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Wikimaps event 2024 A Wikimedia geo event is long overdue. In 2024 we can team up with one of the upcoming events in the latter part of 2024, or arrange a separate, online or hybrid event.

Where / when?

Let's simply arrange a one-day webinar in November / December.

Which dates/times are not possible for you?

Before deciding the date, add below dates that are NOT possible for you.

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Tasks

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Task	Person(s)	Status	Notes
Agree on platform		In progress	We could ask WMF for Zoom + translations
Announcements design + publishing	[[User:|]]	Not started	Maybe use Canva so more people can use the materials on join the task
Registration process	[[User:|]]	Not started	Use Meta Event pages? Useful if the event is fully for Wikimedians
	SÅ

Discussions / votes

Platform

Tell below if you oppose the use of Zoom and which one we could use instead. Pay special attention to translation capabilities.

Translations

Would translations be needed? Add below if you would like to have your native language presentation translated to English or if you would like to have English presentations translated to your language.

What?

Which topics would be interesting to tackle? Suggest! Add your signature to indicate that you can take charge of arranging the part

• Wikipedia article on OpenStreeMap
• Takeaways from State of the Map Nairobi 2024
• Wikimaps proposal for maps georeferencing architecture in Wikimedia projects, with Bert Spaan introducing Allmaps / Susanna Ånäs (Susannaanas) 🦜 06:18, 15 September 2024 (UTC)
• Community mapping, combining mapping with recording heritage in other Wikimedia projects
• Climate disaster preparedness
• OpenHistoricalMap

Show and tell

We could do shortish presentations to show what is being done in the Wikiverse. Let's agree on 10 minutes minimum and decide the actual length based on the actual number of presentations. Add below information about your presentation

• Title of the presentation with a link to the project, Name / username with a link

Who to collaborate with?

Which communities should we try to collaborate with? Suggest!

• AvoinGLAM can be the organizing partner with capacity to coordinate and run the administrative tasks.
• HOTOSM, Youthmappers
• Map Kibera if in Kenya
• Mappers within Open Knowldge

Team

• Susanna Ånäs (Susannaanas) 🦜 06:59, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

Interested?

Add you signature below to tell that you are interested.

• Susanna Ånäs (Susannaanas) 🦜 19:22, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
• Akouete (talk) 19:26, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
• Danysan1 (talk) 19:28, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
• edward (talk) 10:30, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
• Saliousoft (talk) 14:43, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
• --Abbe98 (talk) 13:22, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
• Bright Kwame Ayisi (talk) 20:26, 15 September 2024 (UTC)
• Waldyrious (talk) 22:13, 15 September 2024 (UTC)