National Day of Civic Hacking
Meets OpenStreetMap!
[Info on parking & location]
Join us for the biggest civic hacking & mapping event of the year!
National Day of Civic Hackingis the perfect time to learn about the civic technology movement, & to collaborate on projects that use Technology & Open Data to address real community challenges.
This year we will be working towards creating an OSM community for the South Bay.
Check out more of what we want to accomplish on our github. Why OpenStreetMap Matters. After we get to know everybody we'll break out into groups to work on tasks.
Agenda
10am Doors open
10:30 Welcome & Kickoff
11:00 Tutorial for new Mappers /OSM project discussion
12:30 Lunch served
1:30 Hacking & Mapping continues
4:15 Challenge / Project Updates
4:30 Wrap up
5pm Doors Shut
Folks of all ages & backgrounds are welcome, including those with design, data analysis, policy, communications, business & project management skills.
Coding skills NOT required!
Bring: Yourself & a laptop if you have one. Bring an external mouse if you are going to be mapping!
Feel free tohop into the slack channel ahead of time or check out our active projects & github.
Read more about Code for San Jose in this article on medium.