Google Maps & Lahore: Mapping ‘Party’
Are you map literate? Do you reside in Lahore?
Then you might want to check out the Google Mapping ‘party’ taking place at FAST-NU this Saturday, 2nd January, 2010.
Sneak peak at what its all about— Badshahi Mosque and neighborhood.
Some information from the organizers:
Greetings!
FAST-NU and the Google Map Maker Community in Pakistan officially invite you to a half-day of discussion, interaction and mapping fun! Google Map Maker is an open editing tool for Google Maps, and has allowed crowd-sourced mapping of Pakistan on an unprecedented scale, as highlighted by Google.
In order to take stock of what has been accomplished so far, and more importantly, what opportunities lie ahead, FAST-NU’s ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Chapter welcomes Google to campus to host a workshop and discussion on crowd-sourced mapping of our cities. Take a look at the links below to see Lahore’s map on Google Maps today, to see how Badshahi Mosque’s neighborhood has been mapped, for example.
Now, help shape the opportunities which lie ahead for Pakistan’s urban development using maps, the internet and the power of collective public thinking.
Join us on the 2nd of January, 2010 from 12:30pm to 5:00pm, at FAST-NU (see it on the map)
….(click here to read the rest on the event page on Facebook)
For further information and to register–click here.
Important: You must pre-register at http://local.com.pk/mappingparty to join in all the fun on Saturday!
If you attend–do come back to share your experience here on Lahore Metblog. :)
I am there…f*ck yeah!
As a blogger/novice u can register here for the event: http://bit.ly/lahore-mapmaker-party and here: http://bit.ly/google-mapping-party
See u @ the mapping party!
Did anyone mention that registrations will close at 11pm tonight.
I am there InshAllah!
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