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Deep dive into India’s Chandrayaan Moon missions like never before

Moon Monday #278: A master list of organized, linked articles covering ISRO’s Chandrayaan lunar program, mission by mission.

https://jatan.space/chandrayaan/

Deep dive into India’s Chandrayaan Moon missions like never before

Moon Monday #278: A master list of organized, linked articles covering ISRO’s Chandrayaan lunar program, mission by mission.

jatan.space 🌙

Shankar 🇮🇳4d ago

shrini 5d ago

Our biggest annual celebration “TossConf26” ( Tamil Open Source Conference) is around the corner. Explore here – https://tossconf26.kaniyam.com/ It is planned on July 18, 19 2026 in Chennai

Help to promote the event and participate .

Call for speakers – https://forums.tamillinuxcommunity.org/t/tossconf26-call-for-speakers/3316/3

Call for workshops – https://forums.tamillinuxcommunity.org/t/tossconf26-workshop/3315/2

Call for Exhibitions – https://forums.tamillinuxcommunity.org/t/call-for-foss-stalls-tossconf26/3314/2

There are good problems to solve for the hackathons. Check here and contribute – https://tossconf26.kaniyam.com/#schedule

TOSSCONF 2026 | தமிழ் கட்டற்ற மென்பொருள் மாநாடு

Shankar 🇮🇳5d ago

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OpenStreetMap India 5d ago

Thanks to all who joined the event on Saturday!

We explored Domlur, walked through Ajja Ajji Road, saw historical structures in the 1000 year old village of Domlur, and had interesting discussions over brunch.

At the end, we mapped over a 100 features on OpenStreetMap!

Shankar 🇮🇳5d ago

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UN Mappers 5d ago

We engaged and trained 30 participants who contributed to collect data and adding:

📍 86,119 OpenStreetMap edits
🏠 70,633 buildings
🛣️ 1,832 km of mapped roads
⚡ Nearly 500 via Everydoor Points.
📸 1,265 Mapillary images - check via this link 👇
https://www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=3.8540418473347984&lng=11.502021909556447&z=16.109085067438563&dateFrom=2026-05-06&dateTo=2026-05-06&pKey=1534176748380448&mapStyle=Mapillary+dark

💙 Join our Mappy Hour: UN Maps Community Ambassador Pilot Initiative Highlights on 19 June, Friday!
Register now👉 https://tinyurl.com/UNMapsCommunityAmbassador-0626

#UNMaps #UNMappers #OpenStreetMap #opendata #SDGs

Shankar 🇮🇳Jun 3

Testing Google’s Gemini Spark AI agent: it’s incredible, and creepy | The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/941388/gemini-spark-ai-agent-trip-planning

If this is the amount of capability they're giving to the user, imaging how intrusively powerful their data profiling algorithms would be for internal use and advertising campaigns?

We're screwed.

Gemini Spark is the most impressive and terrifying AI experience I’ve had yet

Gemini Spark, Google’s new agentic AI platform, can accomplish tasks around the web and even soon on your devices. It works astonishingly well — maybe too well.

The Verge

Shankar 🇮🇳Jun 1

Jitendra Jun 1

#IranWar has a positive impact on India. It has increased usage of #recycled #plastic by three times compared to before the war. The ingredients used to manufacture virgin #plastic has stopped due to closure of #StraitsofHormuz

Shankar 🇮🇳Jun 1

OpenStreetMap India Jun 1

OSM Bengaluru's next mapping party is this Saturday, in Domlur!

🗓️ Date: 6th June 2026 (Saturday)
🕖 Time: 09:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Mapping, followed by brunch)
📌 Meeting Point: Domlur SAARC Park (geo:12.9614,77.63392)

No prior mapping or OSM experience needed, all are welcome to join!
RSVP and more details on OSM Calendar: https://osmcal.org/event/4847/

OSM Bengaluru Mapping Party

OSM Bengaluru Mapping Party, 6th June 9:30 – 11:30 at Domlur in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. TL;DR Date: 6th June 2026 (Saturday) Time: 09:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Mapping, followed by…

OpenStreetMap Calendar

Shankar 🇮🇳Jun 1

Traveling OSM Salesgirl Problem ✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🇵🇸Jun 1

I’ve been visiting some malls of late, mostly looking for makeup shops. Naturally, this means I was mapping them too 🙂

I was personally looking for brands not on the BDS list - e.l.f., Huda, NARS, Tarte, Milani, Lush, Laneige, Étude, Charlotte Tilbury, and loads of Indian brands like Nykaa, Swiss Beauty, MARS, ColorBar, …

…but I also map the ones to be boycotted, just for sake of completeness - L’Oreal (Maybelline, Nyx, Garnier, Saint Laurent, Giorgio Armani, …), Estée Slaughter Estée Lauder (MAC, Tom Ford, Clinique, Aramis, Bobbi Brown, …), Revlon, Sephora, Unilever (Lakmé), Johnson and Johnson (Neutrogena)…

(This constantly reminds me of why diversity is important for OSM and why we need more women - few men would add POIs like this in such detail. Hell, it took me quite some time to work up the courage to actually walk into these shops to observe the brands they sell 😅)

Of course, mapping in malls also means…indoor mapping 😇 I love seeing indoor maps on OSM, and I hope routers can start supporting them soon. I recently also learned that, in addition to OsmAPP.org, Cartes.app is another app that uses IndoorEqual to display indoor features…and it also displays 3D buildings in color!

Saket - add 12 shops, 5 amenities, 10 building details, corridors (Achavi)

DLF Mall of India - add 12 shops, 11 amenities, building details, corridors; fix duplicate building and POIs (Achavi)

Most of the indoor mapping in this post has been done by estimation + Vespucci’s indoor mode, without any actual measurement or published plans. The results can be surprisingly decent. But I also took photos of the floor plans…let’s map from them soon 🙂 These malls could make for good mapping party venues as the summer gets worse.

#contraMaps #OpenStreetMap #OSM #BDSIsrael #Makeup

Shankar 🇮🇳Jun 1

FitPub Jun 1

FitPub 1.0 is here! 🚴🏃🥾

FitPub is a federated social fitness platform and Strava alternative built on ActivityPub, giving athletes control over their data, communities, and connections.

Today also marks the launch of the first official FitPub instance: > https://fitpub.social

Source code: > https://codeberg.org/fitpub/fitpub

#FitPub #ActivityPub #Fediverse #OpenSource #Cycling #Running #Hiking