Mapathon/US Winter Mapathon 2016

The Winter 2016 OSM US Mapathon events will take place in the weekend of March 4-5.

Locations

City	Dates and Times	Venue	Contact	Event link
Salt Lake City	March 5, 1-5pm	TBA	Martijn van Exel	Meetup
Seattle area	March 8	TBA	Clifford Snow	Meetup
New York City	March 8	TBA	Alyssa Wright	SPLASH!
Washington, DC	March 8	American Red Cross	Drishtie Patel	EventBrite
Williamsburg, Virginia	March 5th, 11am	Aid Data	Jonah Adkins / Alex Kappel	Meetup

Hosting your own Mapathon

Just do it! Anyone can host a Mapathon. All you need is a space with wifi and places for folks to sit down and map! If you need help, please email board@openstreetmap.us and we will get you going. We have a small fund you can tap into to help cover food / drink costs for you event too.

• We have a Slack channel for all organizers of local events! Send an email to board@openstreetmap.us to join.
• The rule is simple: anything you commit to OpenStreetMap, should contain the hashtag #mapathon in the comment.
• Use MapRoulette or the Battle Grid to jump start editing!
• Make use of the Strava running and cycling tile layers to help map large trail networks.
• Your event can be an outside surveying event or an inside editing event.
• Design your event friendly to newcomers, make sure there's someone there to explain to first timers the fundamentals of OpenStreetMap and show them the first steps of editing and surveying.
• The location should have fast internet and a place to sit for everyone. Remind attendees to bring a computer, mouse, and any other devices you'll need for your event.
• Collect name and email from attendees, keep them to yourself. This information is to send on a feedback survey and only for survey purposes.