[FOSS4G2017] Kids Map Gallery

[Heather Hillers]

Guido,
I just had a vision to 10 developers on stage with ironing boards, wearing aprons and handkerchiefs on their heads, diligently ironing all the maps that conference goers had allowed to get unforgivably crumpled over the years. It was kind of sweet. But not what you meant, maybe. Iron mapping. I will make a note of it.

Heather



> On Sep 14, 2016, at 8:06 PM, Guido Stein <gstein at appgeo.com> wrote:
> 
> Heather,
> 
> this sounds like a good idea, one of the other ideas floating around is to have a iron mapping competition, perhaps this will be a good venue for this as well.
> 
> So Map Gallery sub-comittee.. ;)
> 
> Also... let's just call it a general map gallery, I think calling it a adult map gallery is just... asking for trouble. ;)
> 
> -Guido
> 
>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 1:49 PM Heather Hillers <heather.hillers at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I have been mulling the things that worry me about the gallery concept.  These are not new things, but rather the more worrying things that I touched on in the wiki.
>> 
>> The kids map gallery as I first wrote it up is very physical (and surprisingly low tech.).  I needed to clear up who will receive the submissions, what will we do for display space, what do we do with kids art that gets left at the venue, and how do we organise display space and make the display look good.  I was also very worried about what would happen if we did not get enough participation.  Kids being disappointed is not something I want to be responsible for.  I would also like it to be a bit more relatable to conference goers who don't have families.  
>> 
>> But, I figured it out today.  If the submissions are all digital, then all the problems about display space go away, and the problems of managing the artwork.  And we can make it much more part of the normal, done before part of the conference.  Nottingham had a Map Gallery.  It was great.  Everyone was talking about the submissions and hanging out in front of the display.  Super cool.  Bonn did not have a map gallery, and I really missed it (unless I missed it).  
>> 
>> So, I think all that has to be done is resurrect the adult map gallery, which has been done and was successful and was relatable to everyone, and add a category also for kid's submissions.  Ba Da Bing. And, since the kid's submissions are displayed with the grown up submissions, we don't have to worry so much about whether or not enough kids submit.  It has a buffer.  I felt my blood pressure drop instantly when I thought of this, which is usually an indication that I am on the right track.
>> 
>> What do you think? Is anyone working on an adult map gallery for Boston?
>> 
>> Heather
>> 
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