I would like to map with you all and invite you to the humanitarian Mapathon on the #39C3! This session is aimed towards inexperienced and experienced mappers, its idea is to get together, map together and get in contact.
What is an humanitarian mapathon? Civil aid organisations are worldwide relying on reliable map data to be able to aid in the case of a catastrophe. If infrastructure is destroyed the data needs to be updated soon so the helpers know who needs the aid. For this they rely on volunteer mappers who update the data. Based on satillite imagery the data in OpenStreepMap is being updated via the hotosm.org website and validated and therefore are availabele to the helpers.
What is my perspective? I studied Geography and I'm active in the GeoDACH network. In the students community HOTOSM is gaining popularity, in January there will be an humanitarian mapathon all across Germany, Austria and Switzerland at universities, in that context I'd like to instroduce humanitarian mapping at #39C3.