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About the mapathon...
About the mapathon...
Welcome to our 4th annual humanitarian mapathon with USC and UCLA. We are so excited to share that this year we have expanded our mapathon to a full 3 day event.
We will kick things off on Wednesday, October 28th with a special welcome and training. Mappers will then have till Thursday night at midnight to be a part of our humanitarian mapathon.
In addition to contributing to humanitarian projects around the world participants are welcome to join us for a series of workshops on Thursday October 29th.
Welcome to our 4th annual humanitarian mapathon with USC and UCLA. We are so excited to share that this year we have expanded our mapathon to a full 3 day event.
We will kick things off on Wednesday, October 28th with a special welcome and training. Mappers will then have till Thursday night at midnight to be a part of our humanitarian mapathon.
In addition to contributing to humanitarian projects around the world participants are welcome to join us for a series of workshops on Thursday October 29th.
Finally, we will bring the event to a close with a special keynote speaker, Ben Welsh from the Los Angeles Times, on Friday at 10am. And, of course, we will share the results of our humanitarian mapathon, including top mappers as well as our total contribution.
Finally, we will bring the event to a close with a special keynote speaker, Ben Welsh from the Los Angeles Times, on Friday at 10am. And, of course, we will share the results of our humanitarian mapathon, including top mappers as well as our total contribution.
Day 1: Wednesday October 28
Day 1: Wednesday October 28
10:00
10:00
Welcome remarks from Yoh Kawano at UCLA and Andy Rutkowski at USC.
10:15
10:15
Humanitarian Mapping 101 (James Walker)
10:30 Mapathon Training (Andy + Laura)
10:30 Mapathon Training (Andy + Laura)
11:00 Rachel Levine
11:00 Rachel Levine
Missing Maps Program Coordinator for the American Red Cross
12:30 Mapathon Training (Andy + Laura)
2:30 Mapathon Training (Laura + Dairon)
4:30 Mapathon Training (Andy + Laura)
12:30 Mapathon Training (Andy + Laura)
2:30 Mapathon Training (Laura + Dairon)
4:30 Mapathon Training (Andy + Laura)
Hands on training throughout the day. If you miss the first training come back at any of the times listed above.
Day 2: A Day of Workshops
Day 2: A Day of Workshops
9:00 Open Street Map and Python
11:00 Mapping in Tableau
1:00 GIS with R
3:00 Intro to QGIS
Day 3: Results and closing Keynote with LA Times Ben Welsh
Day 3: Results and closing Keynote with LA Times Ben Welsh
Ben Welsh is the editor of the Data and Graphics Department, a team of reporters and computer programmers who collect, organize, analyze and present large amounts of information.
Welsh has contributed to projects that have won the Pulitzer Prize, the Library of Congress’ Innovation Award, a Knight News Challenge grant and numerous other prizes for investigative reporting, digital design and online journalism.
He is also a co-founder of the California Civic Data Coalition, a network of journalists and computer programmers dedicated to opening up public data, and the leader of PastPages, an open-source effort to archive digital news.
Welsh is originally from Swisher, Iowa. He welcomes tips at ben.welsh@latimes.com, on Signal at (626) 382-6910 or via Keybase.
10:00
10:00
A Conversation with Ben Welsh
11:00
11:00
The Big Reveal and Celebratory Remarks
Resources
Resources
HOT OSM Current Projects (https://tasks.hotosm.org/explore)
Getting started with Missing Maps (https://www.missingmaps.org/learn/#beginner)
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