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maptime_msp.md

###Welcome to our 15th Maptime MSP Meetup!

  • Started in November 2014
  • This is our largest meeting yet, 2x our previous record

###Maptime is:

  • Over 75 Chapters around the world

  • Formed around the idea of creating a more inclusive setting for people to learn about maps

  • All people. All levels of expertise welcomed and encouraged.

    • Past = GIS + experts
    • This Group = new people + experts
    • And GIS People + cartographers + designers + artists + anyone else who is into maps

  • http://maptime.io

###We meet monthly ####Past presentations have been on

  • Lidar, cartography, typography, QGIS, mapping tools, Git
  • more participatory events like "Pitch a Problem", OSM Edit-a-thon, group project to create Welcome Map for the 2015 NACIS Conference http://maptimemsp.github.io/nacis2015-map/
  • working sessions
    • bring a project to work on, give each other feedback and assistance (at any meeting)
  • Future topics - quadcopter data collection, hand drawn maps, ...
  • Organizers are Liz Puhl, Kitty Hurley, David Bitner, (and me).
  • Thank you to today's hosts by Kent Treichel, Rachel Koch, and Kelly Koenig!

###How you can help us

  • We are looking for venues to host meetings (free)
  • Sponsorship for Meetup fees, stickers, pizza
  • Ideas! Pitch presentations or topics

Today's Pizza and drinks have been provided by CartoDB

###Connect with us at:

###URLS for Presentation

###Also

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