebrating.
Everything we do at Mapzen is open – built on open data and open source. This is because everything we do is bigger than the latest technical announcement. The collaborative community of open ensures that everything we do is sustainable beyond us. And to make a map sustainable beyond our own border, we often rely on OpenStreetMap, the only open world spatial database.
Come look for us to learn how you can improve and use OpenStreetMap to tackle geo problems and innovate geo solutions. We will have a table with experts on hand and we will be speaking at the following sessions:
- Beyond Aesthetic Icing: Designing geo tools for humans (Sat, 4:45) - Ekta Daryanani, Meghan Hade
- Behind the Scenes of the Mapzen Targeted Editing Series - Engaging Editors (Sun, 4:30) - Indy Hurt
- Befriending a Geocoder (Sun, 11:45) - Diana Shkolnikov
- Give your vector tile life (lightning talk, Sat, 4:45) - Hanbyul Jo
- The Space Between: expanding street centerlines to street polygons (lightning talk, Sat, 4:45) - Lou Huang
- Make maps more interactive with the magic of a geocoding search box (workshop, Mon 9AM) - Rhonda Glennon, Katie Kowalsky, Diana Shkolnikov
We are excited to once again make the annual US conference a success and we invite you to come find us to make mapping sustainable for all.
This post was updated on July 21, 2016 to add links to the abstracts for the lightning talks and workshop and update the workshop author.
