OpenStreetMap IndiaBefore and after images of the #IITPatna campus on #OpenStreetMap. The data was added by @ravi @contrapunctus and @rahulporuri during the #BiharFOSS conference by
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contrapunctus โ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธOn the train ride back from Patna (#BiharFOSS), @ravi and I sardonically thanked Trump for the state of things in the US, which may have been why #GitHub disabled the #OrganicMaps repo and forced them to move to #FreedomRespecting #Forgejo.
"This will hopefully teach people why it's important to boycott #proprietary platforms. But why do people always wait around for such things to pass? #FreeSoftware activists had been warning them for like 10 years!" (Also...Sourceforge???)
I initially didn't plan on using slides at all, but then prepared these between 3-4 AM the night before the conference by going on a hasty hack-and-slash through slides from previous talks ๐
https://codeberg.org/contrapunctus/osm-presentations
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Really need to get into the habit of asking people if they need certain information.
e.g. "Is anyone here a software developer interested in using #OpenStreetMap in their applications or website?" - if yes, show them the programming resources slide.
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Some blunders -
* I forgot to ask @ravi to assist me, so I was needlessly running around trying to help some 70 people by myself ๐
* I recommended the students to try StreetComplete as "homework"...which makes no sense at all, since IIT Patna is in an area with hardly any features mapped - too few to serve as reference, and too few to provide an engaging number and variety of quests.
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My #SoftwareFreedomDay talks in @sflcin and FOSS Meetup Delhi were too heavy on information not really useful to an OSM first-timer. And my OSM workshop at #DelhiFOSS took waaay too long in the intro phase, leaving hardly any time for editing with iD.
This time I was able to tweak the content to have less infodumping, and ensure that at least half the time went into practical editing with iD. ๐ I'll keep working in that direction.
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Another happy landing. Or - another mappy workshop ๐
I look @#โน%ing gross in the photos, but I'm really satisfied with how this workshop went ๐
https://mas.to/@fossunited/114205780662308374
Also, thanks to @prav for sponsoring the travel costs. My official role at the conference was to help with the Prav talk and table ๐
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FOSS United (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image @[email protected] wrapping up BiharFOSS by talking about OpenStreetMap and how to contribute to it! #fossunited #BiharFOSS #UnitedbyFOSS
Ravi DwivediI presented #Prav today at #BiharFOSS. The interactive demo suggested by @libreinator and @badrihippo was simple for newbies to understand and made the talk interactive.
The idea was to get two volunteers from the audience, one having #WhatsApp and the other using #Telegram, followed by asking them to send a text from WhatsApp to Telegram. After this, get a volunteer with non-Airtel number to send an SMS to me (as I use Airtel), illustrating federation nicely.
FOSS UnitedAnd BiharFOSS is a wrap folks! A sincere thank you to all of the speakers, the audience, and the volunteers for making it a memorable day! We hope that this is the start of a vibrant and active FOSS community in Patna and Bihar!