SCCP

San Francisco Mapping Party - OpenStreetMap Mapping parties are community events targetted at getting a specific area mapped in a day or a weekend. You come along, are loaned a GPS unit and shown how to use it (it's easy!) and you go out mapping an area of your choosing. Then you come back and are shown how to get that data in to the map. Social event after a mapping party They are relaxed events and you're supposed to have fun. Often we grab a beer after the event, and this is no exception. Info * Sat 27 September 11-4 * Sun 28th September 11-2 * 690 Fifth Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94107 map - hosted kindly by urbanmapping * Retire for drink / food afterward * NO GPS REQUIRED - we'll lend you a GPS and show you how to use it, or we can use paper and other ways to capture data. * Please let us know if you're attending on Upcoming Link to Mapping Party

Bay Area Geocaching and Mapping Group This group is for people who want to meet other local enthusiasts to go Geocaching and/or to go Mapping. Anyone can join. Geocaching Geocaching is both a sport and a game. The idea is that people who like this game has hidden caches all over the world and all it takes to find them is the coordinates, a couple of clues and a GPS unit. Once found caches are often like a small treasure. The finder can take something from the treasure as long as they leave something for others to find. Mapping This group is also for people who are into or would like to know more about mapping for OpenStreetMap. This is another thing to do with your GPS unit. OpenStreetMap is a project aimed at creating and providing free open source map of the world as an alternative to maps from TeleAtlas and Navteq that Google and others use. 56,000 people across the world are contributing to OpenStreetMap. We contribute to OpenStreetMap by taking a handheld GPS device out walking either in an urban area or in a park. We record street names and other features, upload this data to a computer and make it into new roads and paths on the map. http://geo.meetup.com/133/