OlpcMAP
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Attend olpcMAP JAMs! eKindling and the Philippines on Sunday March 6th 9PM EST incl Red XO Trivia Contest! (PDF slides) OLPC France Saturday March 12th, 12 Noon EST (PDF slides) Gabon & French/West Africa on Friday, March 18 Ghana's OLPC Library by Princeton Engineers Without Borders, Apr 2, Paramus NJ How to CREATE+MAP yr own OLPC/Sugar Volunteer Experience Apr 13, Cambridge MA OLPC Austria, OLPC Deutschland & OLPC Switzerland on Apr 18 (PDF slides 1, PDF slide 2, Live call notes, Trivia contest results) SugarLabs DC & OLPC Learning Club on Apr 28 or later May Kenya's Grassroots Education Communities mid/late May? More coming! E-mail below or click EDIT above! |
Add Local Projects to the Map!
NEW PDF Tutorial (with Screenflow Animation)
How-To
To add a marker
- Use the search and Google Maps to find your location
- Click Join the Map Network on the top toolbar
- Click and drag the marker into place
- Type in your e-mail, then click Plant Marker
- Go through editor pages to set information, icon, and photo
- You can add a link using the format link:http://example.org
- Need to upload your photo? Use http://imgur.com and copy the Direct Link URL (.jpg)
- You also can link using HTML: <a href='http://example.org' target='_blank'>Link Title</a>
- At any point, click Save Edits
To edit markers
- Use the search to find the place or marker that you'll edit
- Click marker
- On the top of the info window, click Edit
- Go through editor pages to set information, icon, and photo
- You can add a link using the format link:http://example.org
- Need to upload your photo? Use http://imgur.com and copy the Direct Link URL (.jpg)
- You also can link using HTML: <a href='http://example.org' target='_blank'>Link Title</a>
- At any point, click Save Edits
Map Editing FAQ
Troubleshooting : click Contact to write to the community curators (beautify@olpcMAP.net)
Whose e-mail should I provide on the map?
E-mails should go to a volunteer or coordinator who can answer or forward questions about the project. If a volunteer writes and says "That's awesome; I'd like to volunteer there!" the coordinator is someone who can help them along.
How private is my e-mail?
Your e-mail address is kept in our database so we can process and forward mail from the Contact form. This hides your e-mail from users of our page and spinoff maps.
If you prefer to have a link to your organization's website or contact page, let us know through the main Contact form.
Open Community Architecture
In a democracy, we are each others' infrastructure. Our geo-social fabric takes inspiration from:
- Dialogue between public and private community spaces
http://theopensourceway.org/wiki/Communities_of_practice
- Good Faith Collaboration = people who share a passion to learn, by interacting regularly, and conscientiously
http://reagle.org/joseph/2010/gfc/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Reagle/Berkman_Reading_Group
- Creativity = allowing yourself to make mistakes
- ART = knowing which ones to keep
- 1 Billion children who are tired of waiting!
Open Source Effort
olpcMAP is written in Python and is hosted on Google App Engine
The code is fully open-source at http://code.google.com/p/olpc-map-net ; it can be run on open-source platforms such as TyphoonAE and AppScale.
Add issues or tackle problems listed at http://code.google.com/p/olpc-map-net/issues/list
API: Integrate maps into other sites & community services
Evolving here: OlpcMAP/data-api
Join our olpcMAPmakers mailing list!
Become a Map Maker, if you enjoy curatorial gardening of any kind! Please join and help cultivate our public discussion list -- just send email to:
olpcMAPmakers+subscribe@googlegroups.com
Archives are here:
http://groups.google.com/group/olpcMAPmakers/topics
To Do
Some of THE most important spatial media we need to welcome, are our established geo-communities:
http://laptop.org/map http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Deployment_Team/Places http://www.openwijs.nl/referenties/olpc 12 Dutch-originated microdeployments, on 3 continents? http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Deployments (already completed? move to "Inspiration" section below if so!) Actual "landmark" stickers on paper/laminate map at the Kleiders' house, from http://olpcSF.org/summit 2010! http://groups.laptop.org http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Local_Labs http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Repair_center_locations http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries http://youtube.com/results?search_query=verhovzeva http://www.teachingopensource.org/index.php/POSSE#Events http://www.teachingopensource.org/index.php/Tentative_POSSEs http://www.widernet.org/egranary/ (eGranary Digital Libraries AKA "The Internet in a Box" w/ 14 million docs each?) eg. http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=110300756731284107900.00046b13c0e8e5f0f820a http://www.franxophonie.org/Carte/carte-des-projets-francophones-dimplantation-des-xo.html geolocating-on-map forward-looking OLPC News stories, http://blog.laptop.org stories, http://planet.laptop.org blogs, and insightful Country Backgrounders etc! geolocating-on-map more of our global movement exceptional individual volunteers, reaching out to those who've asked for such via volunteer@laptop.org (etc) over the past 3 years http://www.re-public.gr/en/olpc/ Greece deployment(s) (http://blog.laptop.org/2010/03/30/olpc-greece-28-participating-schools/)
EG. What attractive iconography best represents your own local community's best efforts??
http://EscueLab.org (Lima, Peru) http://olpcLearningClub.org (Washington DC,, larger 427 × 306 pixel JPEG) http://olpcSF.org http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Southern_California_OLPC_Projects (incl Google Map of local prjcts!) http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc_boston http://olpc.at (OLPC Austria) http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_NYC http://olpc-france.org http://olpcOceania.blogspot.com http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_New_Zealand (Uruguay's many strong groups have brilliant logos already; showcase these on our main page to spark others??) Etc!!
Inspiration maps & feeds
A Million Thanks go to these groups whose community feeds we're already tapping:
http://laptop.org/map/ (500+ kids/XOs) http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/australia/olpc_australia_xo_laptop_deplo.html http://bit.ly/c20CRz (OLPCorps Africa, 2009) http://www.olpccanada.com/content.php?id=17 / http://www.olpccanada.com/doc/OLPC_Canada_Schools_Map.pdf
Please write us if you have/want ideas for more dynamically illustrating the Human Vibrancy of your community, its teachers and its children!
How Maps Inspire REAL (Outdoor) Learning
Global MAP making SPRINT: Dec 27-31, 2010 in Boston
Archived at OlpcMAP/2010Sprint
OLPC/Sugar Weekly Map Jams!
See above, as we explore the deep lessons arising from a new country or community deployment every week!
Sample Curriculum Ideas
Modern Treasure Hunts for the Whole Family (NY Times, 10 Dec 2010)
Using GPS and Geocaching Engages, Empowers, and Enlightens Middle School Teachers and Students
olpcMAP Jam Global Trivia Contest
Philippines Trivia Contest
German-speaking Countries' Trivia Contest: Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Outreach
http://twitter.com/olpcMAP (beginning slowly, Tweeters needed :)
Best blogs so far:
http://saigonolpc.wordpress.com
http://travelpod.com/travel-blog/nsevers/4/tpod.html
Dynamic newsletter/blog anticipated...contact Marina if you enjoy communications & can help!
Or help in any other way, even if just asking us for newsletter or fun/regional updates emailed occasionally :)