OpenStreetMap will be represented at this year’s Maker Faire in Vienna from 04.05.2019 - 05.05.2019!
Some hard-working members of the association have come together to man an exhibition stand and give an overview of OpenStreetMap.
The exhibitor entry can be found here.
The Linuxwochen Vienna will take place at the FH Technikum Wien from 02/05/2019 to 04/05/2019! https://www.linuxwochen.at/ The CallForPapers for the submission of your own contributions has been running for a few days now.
There are rumours that there will be a focus track on open geodata and GIS.
This Thursday, 21 March 2019, Doctors Without Borders is hosting a mapathon in Vienna: https://www.aerzte-ohne-grenzen.at/event/mapathon
This will take place from 5:00 p.m. at TÜWI, Dänenstraße 4, 1190 Vienna. You can register by emailing entwicklung@oehboku.at.
On Friday, 6 September 2019, an exciting event will take place: PgDay Austria, a mini-conference all about the popular relational open-source database PostgreSQL.
This is particularly interesting because it is precisely this database that is used for the central storage of the primary OpenStreetMap database.
Papers can still be submitted at https://pgday.at/programm/ until 01/04/2019. The conference is organised by the PostgreSQL consulting company CyberTec (www.cybertec-postgresql.com).
On Wednesday, 20 March 2019, the 4th Vienna GeoMeetup will take place
https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/ViennaGeo/events/259569831/
The Vienna geo-community will meet again at the beautifully situated ‘Donau City Treff’ at Arbeiterstrandbadstraße 128 in Vienna.
The planned lectures are
This will be followed by informal discussions and professional exchanges.
The organisers have come up with something special for the next Vienna GeoMeetup on Thursday 15 November 2019: Professor Herbert Edelsbrunner, a leading scientist in the field of computational geometry, will be a guest.
This is the link to the event with further details - please note that due to the venue at the TU Vienna, there is a limited number of participants!
On 9 November 2018, the OpenMinds Award will be presented at the Palais Wertheim. This award honours special open-source projects in the areas of:
Open Source Software
Open Hardware
Open Data
Open Talent
Open CMS
The Open Source Ball 2018 will follow.
More details about both events can be found at https://www.openminds.at.
On Wednesday, 17 October 2018, OpenStreetMap enthusiasts will meet again at Wieden Bräu in Vienna! A table has been reserved at Wieden Bräu, Waaggasse 5, from 18:30 under OpenStreetMap.
More information and (optional) registration of attendance at: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Wien/Stammtisch
Topics that are currently on the wish list for the regulars’ table are:
On Wednesday, 19 September 2018, the 3rd vienna geo meetup will take place.
This is where many people interested in geospatial technology meet to exchange their experiences and news in the OpenGeo area.
Just check out the official Meetup page, as registration is requested so that the organisers can estimate how many participants to expect.
Participation is free.
The organisers also welcome suggestions for new talks or if you would like to present topics yourself. We from OpenStreetMap Austria are also present in large numbers each time and report on news from OpenStreetMap.
On Monday, 4 June 2018 at 6:00 pm, the second meeting of the Vienna GIS scene will take place under the name ViennaGeo Meetup!
The details of the programme, which also includes OpenStreetMap, are as follows:
we will meet this time at the ‘donau city treff’ [www.dctreff.at](http://www.dctreff.at ‘www.dctreff.at’) which is a few metres from the U1 underground station ‘Alte Donau’ [https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/31472469](https://www.openstreetmap. org/way/31472469 ‘https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/31472469’) food and drinks will be available during the meetup. everyone pays their own bill.
