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From: NYC Digital Humanities <wordpress@nycdh.org>
Date: Sat, May 2, 2015 at 2:30 PM
Subject: Alex Gil started the topic Nepal Mapathon in the forum NYCDH
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Alex Gil started the topic Nepal Mapathon in the forum NYCDH Announcements
“Dear NYC-DH’ers,
Our Group for Experimental Methods in the Humanities & The Center for
International History invite you to:
Nepal Mapathon for Earthquake Relief
May 7, 10-3 PM at Butler Library 208B (Studio@Butler)
Come help with relief efforts on the ground in Nepal by contributing your
time to open-source mapping
Following the recent earthquake, people around the world are using the
OpenStreetMap platform to give their time to earthquake relief efforts.
Kathmandu Living Labs, an organization in Nepal, has been working with
relief organizations in urban and rural areas and updating mapping tasks on
the OSM Tasking Manager
according to relief needs. During the mapathon, we will teach people how to
help with these relief efforts through mapping and we will map together.
No mapping experience necessary. No knowledge of local terrain is
necessary. Come any time during the day.
Please bring your laptop. RSVP led2113@columbia.edu.