State Of The Map 2010

We, the organizing committee, are looking back on a great conference. Of course, we are also a bit prejudiced… That’s why we also like to hear feedback from you.

Did you attend SotM10? Please go to this feedback form.

Did you not attend SotM10? We also have some questions for you. Please go to this feedback form.

Thanks for taking the effort to complete the feedback form.

Thanks everyone for making this the best State of the Map ever!

Photos tagged sotm10 at flickr.com

Visit stateofthemap.org in the following weeks for more pictures and videos of presentations.

The OpenStreetMap Foundation is excited to provide full travel and accomodations costs for 15 mappers to attend State of the Map. We sought nominations of people from places where costs would prohibit attendance, especially developing countries and places that are “interesting” geopolitically. The scholarships will provide an opportunity for these leaders of nascent OSM communities to network, learn, and find the inspirations and support to take OSM to the next level.

From 49 nominations, in 24 countries, we had the difficult task of choosing 15 recipients.

We are welcoming the following mappers in Girona:

• Anas Maraqa from Palestinian West Bank (visa denied by the German embassy in Tblisi, Georgia)
• Eugene Usvitsky from Russia (visa denied by the Spanish embassy in Moscow)
• Evgheni Dereveanchin from Moldova
• Javier Carranza Torres from Cascales, Ecuador
• Jorge Luis Batista Echevarría from Havana, Cuba (visa denied by the Spanish embassy in Havana)
• Maria Antonieta Giannarelli from Montevideo, Uruguay
• Metasebia Demissie from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (visa denied by the Spanish embassy in Addis Ababa)
• Narcisse Mbunzama Lokwa from Kinshasa, The Democratic Republic of Congo
• Okorukwu Williams from Abuja, Nigeria (visa denied by the Spanish embassy in Lagos)
• Regynnah Awino from Nairobi, Kenya (visa denied by the Spanish embassy in Nairobi)
• Robert Coup from New Zealand
• Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed from Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Thanh Le Viet from Hanoi, Vietnam
• Vitor George from São Paulo, Brazil
• Guensmork Alcin from Port-au-Prince, Haiti (visa denied by the French embassy in Port-au-Prince)

Many thanks go to the Open Society Institute (http://www.soros.org/) for helping to make this happen.

Tonight there will be a Cocktail Party sponsored by Mapquest. Get ready for some networking, tapas and drinks. Mapquest is one of the leading brands online, offering maps and directions reaching more than 49.2 million users in May 2010, according to Comscore unified UV metrics. See you all at the venue terrace starting 19.00!

As you can clearly see from this picture, SotM is a very relaxed place to be, with plenty of good talks, good people, and good food. Of course, a siesta is a very nice thing to do just after having lunch.

In the morning talk on the State of the Map in Girona, Randy Meech announced a $1 million internal fund to improve US data in OpenStreetMap over the next year. Also, Mapquest based on OpenStreetMap data was announced. Visit http://open.mapquest.co.uk for Mapquest based on OpenStreetMap. After the UK map Germany and other European countries will follow.

“We strongly believe that community-contributed mapping will the future,” said Randy Meech Head of Engineering, Local & Mapping at AOL

So far it’s been a busy business day down here at the SotM10 venue. All people attending have had the opportunity to hear great talks and news, and to have a refreshing break to chat up other people attending.

We’ve closed the online registration but there are still tickets available. We have an onsite registration desk at the venue on friday and saturday. You can find the onsite ticket prices at the registration page. Please bring cash, we don’t have an ATM near.

There will be a pre-conference meet-up on Thursday in Girona. Meet old friends and make new OSM-friends.

Meet us at the City Arms. You can find the City Arms easily if you watch for the wall painting above. Across from this wall painting you’ll find the City Arms. Want a map? Click here…

This pub is open from 18.00h.

The weather is going to very nice in Girona. Therefore, during the weekend, lunch will be something special…