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OpenStreetMap Austria was founded in 2011 to organize the first “State of the Map” conference in Austria. Since then, we have built a rich history.
In 2023, following a community vote, we became the official Local Chapter for Austria.
OpenStreetMap Austria (OSM-AT) actively promotes OpenStreetMap activities in Austria. We assist in using OSM data, mediate between the community and external partners, and work to improve and expand geodata quality.
Our association acts as a voluntary point of contact for inquiries, clarifications, support, or mediation regarding OpenStreetMap.
We participate in various events, such as the Salzburg Maker Faire and the Graz Linux Days, to raise awareness about OpenStreetMap and strengthen the community. In the past, we were also present at the AGIT (formerly GI_Salzburg) and the Maker Faire Vienna, which unfortunately no longer take place.
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On 17 May 2018, a Vienna OSM meet-up will take place!
Original text of the email:
Dear fellow mappers! On Thursday, 17 May 2018, after a break of almost a year, an OSM meet-up will take place again at Wieden Bräu! We meet at 6:30 p.m., if we can get a seat in the beer garden, otherwise inside in the warm (cool?) room.
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Wien/Stammtisch
Best regards, ScubbX
The FrOSCon, an important conference on open-source software at the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, is looking for talks! Contributions can still be submitted until 23 May 2018. The list of topics sought includes the entry ‘GIS’ (GeoInformationSoftware).
There will even be a separate sub-conference on OSM!
Original mail:
FrOSCON 2018 with OSGeo & OSM sub-conference ——————————-———- Open Geospatial, OpenStreetMap, OpenData, free software from the GIS sector
For the second time, there will be a sub-conference at FrOSCon about free geodata and software. FOSSGIS e.V. (http://fossgis.de) is organising this track and is looking for talks about OpenStreetMap, free geodata, free software in the field of GIS and more. Lightening talks (20 min) as well as longer talks (45 min) can be submitted.
The first day of Linuxwochen 2018 in Vienna is over!
In addition to many interesting lectures on blockchain, Vienna GIS or optimising PostgreSQL databases, there was also an OSM stand again this year, right next to the Mozilla stand, where a browser-based virtual reality solution including VR glasses could be tried out.
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Kairo at the Mozilla stand at Linuxwochen 2018[/caption]
The OSM booth was manned by ScubbX and, from the afternoon onwards, by BearT as well. We are already looking forward to tomorrow, Friday!
