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As always, the 5th virtual OSM Austria Stammtisch will take place on June 8, 2022 from 7:00 p.m. at https://meet.jit.si/openstreetmapvirtuellerstammtisch!

Further information can be found at: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Austria/Stammtisch/2022-06-08

At this year’s Grazer LinuxTagen (https://www.linuxtage.at/de/, 22.04.2022 to 23.04.2022), a JOSM workshop will be held by Stefan Tiran: https://pretalx.linuxtage.at/glt22/talk/GYAHSS/

In addition to a brief overview of the OSM mapping process and information about the necessary explanations and help pages on the internet, an introduction to JOSM is given and resources approved for OSM mapping in Austria are recommended.

To make it easier to enter and update various external data in OpenStreetMap, the Austrian OpenStreetMap Association offers a number of background maps that can be displayed in the usual OSM editors and provide important information about objects to be entered.

These background maps can be accessed via the following WMS interface: https://maps.openstreetmap.at/geoserver/ows?service=wms&version=1.1.1&request=GetCapabilities

If you have any questions or problems, please contact the OSM mailing list at talk-at@openstreetmap.org or directly info@openstreetmap.at.

Integrating background maps

JOSM

• To integrate the background maps into the JOSM editor, select “Edit” -> “Settings” from the editor’s menu:

The virtual OSM Stammtische Austria now take place every three months! :-D

According to this rule, the next Stammtisch (3rd) will take place on Thursday, December 9, 2021 at 7:00 p.m.! The corresponding wiki page is: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Austria/Stammtisch/2021-12-09 workadventu.re worked quite well as a platform: https://play.workadventu.re/@/osm-at/osm-virtueller-stammtisch-osterreich/openstreetmap-virtueller-stammtisch

The 4th virtual OSM Stammtisch Austria will also take place according to the 3-month rule on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, also starting at 7:00 p.m.! due to the FOSSGIS 2022 taking place between 09.-12.03.2022, it will not take place until (WED) 16.03.2022 from 19:00, one week later.

Until November 21, 2021, you can apply to actively participate in the next FOSSGIS, the conference for open and free GIS software! In addition to a presentation, you can also give short talks, make yourself available as an expert for question and answer sessions, give a lightning talk, etc…

Details can be found at https://pretalx.com/fossgis2022/cfp

FOSSGIS 2022 itself will take place from March 9 to 12, 2022 in Marburg.

On September 9, 2021 from 7:00 p.m., the 2nd virtual OpenStreetMap Stammtisch for all of Austria will take place!

This time, a meeting service called workadventu.re will be used. The meeting will take place at https://play.workadventu.re/@/osm-at/osm-virtueller-stammtisch-osterreich/openstreetmapvirtuellerstammtisch.

The next three days, FOSSGIS 2021 will take place online! Today (June 6, 2021) is the so-called OSM Sunday, which is dedicated to OpenStreetMap.

https://fossgis-konferenz.de/2021/programm/

Stefan Tiran will be holding an online JOSM workshop on April 9, 2021 from 1:00 p.m. as part of the annual Grazer Linuxtage!

Details and a link to participate can be found at: https://pretalx.linuxtage.at/glt21/talk/SNKLNV/

Participation is free!

Do you have questions about the popular OSM editor JOSM? Do you know a few tricks or tips for solving more or less challenging situations with the JOSM editor?

On Wednesday, March 10, 2021, from 7:00 p.m., interested, questioning, and knowledgeable OSM mappers will meet for a small online exchange session to show each other a few JOSM tricks or simply demonstrate how to map certain objects.

The target group is primarily mappers from Austria, but in principle the doors are open to anyone who can speak or understand German. :-)

For the first time, this year’s FOSSGIS 2021 (the conference for free and open software in the geoinformation sector & Openstreetmap in the DACH region) offers the opportunity to help shape the conference via anonymous online voting.

You can register to vote at the following link until **March 1, 2021: https://pretalx.com/fossgis2021/p/voting/signup/

(Original announcement from https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-at/2021-February/011143.html ):

Dear FOSSGIS enthusiasts,

the Call for Participation for FOSSGIS 2021 is closed. It can 
already be revealed that there are many interesting submissions.

For the first time this year, a community vote (public 
vote) will take place. The result will be included by the program committee as 
an opinion from the community in the evaluation.

This is very easy:

1. Click on the link to register for the public vote: https://pretalx.com/fossgis2021/p/voting/signup/
2. You will receive an e-mail with your personal link to the public 
vote
3. View and rate submissions; this can be done in stages.

Community voting is possible until 01. 03. 2021.

Many thanks to everyone who participates.

Kind regards
from the FOSSGIS 2021 program committee
on behalf of Astrid Emde