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Hi OSGeo California members,<br>
I thought you might be interested in this balloon mapping event that
could be going on near you next month brought to you by the Public
Laboratory for Open Technology and Science. <br>
<br>
If you're in northern California, you may have a workshop fairly
close to you. On campus at UC Davis there seems to be growing
interest in having a workshop at Davis. I'm trying to get an idea
of how many would come to one in Davis, so send me a quick email if
you think you might want to come. If there's enough interest, I'll
organize a workshop.<br>
<br>
best,<br>
Michele<br>
<br>
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<td>March Mapping Madness: Help Organize A Mapping Event near
you!</td>
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<td>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:09:25 -0500</td>
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<td>sara wylie <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:sara@publiclaboratory.org"><sara@publiclaboratory.org></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:publiclaboratory@googlegroups.com">publiclaboratory@googlegroups.com</a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:grassrootsmapping@googlegroups.com">grassrootsmapping@googlegroups.com</a>,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:publiclaboratory@googlegroups.com">publiclaboratory@googlegroups.com</a></td>
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<span>Hi all,</span>
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<div>Interested in helping to lead a Grassroots Mapping Workshop in
your area?</div>
<div><br>
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<div>Based on the success of the kickstarter there are 300+ balloon
mappers who will be getting started with Grassroots Mapping over
the next month. We thought why not make an event of it and plan
our own version of March Madness to hold local training events and
workshop anywhere Balloon Mappers are able to congregate?</div>
<div><br>
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<div>To facilitate this process we've started a <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://publiclaboratory.org/wiki/march-mapping-madness"
style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">March Mapping
Madness</a> Wiki Page (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://publiclaboratory.org/wiki/march-mapping-madness"
style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://publiclaboratory.org/wiki/march-mapping-madness</a>). If
you are interested in participating in or helping to organize one
of these events (or in coordinating the events generally) please
add you name and email to that page! We are also going to be
organizing a set of online sessions focused on skill building with
MapKnitter, our map making software, that anyone is welcome to
participate in.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Based on where we are sending balloon mapping kits, we are
hoping to have workshops in at least these areas:</div>
<div>
<p
style="font-size:12px;margin-top:1em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;font-family:'lucida
grande','lucida sans console',sans-serif">
<strong>Austin, TX</strong></p>
<p
style="font-size:12px;margin-top:1em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;font-family:'lucida
grande','lucida sans console',sans-serif"><strong>Boston, MA</strong><b><br>
</b></p>
<p
style="font-size:12px;margin-top:1em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;font-family:'lucida
grande','lucida sans console',sans-serif"><strong>Chicago, IL</strong></p>
<p
style="font-size:12px;margin-top:1em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;font-family:'lucida
grande','lucida sans console',sans-serif">
<strong>Washington D.C.</strong></p>
<p
style="font-size:12px;margin-top:1em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;font-family:'lucida
grande','lucida sans console',sans-serif"><strong>Philadelphia,
PA</strong></p>
<p
style="font-size:12px;margin-top:1em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;font-family:'lucida
grande','lucida sans console',sans-serif"><strong>Los Angles, CA</strong></p>
<p
style="font-size:12px;margin-top:1em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;font-family:'lucida
grande','lucida sans console',sans-serif">
<strong>San Francisco, CA</strong></p>
<p
style="font-size:12px;margin-top:1em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;font-family:'lucida
grande','lucida sans console',sans-serif"><strong>Seattle, WA</strong></p>
<p
style="font-size:12px;margin-top:1em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;font-family:'lucida
grande','lucida sans console',sans-serif"><strong>North Carolina</strong></p>
<p
style="font-size:12px;margin-top:1em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;font-family:'lucida
grande','lucida sans console',sans-serif">
<strong>Toronto</strong></p>
<p
style="font-size:12px;margin-top:1em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;font-family:'lucida
grande','lucida sans console',sans-serif"><strong>Berlin</strong></p>
<p
style="font-size:12px;margin-top:1em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;font-family:'lucida
grande','lucida sans console',sans-serif"><strong>Zurich</strong></p>
<p
style="font-size:12px;margin-top:1em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;font-family:'lucida
grande','lucida sans console',sans-serif">
<strong>Somewhere in the Netherlands</strong></p>
<p
style="font-size:12px;margin-top:1em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;font-family:'lucida
grande','lucida sans console',sans-serif"><strong>Portland, OR</strong></p>
<p
style="font-size:12px;margin-top:1em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;font-family:'lucida
grande','lucida sans console',sans-serif"><strong>Asheville, NC
- already planned for </strong>March 31st - Saturday 10 AM</p>
<p
style="font-size:12px;margin-top:1em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;font-family:'lucida
grande','lucida sans console',sans-serif"><strong>And a Virtual
meeting for those outside of these areas.</strong></p>
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<div><span>PLOTS staff will help organizers </span><span>find
locations to map, get </span><span>kits and helium together as
well as help set up wiki pages for each local site like the one
occurring in the New York region: </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://publiclaboratory.org/wiki/march-mapping-madness-ny-nj-ct"
target="_blank">http://publiclaboratory.org/wiki/march-mapping-madness-ny-nj-ct</a></div>
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</div>
<div>Looking forward to making this a month of Balloon Flying,
Shutter Snapping, Image Stitching, Mapping Madness!</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Go team!</div>
<div><br>
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<div>PLOTS staff</div>
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