At NetSquared 3, Thomas and Wendy of  Green Map System  got to know more about the OpenStreetMap project and parties from  Mikel Maron & Andrew Turner. This is a kind of wikipedia for maps - a free editable map of the world, and anyone can add roads, bike paths and other geographic data to it. What a useful resource!  We thought, let's participate, parties like this could also become a good way to get people involved in our forthcoming  Open Green Map, the social mapping website for sustainable communities (preview at http://OpenGreenMap.org).  So we are  pleased to provide the venue for NYC's first open mapping party, hosted by OpenStreetMap's initiator, Steve Coast, at our global office this weekend! Steve says:
"We run mapping parties which are events where anyone can come along, we lend a GPS and show you how to go out and do some mapping and get the data in to openstreetmap. They are informal events with no explicit time commitment and often a social element / beer afterwards".
See you at Green Map System on Saturday June 28, 10am-4, or Sunday June 29, 11am-2. Turn up at any point, but the earlier the better.
Where: Green Map System's location is 220 E 4th Street,  between Avenues A & B in Manhattan's East Village.
More about the specific event:http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/New_York_City
Find out more about Green Map System, which engages communities to chart a sustainable future, now in 54 countries worldwide at the party or click:http://GreenMap.org