OpenStreetMap’s 10th birthday party is on Saturday Aug 9th. We’ll be celebrating here in the West Midlands complete with birthday cake alongside scores of other cities and communities around the globe.
It’s hard to believe just how much we’ve developed our map and community in 10 years.
Anyone who has ever contributed to OpenStreetMap in the West Midlands or adjoining counties is welcome to come along and chat about the past 10 years of mapping and probe into the future of the next 10 years. That’s about 1,000 of you! Or indeed anyone who has ever registered as a user and not been able to make an edit – see how you can get started! Or anyone who’s just interested in maps and wants to find out what we’re about.
Our venue is very central. We’ll be located in the basement of 6/8 Kafé on Temple Row B2 5HG from about 12noon until about 2pm. Being mappers we have to provide a map on how to get there: it’s here.
Get there early or there may not be any birthday cake left (only crumbs, smiles and photos).
Birthday cake will be provided by Andy Robinson’s partner Liz and judging by the food we got at past planning meeting at Andy and Liz’s house – its an event not to be missed!
6/8 Kafé are generously providing the space free to us so come along and sample some of their coffee and food. The venue has been voted as one of the top 50 coffee shops in the UK by readers of The Independent newspaper. Google Reviews opines: “ Relaxed cafe where coffee-mad baristas serve up artisan brews, home-baked cakes and deli fodder.”
Join us for your first global birthday party. Pop in and stay for as long or short a time as you like.
RobJN
You can now see how OpenStreetMap has changed from 2007 to Today using this zoomable map: http://mvexel.github.io/thenandnow/#12/52.4850/-1.8987