Open Gov & Civic Tech Meetup, May 18

Date: Mon, May 18, 2015
Time: 6:45 – 8:45 pm
Location: Terrazas Branch Library, 1105 E. Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX, 78702 (map)
Calendar: link

Invited Guest: Andy Wilson
Topic: OpenStreetMap!

May 20 update: Slides from Chip Rosenthal are here. Slides from Andy Wilson are here.

OpenStreetMap is a is a collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world. Users have the ability to add and edit features in the maps.

The City of Austin publishes copious geospatial data sets, including street address and footprints of all buildings in the city and surrounding areas. A group of volunteers is working to get this information imported into OpenStreetMap, so that it has accurate information and addresses for our city.

Andy Wilson will talk about the OpenStreetMap project and the effort to add City of Austin data to the map.

The meetup location is easily accessed by public transportation and has plentiful parking.

Open Austin hosts a monthly meet-up, to discuss local open government and civic technology issues. Our meet-ups are free and open to the public.