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The 4th edition of IndiaFOSS was organized by FOSS United at NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bengaluru from 7th to 8th, September 2024. OpenDataKerala setup a booth at IndiaFOSS for sharing the community projects and also attracting young talents for contributing to these projects. OpenDataKerala volunteers including Naveen Francis, Jaisen Nedumpala, Ark Arjun, Ranjith Siji, Athul R T, Athul Raj, Jothish Babu explained visitors about the different projects hosted by the community harnessing the power of platforms like Wikimedia and OpenStreetMap.
Asramam ground in the heart of Kollam city is famous for its biodiversity as well as cultural heritage. In 1920s, it was used as an airport during British rule. There were a lot of improvements came in past few years and many of them weren’t mapped properly.
As part of 20th birthday of OpenStreetMap, OSM and Wikimedia communities have arranged a mapathon and photowalk to map and document the Asramam maidan and its surroundings including Adventure Park.
A Stakeholders’ Workshop was organized by Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India on 26th July 2024 at the Indian Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Naveen Francis, representing OpenDataKerala participated in the workshop . He also delivered a talk on OpenStreetMap India and activities of OpenDataKerala and how it helped to develop an opendata eco system in Kerala.
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