Title: Tracking and mapping surveillance using OSM
Team members: @vignesh , Kiran
Background:
SFLC.in has been supporting and promoting free software and personal digital rights. As part we have been tracking Internet shutdowns, Free speech violation in the digital space in India and planning to track surveillance (majorly CCTV surveillance camera) as well.
Description:
This workshop aims to provide introduction to Open street map, open map data and contributing to such data. By doing so to track the state of surveillance in your city.
This is currently a pilot project, collaborating with local OpenStreetMap volunteers and contributors.
This workshop will consists of :
1. Introduction of OSM, and mapping
2. Creating OSM account
3. Basic editing using iD Editor
4. Mapping using mobile apps like OSMAnd~, Everydoor etc
5. Retrieving map data
6. Mapping with local mapping communities
7. How to participate in SFLC.in’s surveillance tracking project
What to expect from the workshop:
you will get to learn about
- Community engagement
- Building open source tools for the tracker
- Contributing to OpenStreetMap data
- Organising Mapping parties
- Providing awareness and interest in contributing to map.
- why maps are important for visualising such data.
Bill of Materials:
A laptop with web browser and internet connection
Smart phone with GPS (preferably Android, but iOS will work as well)