OpenStreetMap Mapping Party: Map the Buildings of Massett and Trail, British Columbia

Join us for an introductory session and mapping party where we will contribute to the freely accessible, non-commercial dataset of the world – OpenStreetMap (OSM). Contributions from this mapping party are toward Building Canada 2020 (BC2020i) – a nation-wide initiative to map all of Canada’s buildings by 2020. With the aid of aerial imagery, we will map buildings in rural Masset and Trail, British Columbia.

Inexperienced mappers are welcome (and encouraged!) to attend. The first 30 minutes of this session will be an info session to give new mappers a firm understanding of OSM principals and get off the ground to start adding buildings with confidence. Attendees can expect to spend about an hour mapping their area of choice. Pizza and light refreshments will be provided.

OSM is a mapping collaborative aiming to create an open geographic dataset of the world, collected and imported by volunteers worldwide. OSM data is used by a variety of industries for a wide range of purposes as a replacement for other proprietary sources of geographic data – and map parties and mapathons are particularly notable for their benefit to emergency response efforts after large natural disasters as they can provide swift logistical support for on-site responders.

Registration: http://events.library.ubc.ca/dashboard/view/7257

Location: Koerner Library, Room 217

Facilitator(s): Susan Atkey, Larissa Ringham, Allan Cho

Pixelating DH Mixer – Digital Storytelling and the Digital Humanities on February 15, 12.00pm

Pixelating DH Mixer – Digital Storytelling and the Digital Humanities (Thursday, February 15, 12.00pm, at Walter C. Koerner Library, Rm 153)

Digital storytelling is a practice of everyday people who use digital tools to tell their ‘story’ and is an emerging area in the digital humanities (DH). Digital stories often present in compelling and emotionally engaging formats, and can be interactive. In this DH Mixer, Dr. Bonny Norton (UBC Faculty of Education) presents on her work on digital storytelling, including “Storybooks Canada,” a website for teachers, parents, and community members that aims to promote bilingualism and multilingualism in Canada through the use of digital technologies. All 40 stories from Storybooks Canada come from the African Storybook – an innovative digital initiative of the South African organization Saide, which promotes literacy for African children. The stories are openly licensed, which allows the Storybooks Canada team to repurpose them for a Canadian audience. While Storybooks Canada is designed to be a carefully curated collection of 40 interlinked stories with text and audio rather than a content creation platform, it is possible for users to write their own stories through one of the open-licensed websites. Please visit http://www.storybookscanada.ca to learn more.

The Pixelating DH Mixer is an opportunity for DH scholars and students from across campus to meet colleagues, talk tools, brainstorm ideas and network with others who use digital tools to explore and visualize their research. This presentation will include time for a Q&A afterwards.

Register: https://events.library.ubc.ca/dashboard/view/7045

Facilitator(s): Susan Atkey, Larissa Ringham, Allan Cho

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