When and where?
Geomob London was held at 6:00 PM on Wednesday the 18th of September, 2024. We will be back at UCL, but in a NEW LOCATION. We will be in 1-19 Torrington Place, WC1E 7HB (just off of Tottenham Court Road) in the B17 (Basement) Lecture Theatre. Maps OpenStreetMap, Google Maps.
This event was a celebration of OpenStreetMap’s 20th birthday
Summary Thread
Video
Many thanks to the editing work of Andrew Brayem there is a video with the slides and audio.
Agenda
Our format for the evening will be as it always has been:
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doors open at 18:00, set up and general mingling
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at 18:30 we begin the talks with a very brief introduction
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Each speaker will have slides and speak for 10-15 minutes. After each talk there will be time for 2-3 questions.
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We vote - using Feature Upvote - for the best speaker. The winner will receive a SplashMap and unending glory (see the full list of all past winners).
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We head to a nearby pub for discussion and #geobeers paid for by the sponsors.
The speakers:
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Pete Masters, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, Open slum mapping collaborations and the Know Your City project.
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Said Turksever, Open Street Level imagery for improving OpenStreetMap data
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Joost Schouppe, 10 years of building OSM(be): a personal story in 10 maps
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Muki Haklay, The early days of OpenStreetMap
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Anna Zanchetta, AI-assisted mapping of buildings for OpenStreetMap
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Andy Allan, The great OSM licence change, a retrospective
Would you like to speak at a future event? Please volunteer.
The organizers:
Geomob London is organized by Ed Freyfogle and Steven Feldman
Thanks
Geomob would not be possible without speakers and sponsors. Over the years we have had so many fantastic talks, spanning the range from inspirational to informative to weird and wacky. See the list of all the past speakers. Please get in touch if you would like to speak at a future Geomob.
