WhereCamp 2008 Planning Gets Underway
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Posted: 20 Nov 2007 06:50 PM CST

By Brady Forrest

WhereCamp <http://wherecamp.pbwiki.com/> is a great geo un-conference
that Where 2.0 attendees have started organizing. The first one was the
weekend after Where 2.0 2007. It was perfect for me because I was able
to get feedback for Where 2.0 from our most passionate attendees.

The organizers, Anselm Hook and Ryan Sarver, have started the formal
planning process for WhereCamp 2008. If you want to help or sponsor you
can contact them via the mailing list
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wherecamp/> . If you want to learn more
about WhereCamp check out the wiki <http://wherecamp.pbwiki.com/> or
read this write-up from the BAAMA <http://baama.org/> (bay Area
Automated Mapping Association) Journal (pdf
<http://www.baama.org/vlibrary/journal/BAAMA_JOURNAL_NOV_07.pdf> ):
As an “unconference,” there was no planned program for
WhereCamp. Rather, the attendees gathered at a morning organizing
session, presented their interests to the group, and if there were other
like-minded folks, a session was named and scheduled by pinning a sheet
of paper to a grid.

The program ultimately ran the gamut from philosophical discussions of
global food production networks, to demonstrations of applications and
projects, to real-time hacking labs. open street map
http://www.openstreetmap.org/ <http://www.openstreetmap.org/> , a
wiki-style street centerline data collection project, was presented
which led to a repeat presentation of that project at BAAmA’s may
educational session.

Another session was Hacking Google streetView. This involved one
geohacker presenting another’s insights on the then-unpublished
streetView APi, the group then building on that knowledge base over the
next 24 continuous hours, and ultimately writing hacks and processes
such as scraping the panorama tile imagery from Google maps. Useless,
possibly straying from Terms and Conditions of use, and fun? Absolutely!
see http://wherecamp.pbwiki.com/Hacking+Google+street+View
<http://wherecamp.pbwiki.com/Hacking+Google+street+View> for further
details on these hijinks.

Where 2.0 2008 <http://en.oreilly.com/where2008/public/content/home> is
going to be at the SFO Marriott on May 12-14. If you are interested in
participating submit a proposal through the CFP
<http://en.oreilly.com/where2008/public/cfp/5> (open till 11/26).





--tj




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