Supporting three full days of OSM talks, discussions, workshops and code @Seattle University!
Washington D.C – June 22nd, 2016 – Boundless is excited to announce its support for the State of the Map US annual event. State of the Map US will be held in Seattle, Washington fromJune 23rd to 25th on the campus of Seattle University. This event will feature three days of talks, workshops, hacking, mapping parties and meetings centered around OpenStreetMap, the free and editable map of the world.
“OpenStreetMap is a vitally important collaborative mapping project to enable open source content to everyone, everywhere,” states Andy Dearing, CEO of Boundless. “Events like State of the Map US and the OpenStreetMap project are critical to the success of spreading the benefits of open source, especially open source content, throughout the world.”
For more information, or to register for the event, visit the event website athttp://stateofthemap.us/.
About OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap powers map data on thousands of websites, mobile apps, and hardware devices.OpenStreetMap is built by a community of mappers that contribute and maintain data about roads, trails, cafés, railway stations, and much more, all over the world. OpenStreetMap’s community is diverse, passionate, and growing every day. Their contributors include enthusiast mappers, GIS professionals, engineers running the OSM servers, humanitarians mapping disaster-affected areas, and many more. To learn more about the community, see the user diaries,community blogs, and the OSM Foundation website.
About State of the Map US
State of the Map US is an annual conference for all OpenStreetMap users. The OpenStreetMap community comes together to connect with other mappers, businesses, government agencies, and non-profits, all collaborating around the free and editable map of the world. State of the Map US is a great opportunity to share your vision for the project, learn how to work with OpenStreetMap data, and hack on the latest mapping improvements.
About Boundless
Boundless is the leader in commercially supported, open source, geospatial software. The Boundless GIS platform enables a feature-rich, enterprise GIS without the high licensing costs associated with proprietary software. The experts at Boundless reduce the cost and time of deploying and managing spatial software with packaging, support, maintenance, professional services, and expert training. Learn more at boundlessgeo.com.