OpenStreetMap is a free and editable map of the whole world that is being built by volunteers and released with an open-content license. The OpenStreetMap (OSM) project was born in 2004 to encourage the development and distribution of free geospatial data for anybody to edit, use, and share.
YouthMappers is a worldwide international network of 219 university-student-led chapters. It organizes, collaborates, and implements mapping activities that respond to actual development needs around the globe – creating and using geospatial data and information that is made publicly available through open platforms.
PoliMappers is a group of students of Politecnico di Milano whose main goal is to promote mapping. Established in 2016, PoliMappers is the 1st Chapter in Europe of YouthMappers.

The speakers

Chiara Ponti is the President and one of the founding members of PoliMappers. She is enrolled in the MSc in Environmental Engineering at Politecnico di Milano and is currently working on her thesis about satellite data processing for mean dynamic ocean topography models.

Federica Gaspari is the Communication and Social Media Responsible and one of the founding members of PoliMappers. She is currently completing her MSc in Environmental Engineering at Politecnico di Milano with a thesis about the use of geolocated social media posts for the analysis of natural disasters impacts.

The virtual room to join

https://politecnicomilano.webex.com/meet/maria.brovelli

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